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In these lines, Dre continues on how he stopped partying from their debut album, Southernplayacadillacmuzik For the next album, which is considered a hip hop classic. Slowing down to a nice speed is a great metaphor for moving out of the fast lane of life.

Andre quit smoking for this album:

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The people YC grew up with, whether its family or friends either got content with living in the Bronx, which is not a nice neighborhood, or could never get out because of lack of money or other reasons.

YC decided he didn’t want to be content with that lifestyle and pursue a better life elsewhere.

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The Bronx is an area in New York, which is where YC was born and raised.

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There’s always a new girl out there, and whatever has you down today, there’s a new day tomorrow with none of those problems. Favorite Food could symbolize your favorite music or something you personally need. The things you love, like Kanye West’s Graduation is ever lasting, it won’t change… it still taste the same.

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It flashes back to the past, this could be a normal flashback or it could be a eulogy. The old man probably grew up in Hollywood.

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Fairly ballsy, but great line from Mick.

Mick is comparing his writings to Anne Franks Diary, which is a globally appraised book.

On a different note:

Mick could just be saying he gets high and writes verses, like writing in the attic (the attic is the highest room in the house).

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The man could be dead now and this is an image of his funeral. Familiar names could be the book visitors sign at a persons wake. The photographs could be something used to remember the man at his wake.

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The people who visit the old man are leaving him candy and flowers.The flowers could represent that the man is on his deathbed. He could be at a hospital or a nursing home. The man Kanye also talks about roses in this song

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The man in the story is thinking about his past at an old age. He looks back on blurred memories and questionable things he has done in the past.

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I think the change in tempo and change in music could be telling the listener that it is a flashback into the past.

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