He says ironic because even though they seemed to be from two different worlds/classes in society,they were always together. The classes in school they took together.

She helped him throughout school, and without her he probably wouldn’t have made it through.

A classic tale. Even Alori Joh didn’t like him at first, due to the difference in class — she was the cutest girl at school and probably popular, he was the loser.

Since he was disfigured none of the girls would talk to him or like him.

From all the shit he went through, most people would go crazy. But Ab didn’t, surprisingly.

Notice the double entendre on the phrase “crazy check”. The government gives checks to people who are sometimes mentally unstable. But he also means “crazy” as a large sum of money.

People think that Soul’s lips are like that thanks to his Black & Mild diet, but it was the disease that gave birth to the Black Lip Bastard. As if this song needed to be more saddening, his own sister couldn’t recognize her brother thanks to the disease because his lips changed colour.

All symptoms of Steven-Johnson syndrome. As the statistic shows, Ab was lucky to survive, but look at him now.

“It’s still bright as fuck” — Because his eyes have been shut for so long, they have become very sensitive. Light is “bright as fuck”.

This also explains why Ab so rarely is seen without shades

From a bright start to an unfortunate turn of events. Steven-Johnson syndrome is a disease where the outer layer of skin (epidermis) separates from the inner cell layer (dermis) due to cell death. Warning, the pictures are graphic.

The Book of Job (joeb) is one of the books in the Hebrew Bible, it’s about the story of Job, his trials at the hands of Satan, his discussions with friends on the origins and nature of his suffering, his challenge to God, and finally a response from God. Ab-Soul thinks it should be called The Book of Soul because it relates to his life.

May have to do with Ab-Soul seeing her a day before she died and wasn’t aware of the fact she’d commit suicide the next day, and him wanting to know what’s up with him and her since she didn’t tell him.

Kendrick is king of the rap game now. I guess Jay-Z and Kanye didn’t watch the throne close enough.