In his tragic life he really feels like he loses everything. Hopefully neither music nor his mom is next, else he’ll go out like Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain did: by committing suicide with a shotgun to the head at the height of his career.

Also this references the “27 club” that Kurt Cobain is a part of with other musicians that had lost their life at age 27, hence before he turns 28. Other known musicians dying at age 27 include: Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, and Jimi Hendrix.

They were supposed to be together until they got old and had grandchildren, but Alori reportedly committed suicide. He wants to know why God took her, but supposes God wanted her beautiful face to be displayed in heaven. He’s used to having life suck, so he’s lucky here.

“Angel” also refers to Alori Joh’s real name, Loriana Angel Johnson

The “why lord” refers back to the opening line of the song. Job never questioned “why lord,” but soul did, that’s why this is the book of soul.

Sounwave, a member of TDE’s Digi+Phonics production group, has been cool with Soulo for a minute. Ab was trying to surpass Drake, whose music (probably So Far Gone or Thank Me Later) was quite hot back then.

Also a loose play on Drake’s lyric from his song titled ‘Scriptures.’

Whereas Drake was trying to topple the living legend, Ab-Soul was more focused on being better than the guy currently in the spotlight.

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

There are several possible interpretations of the phrase “crazy check”. The government gives checks to people who are sometimes mentally unstable, but it could also refer to a disability check or a “crazy” large amount of money.

Further, there have been lawsuit settlements for people who suffered from Stevens-Johnson syndrome. This one lady got $6 million!

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.

A picture of Ab-Soul before and after the effects of the disease

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.