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This verse is based on This

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She was dumped by her mother, Brenda,she had to be self-sufficient as she had no family to support her and was all alone. With no place to stay.She had to travel from foster to foster, probably couldn’t settle because she was a menace.

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The girl 2Pac talks about in “Brenda’s Got a Baby”

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Pap is referring to Brenda’s baby from the song Brenda’s Got a Baby by 2Pac.

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He is the type of friend that is willing to do anything with you regardless of the consequences the actions carried may have. This type of person is referred to as your Ride or Die nigga.

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Uses long flights to clear his mind and to relax (cross-country flights are ~5 hours, but Transatlantic can be waaaay longer). He is away from all the hassles of the world for the moment. Some rappers even write their rhymes during air travel. Long flights can also be seen as a synonym for gettin' high

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Before you commit suicide you should consider the fact that everyone is here for a reason. You might have been destined to greater things and to change the world as we see it today.

Regardless of who you are, what you feel like or what you look like you have something valuable to contribute. It may not be as big as finding the cure for AIDS or Cancer but it is something that means a lot.

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when you are trapped in this life you have no-one to look to for help not the Lord as he says here will save you. Its every man for themselves.

This is actually not true as the Bible Quotes Jesus saying that its never too late to turn to him no matter what you have done in the past.

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This life that we live in is full of choices that tests your decision making. Nip here is trying to say that the actions that you do now may haunt or benefit you later in life.

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Reference to his single Illuminate. his wisdom/knowledge (light) is displayed in his music, he showcases this in his music and lets it “illuminate”

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