This entire half of this verse is stated by both Byron and Bless. I had a thought, then I jotted it all down just to vent. I realized that not many African-American teenagers make it past the age of 21, and I don’t want to add to the list. I stated those words at seven, and again at fourteen. I also plan on stating those exact words at twenty-one. It really hit me the night before I recorded this song that I really can not make friends. Over half of my friends are blood-related.

In order of the year I met them, here are the friends I have left:

1. Toni (1996)
2. Aaliyah (2010)
3. Valeria (2011)
4. Destiny (2014)

I hated who I was surrounded by because even with my good intentions, I couldn’t help every one. I even ended up pushing a few away because they would get themselves together. They would always wear a certain color flag, but cared less if the U.S. flag had those colors in it.

Because of this, I often develop insomnia because I end up thinking too much, and I become passive, which led to me becoming anti-social. Their behavior is suitable to a lot of teens nowadays because they very rarely care about what they hear if it gets played a lot.

This verse grows more intense as it’s where the final battle between Byron and Bless really takes place.

After this verse, you know about how unprepared I was when reality kicked in. I needed to do something, and I needed to do it quick. I’m realizing all of the negativity that began spreading during my teenage years, and affected by it. Therefore, I kept my distance from almost everyone.

This verse explains where reality kicked in for the first time for Byron. When I was at school, or at home, I was just Byron. Outside, it was different, I meant something to people. I helped people growing up, and I couldn’t seem to do that at school.

I made sure each bridge and hook had a different intricate meaning. This one stands for the shooters that I was surrounded by knowing what I was about. I was pretty much the golden child. Not perfect, but I did my best to do right.

Each sound is symbolic for something.

The gun sounds in the background stand for sin, and sin stands for Byron.

The harmonizing in the background represents innocence, which stands for Bless.

“We know” also stands for something. After each verse, you learn something new about each personality. The first verse explains my extreme disliking for my surroundings, and desperately looking for a way out.

This verse is me at a young age, describing my surroundings.
It also details from where the nickname “Bless” came from. One of the shooters didn’t like the name “Byron”, and since I was the good kid, the name “Bless” really stuck.

This intro has two significant meanings:

1. The battle between my multiple personalities is not over.
2. This song is a hidden track on the second disc. This intro means, the album isn’t over yet. But only for people who have the deluxe version.

This was sampled from J. Cole’s Born Sinner vlog.

“I feel like there’s no need for my parents to start loving me now, they wasted seventeen years of chances. Even with that feeling though, I can’t get by without something going wrong. So I told myself, never to pretend I don’t vent, don’t stoop to new lows, and try harder to be better. All for her.”

The new star/black sheep: