In case one of my niggas go to jail, I can bail em out

from Ab-Soul – Only 1 Lyrics 2 on Rap Genius

Continuing from his last line, Mr. Soul elaborates by saying he can use the profit he gained from selling out to help free his friends from jail; which ultimately shifts the mostly thought-to-be negative perspective of the term by hinting at “greater good” that can be achieved from it.

But c'mon son Ab-Soul didn’t actually sell out.

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