Days before the release of “Watch,” Kanye mentioned his Opioid addiction in a TMZ rant/interview. According to Ye, he became addicted to opioids following a liposuction procedure and his on-stage breakdown in late 2016. In the interview, Kanye noted that he had been taking two opioids per day following the procedure. After someone on his team said, “these are used to kill genius,” Ye immediately stopped taking the pills—two days later, he was hospitalized and his prescription was bumped up to seven pills daily.

This seemingly inappropriate recommendation from Ye’s doctor ties into a much larger epidemic happening in the United States in which highly-addictive opioids are overly prescribed, leading to both patient overdoses and an abundant street supply of unused pills. Statistics put the annual deaths from opioid overdose at around 64,000 with suspected overdoses also claiming the lives of rappers Lil Peep and Pimp C in the last 10 years.

Ye uses the term “trap” in both senses of the word. Since opioids are addictive, they can leave a patient/user feeling “trapped.” In another sense, a pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry as a whole could be seen as a “trap house” so-to-speak due to their peddling of these dangerous drugs.

“Bezos” likely refers to Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon. Kanye’s wife, Kim Kardashian supports him in his mission to become a wealthy, impactful CEO like Bezos, whereas the pills hold him back. In 2017, Ye gifted Kim a Christmas present of stocks in several companies, including Amazon.