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Lil Peep only has one brother he is legally related to, but many peers that surrounded him in his life were close enough to be considered one their self. There are many “brothers” he could be referring to —Post Malone, Metro Blu, Brennan Savage, and many others were all seemingly very close to him. Moreover, though not necessarily the specific “brothers” he’s referencing, three individuals that stand out most in Lil Peep’s life are producer Smokeasac, rapper Tracy, and rapper Bexey.

Smokeasac lived with Lil Peep at one point in time, often tweets about him, and even wrote a lengthy memorial in his honor. Additionally, Smokeasac has produced various hit tracks of his such as “Benz Truck (Гелик)” and “Awful Things”, also producing all of Come Over When You’re Sober Pt.1 in its entirety.

Tracy helped in the process of launching Lil Peep to stardom, as he featured on both Castles and Castles II, as well as the hit track “Awful Things”. Tracy even broke down crying during a performance of their song “WitchBlades” at Lil Peep’s memorial concert due to the fact Peep died while on bad terms with Tracy.

Bexey and Lil Peep shared an apartment in London. They collaborated on an album together called Romeo’s Regrets and Bexey even featured in the “Benz Truck” video!

His desire to give half of what he earns to these “brothers” speaks to Lil Peep’s character and shows a lot about how gentle and caring of a soul he was.

Lil Peep pictured with Tracy, Smokeasac, and Bexey.

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Lil Peep’s music often revolved around themes of sadness and pain, dark emotions that nonetheless attracted many fans to him and helped turn his music into a full-time career.

Peep’s brother, Karl “Oskar” Åhr, touched on this topic in an interview with People shortly after his death:

It makes me laugh to think about the days we watched WWE together, but [Peep] mentioned how being a hip-hop artist is like being a pro-wrestling character. You have to be an actor. He gets paid to be sad. It’s what he made his name on. It’s what his image was in a sense.

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As the majority of Lil Peep’s most popular projects —such as Crybaby and Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 1— revolve around the themes of infatuation and heartbreak, seeing Peep talk of numbing his pain through the use of women and drugs comes as no surprise.

He has elaborated more on the relation of women and drugs to his pain on various popular songs of his, including “U Said” from the aforementioned Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 1, where he rapped:

Runnin' away from you takes time and pain
And I don’t even want to
So, I’m gettin' high all week without you
Poppin' pills, thinkin' about you (thinkin' about you)

There is also some wordplay here with the word, “number”, and an adjective form of the word numb, “numb-er”.

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‘Act’ is short for Actavis; a popular company that produced promethazine with codeine syrup. These are the main ingredients in the mixed drug, lean.

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A branding iron is a tool used to mark livestock as property. By burning an image or initials into a cow using the hot iron rod, a farmer can mark his ownership of it.

Tracy plans on branding the person in question; however, he wont be doing it with a branding iron. Instead, he’ll use a gun —or heat— that has recently been fired, pressing the hot barrel to their face and leaving an identifying mark.

Moreover, “Yeehaw” is a country phrase that expresses enthusiasm and excitement. So, Tracy exclaiming this after using the gun definitely shows that he’s enjoying what he’s doing.

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As the theme of this song revolves around farm life, Tracy makes an allusion to a practice that happens on most farms with livestock. In order to obtain and process beef, farmers must first slaughter the animal in question.

Additionally, Tracy plays on the double meaning of the word ‘beef’. If you have an issue —or beef— with him, he won’t hesitate to slaughter you himself.

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Bic is a disposable consumer product company. The reference in this line is from their lighters, as they must be “lit” to be used. Moreover, Juice is playing off the multiple meanings of this word, using the slang version to describe himself instead of the literal one.

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“Hadouken” is a special attack used primarily by Ryu in the game Street Fighter. Similar to the way Ryu hits opponents with his attack, Juice WRLD similarly has sex.

The Hadouken attack

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Wrapping up the metaphor, he states that he’ll see his sunshine in the morning, just as you would a sunrise. As his sunshine is a metaphor for Hip-Hop, and the morning is always in the future, it is likely Lupe was giving a sneak peak into his next album, The Cool.

Being the Proust of Rap, this reference isn’t too much of a stretch, as The Cool has a cast of well-thought-out characters that span across many of Lupe’s albums and the track “The Cool” is seen later on this album.

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Lil Pump’s usage of “fridge” here refers to the diamonds on his neck. “Ice” is a common slang term for diamonds or jewelry, and just as a fridge is cold and icy, Pump’s diamonds are as well. Moreover, “fridge” could be used as a comparison to the excessive weight/amount of the diamonds on his neck, as fridges are often extremely heavy.

These statements aren’t much of a stretch either, as Lil Pump often flaunts his wealth to the public:

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