Bun B reveals that his brother currently is serving a ten year conviction in prison that is soon to end. While this normally may be cause for joy and delight Bun B states that upon the release of his brother, he faces prosecution and subsequently has to face time in prison himself.

Life really is a bitch sometimes

A line earlier No Malice is portraying the materialism ad hedonism that is present in some rap music, including Clipse’s. Now No Malice acknowledges that this kind of behavior was bad and certainly didn’t please God.

After that his change of mind is the topic that correlates with his devotion to faith, religion and God that subsequently resulted in his renunciation and rejection from said sinful lifestyle.

The first line especially the statement concerning where he hails from might also reference his relationship to his brother and that be will always keep him in his mind and heart.

This line is further continuing the theme of nostalgia from the previous two lines. No Malice is going into more detail about his sinning which he mentioned earlier.

Not only is selling drugs a sinful but the circumstances which No Malice mentions (winter) also imply a certain level of greed. The mention of winter also is a wordplay on the nickname of cocaine that is snow.

Many drug addicts are not employed and if so their working condition may be illicit. Therefore they’re dependent on government assistance that usually is payed on the first and fifteenth day day of every month.

The arrival of welfare checks has been referenced various times by other rappers and Lupe Fiasco even named his own label “1st & 15th Entertainment”.

This line is allusion to the prior one. Pimp C now describes the prerequisites for qualifying as trill as opposed to the example provided in the previous line. Among said prerequisites are outstanding manliness, depicted by huge balls, and the possession of handgun.

Bun B earlier stated that his chosen field of work can be very stressful at times and already named a couple of factors that contribute to this mood.
In this case it is one of his various workers employed by him in order to deal drugs that failed to deliver the right amount of money that causes him hassle.

This line serves as perfect depiction of the lifestyle that Pimp C describes in his music. No matter how hard he tries to stay away from a life of crime he’ll always be a part of it and eventually participate in drug dealing and trading as he elaborates in the next lines.

Bun B and Pimp C started their career as famous and respected Houston based rap duo in 1992 with the cassette only release of their first EP The Southern Way that included some songs that were later that year released on their offical debut album Too Hard Too Swallow.
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Since then they released 6 studio albums and made dozens of guest appearances. It is safe to say that UGK is one of the most influential groups of rap history and the death of Pimp C was a huge loss. This unfortunate event gives this particular due to the usage of the word “veteran” another, incredibly sad way of interpretation.