Songs of “Hallelujah”“ or "Amazing Grace” deceive the real emotion of the moment they anesthetize the pain, when they’re cold themselves. It all revolves around keeping the spook-god believers oppressed or blind rather to the true gospel.

A very cold description of religion here is being raised. (As well as throughout the song)

The victim was raised by a man who lived in the street-life and a woman who lived in a book, both parents outlasted their son.

Now he’s dead and you get an idea with “shivering” that even death doesn’t offer some warmth or closure.

Nas is the fool because the jewelry dripped blood(blood money, hence his song Shine On Em and his uzi proved out of grasp of a moment most needed and now he’s left with all the guns and gold that’s still left around but that’s nothing compared to his lost friend.

Nas uses a similar theme on Stillmatic, Nas Is Like

While Nas changed weapons from the first line (he was clutching the Mossberg out of nervousness). Now however, either the nervousness got to his head and put the shotgun away or even maybe looking to relinquish it all together.

Slipping here may really be liberating

Dripping here could have a decorative connotation, i.e “wrist drippin like a faucet” clearly he’s boasting about his flagrant jewellery.

Nas is anxious (sweating), probably because he has a pump action shotgun on him.

He’s getting that Malcolm X paranoia

Both fans and rappers often wonder who or what influences Roc’s intricate rhyming style, however we may never know..