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Living in a loop of blame allows this girl to inflict harm on herself, engaging in selfish behaviour, pawning all her responsibilities off on others.

Her “best friends” (the term used to refer to vices), include her actual best friends (i.e. peer pressure), substance abuse eroding or outright removing inhibitions, previous pain and regret she is trying to repress, and of course, her most recent best friend, The Weeknd—a hybrid of all her existing “best friends” and someone financially capable of sustaining her dysfunctional lifestyle.

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This verse has been annotated previously as his XXL freshman freestyle.
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This is a reference to people who act tough and project a gangster persona, but when they come across real gangsters they get exposed as soft, timid and scared – like a rabbit.

This is underscored by the following two lines – posers get killed, so don’t act tough if you can’t back it up.

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Here, Ricky hints at a recent close overdose. He also proposes a paired suicidal pact via drug overdose – which is rather reminiscent to the [although unintentional] conclusion to Shakespeare’s ‘'Romeo and Juliet’‘.

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Abel shows regret for his decision to be famous and tells this opportunistic girl that if he had the chance to do it all over again, he would’ve never agreed to letting her into his life.

This also refers to the music business. If he had known that the record labels would have become so obsessed with him, he would have left the music in the club instead of letting it be such a major part in his life and be the path for his fame and success.

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Models are notorious for using cocaine in order to work for long lengths of time, and also to offset any weight gain.
This alludes to the Lupe Fiasco line ‘’emaciated models with coacaine and blood pooring out their nostrils‘’

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The Weeknd’s discography, in its simplest form, is a recital of events which make it quite clear to the world what he is after – uncommitted, high sex.
Nothing more and certainly not love, or to be tied down permanently with one lady.
He states things such as…

Baby I’m a pro at letting go, I love it when they come and go - Montreal

But, as previously stated, in ‘Echoes of Silence’ with the lines

Cause you thought there was more to us but you knew how this would end. It’s gonna end how you expected girl you’re such a masochist and I ask why

These women tend to ignore/forget this, falsely believing they will not be disposable, and will be the first to tame him or tie him down.
But they all fail; he is a nomad.

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Nacho is fixated with himself and egotistic.
This is a reference to the Greek mythological character ‘Narcissus’ [from where the word ‘Narcissistic’ is derived from] who was renowed for his beauty, and fell in love with himself whilst gazing at his reflection in the a pool/puddle.

This was also referenced on the cover art of the album:

The original of the painting which was altered for the cover art can be found here

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The original chosen one being God’s son (no, not Nas or Neo!), Jesus.

There are several parables in the Bible of Jesus giving offerings, the most notable being the “miracle of the five loaves and two fish”.

He’s gifted so expect more offerings, in the form of more songs good enough to be regarded as a gift.

However, Joey is out here ‘sonning’ rappers – to son someone means to disrespect them, and have dominance over them as a father would. Because of this, there will be less ‘orphans’ – so he’ll be adopting them basically.

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Slaves are held captive with chains and beaten with whips. Robb uses this as a double entendre/metaphor, as the vernacular terms ‘whips and chains’ refer to flashy cars and jewelry.
She’s enslaved when presented with this lifestyle. In other words, she’s materialistic, and possibly also a gold digger.

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