The people around him encouraged him to finish getting his education, but Emilio wasn’t progressing there. All he’d do at school was hang out with the ladies and mess around on campus.

Because of the waiting he was forced to do, Emilio made living the lavish life his immediate goal. He wanted to live that life so bad that he would even perform entire sets for very small crowds.

Emilio is reminiscing on his growing up experience and how the people around him weren’t on the same page. He had to wait to do what he wanted to do because of this.

Malik has been on the grind for quite some time and within the hook he lets us know that. He also makes it clear that he’s doing this for the people like him, the people actively chasing a dream.

Malik has been on the grind for quite some time and within the hook he lets us know that. He also makes it clear that he’s doing this for the people like him, the people actively chasing a dream.

Malik has been on the grind for quite some time and within the hook he lets us know that. He also makes it clear that he’s doing this for the people like him, the people actively chasing a dream.

Self-explanatory. Malik believes him and his music are what the people want, and you better believe there’s no luck involved.

Going against Malik at this point is not a good decision in his opinion because he’s finally about to take off. This lyrical statement is saying that he has the ability to create and recreate incredible music that will “make your speakers burst” for a while coming. He ends the verse leading into the chorus, and wants to again make it clear that Malik used to give a fuck, and now he gives a fuck less.

Malik is stating that he’s a “deep” person meaning he’s down-to-earth, philosophical, etc. He jokingly says that he is so deep, that he’s actually “drowning” in his overwhelming amount of thoughts in his head. He then says that his flow is so smooth, that it’s almost like a fountain of water. He encourages the listeners to “have a sip” meaning to take a listen to what he’s saying and appreciate his message.

Malik knows that making it in this industry is far from easy, and you’ll have to literally go out and get it. You have to network, you have to promote and you have to have a message to spread. Malik doesn’t want to be known as the “hottest” rapper necessarily; he wants to be known as someone who kept it real from the jump and who will always be honest with you.