Les radios qui diffusent du rap ne diffusent jamais de rap qui fait réfléchir, mais plutôt du rap égo-trip sur lequel on peut bouger.

Les anciens ont défoncé des portes, maintenant tout le monde attend la suite.

Et c'est là le thème du morceau ; Kool Shen, l'ancien, qui passe le flambeau aux jeunes, mais qui tout de même aura sa part du gateau, l'avenir sera hip-hop ou ne sera pas !

Although Rick Ross was not initially intended to be featured on West’s album, he was invited to Hawaii to work with West, as Kanye was set to produce the song Live Fast, Die Young off Ross' album. While there, he walked in while West was recording Monster and Ross was so impressed with what he heard and asked if he could deliver an intro to the song. West enjoyed what Ross brought to the song and invited him back to his studio during the final stages of the album, to record a guest verse on this song.

According to Ross, the verse was added the day before the album had to be turned into the record label. In an interview with MTV discussing the composition of the song, Ross commented:

I got a call, they wanted me to be a part of that record. It was actually the last day before Kanye had to turn the record in, and I think that pressure just made it that much more special to me. So I just sat there, approached the record openly and as straightforward as I could. When I laid the verse, 30 minutes later, I was extremely happy. I sent it to him, and he was too. I think it was one of the dopest verses I did this year.

Ross favorably compared the recording sessions to his past in school. He mused:

It’s like everybody is a student: You walk into a session, and it’s all about the subject at hand.

It’s pretty clear Ross outshines Kanye on this track.

Don’t you find the waiting time between the hook and this verse particularly wonderful too?

Cool, stay cool, please don’t make him pull the toys out.

What a freaky line…

He’s talented at finding negatives sides, defects, but can’t see the positive sides of things. He’s a pessimist.

This isn’t so much a gift as a curse that leads him to sabotage his own happiness.

His rap skills are so dope, that in 10 seconds, his buzz will be bigger than insects in Texas. You don’t understand ?

Also a wordplay : “Buzz” is the sound made by some insects. … I hope you already knew that.

Début de la 3ème et dernière partie : il prend conscience du rôle qu'il a à jouer dans cet enfer et essaie d'unir et de redonner la foi aux hommes afin de détruire le mal.

Ici commence la seconde partie. Solaar, au paradis, traque les anges déchus pour éviter que la tragédie de la création de Satan ne revoie le jour. N'étant qu'un humain, il finit par se faire corrompre par ce dernier et retourne sur Terre, il constate que c'est un véritable enfer.

Dans cette première partie, Solaar parle de sa future mort et se dépeint comme un prophète qui espère guider les gens vers les vraies valeurs de la vie.

Contrairement à ce que certains pourraient croire, Claude M'Barali a poursuivi des études supérieures, donc “élémentaire” ici n'a rien à voir avec l'école primaire. MC Solaar exprime ici son humilité contrastant avec les exploits qu'on lui attribue : il a beau avoir été un artiste à succès, Solaar avoue que dans la vie, il a failli à remplir certains objectifs simples qu'il ne précise pas (peut-être de l'ordre familial).