Rappers often label women as hoes, which also happen to be a type of gardening tool. This could also be a reference to the fact that many people in today’s society seem to treat women like gardening tools.

• They only have one purpose (sex)
• They can easily be replaced (having sex after sex)

Lecrae is happy that God made him, even though he was made out of dirt. This is also a reference to the following verse from the Bible where God created Adam; the first human.

Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.

Genesis 2:7

Although it mentions dust, dirt and dust are both made of tiny particles and essentially have the same worth. This line is also an reference to how powerful God is.

Money can be used for good or evil purposes, so Lecrae hopes that if you’re making a lot of it you are using it wisely.

As mentioned in the following verse from the Bible, the love of money can lead to destruction

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

1 Timothy 6:10

In addition, Jesus said that those with more are responsible to help our fellow man with what they have and glorify God through it:

For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.

Luke 12:48b

Getting into the real excuses here, if we are in church we can’t stay in our sin, because our fellowship will be able to see the struggles and try to get us through it.

From the unsaved persons point of view and according to the last line that as long as EVERYBODY in church isn’t flawless and perfect (which is impossible and pointless because we wouldn’t need GOD if we were) they still have a reason for all of their foolish deeds aka sins, as the ones he listed

The line “smoking weed, pourin' up, keep that lean up in my cup” is a throwback to Pimp C’s opening line in Big Pimpin‘.

He is saying that these are the excuses of a lot of Christians who don’t want to attend church. One of the excuses mentioned here is the fact that many pastors can be hypocrites and do not practice what they preach.

Also “That’s backwards” is a double entenre because in the previous line he talks about his snapback, which he wears backwards, but also the ridiculousness of the situation

One of the more relatively well known Bible verses that has been cited by many times throughout hip hop.

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

Mark 8:36

There is no use in him living if he isn’t doing what God calls us to do.

16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Matthew 28:16-20

A reference and play on the title of Sho Baraka’s also love centered song We can be more

He respects and pays homage to the people from Compton who started G funk.

• 213 is the area code of Compton.

• 213 was also a hip hop group that consisted of Snoop Dogg, Warren G and Nate Dogg. The group was also formed on Long Beach California.