All you baller playa's got some insecurities too / That you could cover up, bling it up, cash in and cha-ching it up

[meat] pie and [tomato] sauce

A waiter took his box up five flights of stairs, and Philip was shown into a tiny room, fusty from unopened windows, the greater part of which was taken up by a large wooden bed with a canopy over it of red rep; […]

Perseverance alone can carry us thorough-stitch.