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Chasing meaningless pleasures such as sex and drugs has done nothing for Emilio and has left him broke both emotionally and financially.

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The lifestyle Emilio lives with drinking, smoking, rolling around with drug dealers and gangbangers is a fast and dangerous way of living, one that could lead to his death. This also references the first few lines of this verse where he speaks recklessly about enjoying life doing careless acts for pleasure.

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With the success Emilio has garnered, he refuses to allow the people of his hometown to make a living as prostitutes or drug dealers and wants to share his riches with them. This theme of rappers putting their cities on is a common thing like in this song for example.

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Growing up in Rochester was hard for Emilio with his teachers constantly doubting his ability to do something with his life, a point he made in Give The World To You. He also dropped out of college to pursue his rap career.

However, he is now a successful independent rap artist with numerous mixtapes and had worked with many of rap’s upcoming stars and solidified veterans alike. While flops usually fail miserably, it is safe to say he didn’t fall into that category.

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A reference to Paypa’s Henny on The Rocks Series of mixtapes

While Kim Jong Ill may not seem like it, it is indeed the third installment to the series.

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Once again, Emilio’s distaste of the police department comes to play. He believes that police don’t care for someone’s progression and will bring anyone down if they so want to.

Middle Finger to the law!

Their power allows them to get away with it and it sends fear to innocent citizens. This fear causes them to run, thinking that the police will exercise their authority upon them and punish them through beatings. It is always a thought in their mind that they may be hurt at any time by an officer.

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The times have been hard for everyone, even drug dealers with people not having enough money to pay for products. With that struggle, dope boys don’t enough money to pay for an expensive car like a Beamer.

Emilio brings up one of his friends who has pushed cocaine for eight years of his life yet has never made enough money to purchase a V6 car such as a Cheverolet Camaro or Ford Mustang.

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Adding to the previous line, Rojas' mother worried so much about having food on the table for her family that she often skipped having dinner with them to work to continually keep food in her children’s stomachs. While she was doing the wrong thing, Emilio wanted to help his mother anyway he could so that they could be spend more time together.

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Spending all of her income on bills and supporting her children, Emilio’s mother was unable to purchase herself things that she needed and wore really worn out sneakers to work for years. Even small things like this show the struggle Emilio’s family endured through their life.

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The homes and neighborhoods Emilio grew up were broken down and didn’t really provide a stable environment for growth. Sadly his family couldn’t do better with a single mother working multiple jobs just to pay bills. With the situation as it was, Emilio’s dreams were shattered because he thought he may never leave this struggling lifestyle.

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