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But I ain’t never been around these lands so hit up the weed man
I dont smoke but tonight I think I'm gonna get it in YONAS – Midnight City
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He’s going places he’s never been before, literally and metaphorically. He is feeling pressured by the fame so he does something he normally doesn’t do, which is to smoke.

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Should I look up to my mom but she's is old school, and I love her but she don't know what I go through YONAS – Midnight City
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He loves his mom but she can’t help him with any of his issues because he has moved beyond her experience.

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I am like damn YONAS – Midnight City
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He is amazed at how much people change in the way they act towards him based on how much money he has.

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When you pray to God
Can he hear you, shit
I don’t really know YONAS – Midnight City
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Yonas is thinking about his faith and whether God actually listens and cares. Ultimately he decides not to worry about it and accepts that it is beyond his understanding.

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but I hear you and furthermore
I understand and I feel you YONAS – Midnight City
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He can relate to the average listener, and he understands what they are going through.

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I started in the left lane switched to the right YONAS – Midnight City
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He started with a life of crime, but got on the right path.

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So if ya'll ready lets ride on 3
And be ready to die YONAS – Midnight City
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An end to the song as he calls his homies to come with him on the path to fame, and death.

Also a possible reference to 2Pac’s “When We Ride On Our Enemies” from Better Dayz, and Biggie’s debut album Ready To Die

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Now I'm in my own lane all day, all right YONAS – Midnight City
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He is in a class of his own and has developed his own unique style

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But they got to fuck with it cause the flow so tight YONAS – Midnight City
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His flow is so sick, even haters can’t help liking his music

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I got a future full of soul and past full of hearses
I resurrect them in my verses
Yup, and now the haters know life YONAS – Midnight City
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He’s saying that he has suffered deaths of people close to him, but he brings them back and feels closer to them when he raps. He has also “killed” his haters, but he brings them back to life when he talks about them in his songs.

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