Breaking down some of Nicki Minaj’s bars, a thread:

- « Im iron miking about/mike in a bout » (double entendre) she is the mike tyson of rap/ iron is a term for going hard and spitting bars in a track/ mike in a bout, a bout is a round of boxing, she’s saying she is also like mike tyson in a round of boxing.

- « I just started my sentence like a capital letter » (triple entendre) nicki has started her sentence in writing her raps like capital letters do/ a jail sentense is a period of time an inmate serves/ capital punishment is the legel authorization of the death penalty.

“Got bars for years i hope you send me a letter” (triple entendre) nicki has bars in her raps for years like having prison bars after being sentenced/sending letters are often sent to those in prison behind bars/ letters as in reference to bars in raps which make up words.

- “You know that im known for the bob” (double entendre) she’s known for her bob cut weaves/ she is known for giving good head

- “A bitch got more bars than where big meech is” (wordplay/ double entendre) nicki has more bars in raps than where big meech is (jail/behind bars)

- (1/2) “Is everything kosher, then everything is fine on faith, she just made a deal with her earnings, no dirty money was made, her accounts are clean, checked and cleared” (quadruple entendre) Jews are often stereotyped to be very good investment bankers and financial lawyers.

(2/2) they’re also known to be stingy and greedy with their money. play on Dill Kosher pickles, with Didl/Deal homophone. Her lawyer is hebrew “Ot” when it comes to law and more authentic than the jar of pickles itself.

- “i dont work in an office and they copying and thats facts/fax tho” people are copying her every move and style/in an office they copy things so she’s referencing to this/ nicki playing with homophone fax/facts which is sometimes called teleCOPYING which is used in offices.

- “Slick so i put on gym shoes and extended my run” (double entendre) when someone puts on gym shoes its for running but nicki is getting ready to fight/ nicki is responding to slick shots so she is extending her run in the rap game.

- “I aint talking pancakes but he flip a brick fast/breakfast” wordplay used to play on the sound or brik fast ans breakfast to say “he” flips brick (coke) pancakes are also flippen for breakfast.

- “that pit your fell in/felon” responding to her rival (remy ma) she would’ve helped her from the pit on an ending career/ playing with the homophone fell in/felon. she calls her rival a convicted criminal (remy is a fellon)

-“I just be coming/cumming off the top as bestest/asbestos”
coming off the top = freestyling
cumming off the top = squirting
as bestest = best emcees list
asbestos = abestos roofing

- “I went and copped a ring, call this roc(k) dwayne,” nicki got a ring with rock as large as the Rock (dwayne johnson)/ ring referencing to a ring in her finger as well as the rock’s wrestling ring.

- « Never lose nothing but damn i done had it » (double entendre) nicki has never lost in life or the rap game but she’s tired of people trying to see her lose/ when someone loses an item, a common phrase is used « i had it » when they are trying to figure out it is

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