Tupac Back - Intellectual

An analogy for today’s economy. If something is in a recession it is in a decline. “Work” (drugs) is hard to find now because like every other business, the drug business is in a recession as well. It has been shown statistically from history that when the country has a high unemployment rate (from recession) that people go cheap, hence crack cocaine instead of the more expensive cocaine

This could be a reference to “Deathrow records” which 2pac signed to when he got out of prison in 1995, just 11 months before his death.

2Pac was one of the realest rappers in history; Meek & Ross believe 2Pac’s realness to be reincarnated through their music

Allusion to Picture Me Rollin, one of the finest tracks from 2Pac’s All Eyez On Me

A cypher is a circle of people formed for community freestyle rap. One emcee will spit for an undetermined period of time, after which he or she will yield the floor to the next freestyler. Mill dreams of participating in a cypher with gangster rap legends Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.

This is a reference to 2Pac’s song “When We Ride On Our Enemies”

Meek’s mother had to look after Meek when he was young because his father died. In keeping with the Pac-referencing theme of this song, 2Pac’s mother was a “soldier” for the black panthers, she was released out of prison just a few weeks before Pac was born.

Making plans to buy a BMW 7-series. Meek can already imagine himself in it. Big rims, status, wealth.

Reference to the 2Pac song “Picture Me Rollin'”

tupac is fucking dead

Many rappers such as Kendrick Lamar and J.Cole have openly shown their love and influenced by [Tupac Shakur]. In this case, Meek Mill also learned a lot of things from the late Tupac’s album: Makaveli The Don Killuminati – The Seven Day Theory.

in reference to Pac’s Brenda got a baby 1991 solo

A 40mm gun has kick (the force that pushes the gun backwards when you shoot it), but Meek Millz also plays on the fact that you “kick” a soccer ball.

He means .40 caliber, unless he’s firing off a grenade launcher!

In 2008, he was arrested on a gun charge and was sentenced to eight months in jail..Be careful with your toys,Meek.

Also a reference to Pac’s song “2 Glocks”

Another “Picture Me Rollin” reference, specifically to the Benz mentioned in the previous line

Although the track is called “Tupacs Back”, Meek is letting you know this is his story and he’s not trying to be 2Pac. He’s just referring to their similar upbringing and events that happened to the both of them.

John Wall is a basketball player for the Washington Wizards.

Meek Millz plays off of the fact that John Wall is a basketball player, referencing a “give and go,” which is a popular play in basketball.

Rims are expensive and easy to remove

Continuing the “Picture Me Rollin'” references, Ross conflicts with the original song, as Pac talked of “flossin' a Benz on rims that isn’t stolen.”

At this time rapper Earl Sweatshirt was “locked up” in a boarding school in indonesia by his mother due to the fact that he was getting high too frequently.