So what exactly did Jay-z mean by....
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Frida Giezman
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That's what we're trying to figure out dufis
But let me tell you why ain't talking about smoking
For one jay don't even smoke
For two I don't think jay mentions anything about smoking bud anywhere else in the song
That would be random as hell for him to throw that line in the hook
For three people are smoking good bud in a lot of areas including suburban places so it wouldn't even make sense for him to say that like that's something exclusive to Marcy
Frida Giezman
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Poh SIti Dawn
Staying Positive, Getting Better Everyday. Holler!
Who's that?
Frida Giezman
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battle rapper that's known for "reaching" when he puts bars together
people weren't using the word smoke interchangeably with beef back then
definitely not in new york
people used to say get smoked as another way of saying get shot but still i don't think jay meant what you said above
Poh SIti Dawn
Staying Positive, Getting Better Everyday. Holler!
I don't know when the track was made, but someone said DOA 2 in here, which isn't that old either.
Just because you don't think I'm right, doesn't mean I'm reaching. The bars were meant to be interpreted and that's what I did.
Frida Giezman
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or did he mean coughing up blood from a massive gun shot wound
its in reference to smoking bud
GOD damn
cant wait for the thread on
"what did Nature mean when he said nikkas from the projects light one up."
:mooneyha:
GOD damn
cant wait for the thread on
"what did Nature mean when he said nikkas from the projects light one up."
:mooneyha:
Frida Giezman
Banned
I ain't see one cloud of smoke in that videoits in reference to smoking bud
GOD damn
cant wait for the thread on
"what did Nature mean when he said nikkas from the projects light one up."
:mooneyha:
Not one phillie
Not one French inhale
But ya expect me to believe this non smoking ass nikka was talkin about smoking throughout the hook
nikkas was in that video sober as a bytch
Cough up a long where I'm from Marcy son (ain't nothing nice)
That shyt don't even make sense if he's talking about smoking
it was something muthafukkas would say in the cipher back in the dayI ain't see one cloud of smoke in that video
Not one phillie
Not one French inhale
But ya expect me to believe this non smoking ass nikka was talkin about smoking throughout the hook
nikkas was in that video sober as a bytch
Cough up a long where I'm from Marcy son (ain't nothing nice)
That shyt don't even make sense if he's talking about smoking
when you smoking some fire shyt
hit it
cough
pass the shyt...
might say
"cough up a lung"
that all folks
I'm afraid of the future
yall respect the one who got shot
gotta be honest, never really thought he meant anything by this 
just sounds like some grimy shyt to say on one of the grimiest beats of all time 
some vague smoking/get shot refernce
not to say that he didnt mean anything, but whatver it is cant be that complicated
just sounds like some grimy shyt to say on one of the grimiest beats of all time some vague smoking/get shot referncenot to say that he didnt mean anything, but whatver it is cant be that complicated
or did he mean coughing up blood from a massive gun shot wound
This is what I always thought it meant. Coughing on blood so hard you'll spit up a lung.
or did he mean coughing up blood from a massive gun shot wound
I'm from bk n thats what i always assumed
edit: it makes sense in the context of the following line "ain't nothing nice"