His mom has always been the one to tell him to take it easy, and be patient, because good things will come. His dad says “don’t take a breathe” after finding his marijuana stash, and literally telling him not to breathe it in anymore, but also figuratively he is noticing what rap music has done to his son and got him involved in small-time drugs

He goes on to explain how music has really only lead him to girl issues, financial woes from the costs of equipment and lack of revenue, and his frame of reference with life has been distorted. He now feels like he has lost his pace and sense of control, and is becoming impatient waiting for something to happen.

A play off of his song “Chasing Pavements” from his first solo album, he paints the picture of himself staring at the pavement until he sees a welcome mat, which symbolically means he has been welcomed by music, and found his niche.

Still, he admits that he has no real bragging rights because he has dropped four solo albums in two years, yet his position in rap still seems stagnant.

Speaking to himself in the past.

Jack will be held accountable for things he’s done, but he doesn’t believe that he can’t make a change in his life (although people may tell him he can’t). He has sinned, and he will sin even more, but he has a long path left in life and is able to turn his life around.

The end of the discussion with his past, and how he moved from his social network because of drugs/alcohol/lacking faith.

When put on repeat, this verse will loop right back to the beginnning of verse number 1: the present, and then verse number 2: the future, and then again verse number 3: the past. Jack structured the verses like this so it seems like it’s almost a never-ending cycle. And if he would have started with the past as his first verse, that would be too obvious.

The troubles will always find away of coming back in one’s life, and if you wait for others to give you advice and a “pep talk” about making your life better, it’s not going to work because right when your on your own you will be alarmed.

He also wouldn’t be as apprehensive if he wasn’t sober. The insecurities would go away as the blunt finished. He’s became too aware though that those insecurities don’t ever really go away, because when you come down from the high they are more prevalent than ever.

He’s learned a lot from asking himself questions over the past such as “What if i woulda” “what if i coulda” and “i shoulda”. He’s saying he’d have a better chance at making things happen, if he didn’t have to worry about his identity (if his hood was on).

He’s not too timid to try, he’s well aware that he has the ability to make something big happen in life. It’s just that he is hesitant, and apprehensive, because he knows that there’s no going back after he does make an attempt.

Moscoto, symbolizing alcohol.
Lotto ticket, symbolizing luck.
crack rocks, symbolizing a high.

What he claims will be the three things to get him through the rough patch he will come up on.

The dim backdrop refers to the setting that he found himself in. He also claims that the road ahead of him had many twists and turns, which would be testing him, similar to those Matchbox car roadways. For this, he may need a stunt devil to take over for him, so he can slack off and not have to endure the pain he will.