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Sometimes, you just have to do what you have to do to make your kid happy. That’s the only explanation I can give for that line.

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Moments are lived and experienced, they’re spoken on and heard, but the only way to truly see them is to be there or capture it in a picture so it can live forever.

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There were two times in my adult life where I almost ended up homeless and barely escaped it, and as a reference to the former line, I’m speaking on how I’m setting myself to take over and own the game through consistent quality music. I know that I’m not there, but I know my goal, so I’m speaking it into existence.

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Obviously a reference to the classic board game, Monopoly.

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On “Fade To Black”, Jay Z was in the process of creating “What More Can I Say” and before recording, he made a quote that said, “You put the right artist with the right track in the studio, leave the door cracked, and let God in”, so this was a nod to that statement and belief.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkYVcxyOFiY

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My usual ritual before writing a song is smoking a jack (DC slang for “cigarette”, drinking some type of cognac, and putting in my headphones to zone out. It’s been working for me so far.

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Being cold and heartless is almost a bragging right within hip-hop and the faux-gangsta image, but I can’t fake like I am. God is in me, so I gotta have a heart.

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I don’t rap only to make money, but I’m making money because I’m actually good at what I do and I know my business.

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It’s crazy how I can jump into this rap game, show people love, and people mistake me being humble and cool as me being easy to take advantage of, or me being a bitch. Ended up being a rude awakening for a few people. All good, it exposed the fake for who they are.

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There were times way back when I first started recording music that I’ve made some songs that I didn’t really believe in or enjoy making, simply because my team around me at the time wanted me to make that type of shit. I regret it now, but I’ll also never do it again.

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