The kid was kid in front of his own mother’s rented apartment, showing a kind of innocence cut short by murder.

Black Thought likens Philadelphia, or “Illadelphia” as he commonly calls, to hell because of the constant danger.

The kid’s death could’ve been prevented if he would have followed Black Thought’s advice of avoiding danger on the street.

BT lets off a few gunshots in the air in remembrance of his fallen friend, as well as smoking in his memory.

Black Thought considers that his life can be taken at any possible moment on the streets.

There’s no end to the crimes and killings on the street, even though police presence has been increased.

Black Thought steps back from the crime scene to view it from a the angle in which the shooter attacked, and he notices that the kid was shot from behind, through the heart.

Black Thought tried warning the kid of the dangers of hanging on the block, calling the ghetto “red hot.” BT compares the redness of the blood currently coming out of the victims head after not following his advice with the “red” hot heat of the streets.

Doctors arrive at the crime scene to treat the victim, who was an innocent boy that hung out on the street corners where crack was sold.

King Street is a street in Philadelphia, where the Roots are from.

Black Thought is awoken by gunshots in the middle of the night, and the cops arrive shortly after to investigate and find the shooter.