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While the outside world may have visions of Phantom-driving, ghetto fabulous hood stars, the truth is that there is enough violence and pain in the urban ghettos to make their inhabitants consider suicide.
Here, Kendrick references the Rolls Royce Phantom, which has rear-hinged passenger doors, i.e. “suicide doors”. This bit of wordplay ties back to the previous line, since Rolls Royce can thank Hip Hop (and MTV Cribs) for much of their brand recognition, outside of the wealthy elite.
This metaphor continues on into the next verse where Kendrick claims he’ll reach deep into your soul and grab a rifle and shoot you in the “arteries” (heart) with it. Hence the “suicide” (killing you with your own soul)