To prove Carlton deserves the solo, he sings "Go Down, Moses" ("...let my people go.") This song was also sung by Carlton (along with Will and a cellmate) in the Season One episode "Mistaken Identity".
In the series, Will Smith is an all time fan of the character "Shaft". Richard Roundtree, who plays Reverend Gordon Sims, is the actor who played Shaft in all the movies.
Will mentions Tupac Shakur being arrested as a joke. This episode aired on April 8th, 1996, just five months before the Platinum rapper was shot and killed in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 13th of the same year.
In addition to playing Rev. Gordon Sims in this episode, actor Richard Roundtree played 'Dr. Mumford' in Clubba Hubba (1990), the 3rd episode of Season 1 (1990).
The title is an allusion to the phrase "here today gone tomorrow"