SUGE - NICKI MINAJ
“Drug Lord, Griselda”

Griselda Blanco was a Columbian drug lord based in Miami active between the 80s to early 2000s & responsible for an estimated 200 murders while transporting cocaine between major cities.
Griseldas only son that hasn’t been killed in some way, Michael Corleone Blanco, has shown his love and respect for Nicki in the past and again when this song dropped. He is aware of Nicki’s past and legitimacy as a high ranking queen pin herself.
“I used to move weight through Delta”

“Weight” is a street term for cocaine. It is mainly used to describe large amounts of cocaine. Delta Air Lines, Inc., typically referred to as “Delta”, is a major American airline who also specializes on delivering cargos.
“So stay in your place 'cause I don't wanna put you in a shelter”

Nicki plays on the popular phrase “stay in your place” and extends it to a literal meaning, saying that going against her means losing your place of residence and being put in a homeless shelter.
“I'm cookin' up in the kitchen, you could be my little helper”

Nicki furthers her drug themed verse by alluding to “cooking up” crack cocaine. Cooking up is a triple entendre here as it refers to literally cooking with assistance from the help.
Aside from the crack cocaine & cuisine references, “cooking up” can also refer to making a song or working on a project. Nicki could be inferring that disses against her are actually working for her benefit. After all any publicity is good publicity. If you want a hit, call Nic.
“Go to the table and ask 'em do they want the flat or the seltzer?”

Before she became a rapper Nicki Minaj worked at Red Lobster as a server. She tells her competition to do their job and wait on tables. Seltzer is specialized carbonated water while flat is regular water.
“I go where I want I'm good, my niggas'll get them goods”

Nicki states the fact that she’s good in any hood. She keeps a team of goons with her who are ready and willing to handle business. She also explains how they are ready to find a mark and take their valuables with ease.
So come off the chain, and come off the watch. You gotta respect the jux”

“Jux” is a malapropism of the word “jooks” Jamaican patois for “to rob”. When Nicki’s goons come through to rob you, just accept it. This is reminiscent of when Nicki took 6ix9ine’s chain & said “KEEPSIES”
“Queen sleezy era and they never see me ever”

Queen is Nicki Minaj’s fourth studio album which she released on August 10, 2018. “Sleaze” is a term given to a person who is reckless or laid back and who really doesn’t give a damn about anything. Silent but deadly.
During her Queen era, Nicki was involved in a lot of drama that stemmed by a calculated industry push involving the media & executives who conspired to try and erase Nicki’s legacy and hard work. They, however, failed miserably and only succeeded in making her more of a presence.
“Sleeze” is also an term used by members of the Mack Ballers gang in NYC which her husband is apart of. Nicki has always been blood but now shows her affiliation with them in several Instagram captions by using the emoji chain “〽️🐝💤” which symbolizes MBZ—Makk Balla Brimz
She also asked her DJ to play a member’s new song “Heavy On The Sleeze” on Queen Radio repeatedly. She also shouts out the group on Welcome To The Party Remix.
She even integrated the phrase into one of her three 2019 remixes, “Barbie Goin' Bad,” on which she puts a spin on her ex-boyfriend and fellow rapper Meek Mill’s song “Going Bad:”
“'Cause I send my shooters and they introduce us as soon as I pull the lever”

“Shooters” are also what hitmen are referred to as. The “lever” is the trigger of a gun handle & a theatrical performance in a theater as theater curtains are pulled by a lever to introduce people.
This becomes a triple entendre when you factor in Lafayette “Fat” Lever, an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association as a point guard “shooter”. Nicki has shouted him out in the past.
“Nigga packin' like Hewlett, I told him, ‘Damn, nigga, you lit’”

This line is a play on the tech company Hewlett-Packard, better known as HP. Nicki compared her man being well endowed (packing) to the HP brand responsible for a line of desktop computers and laptops.
“On that D going stupid. Got my ass-shots from Cupid”

Cupid is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection who is known to shoot people on their ass with his bow and arrow. It is also ironically the name of plastic surgeon Dr. Aisha ”Cupid.”
“You could just ask Ken, he be like: ‘Hadouken!’”

Nicki references the Street Fighter character Ken Masters, comparing his “Hadouken” attack to her boyfriend Kenneth Petty’s climax.
Nicki has referenced the video game franchise many times before, even embodying Chun-Li, a character from the game, as her persona. Additionally, Nicki has a history of comparing herself to Barbie, whose boyfriend is Ken. It’s not coincidence Nicki’s boyfriend is also named Ken.
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