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Abel’s been hotboxing in the loft for a long time. So much weed has been smoked in the room that it’s hard to breathe without inhaling smoke and staying in the zone of the high, causing Abel to oscillate between his peak and the come down, or the fall.

These conditions, along with the opiate usage, can cause breathing to be depressed, leaving Abel in a battle to receive oxygen.

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This song is featured in the commercial for Electronic Arts' new game Crysis 2, which takes place in New York in 2023.

The hook is taken from Frank Sinatra’s 1979 song “New York, New York”

The song is an extended metaphor relating the wars around the world, and specifically the ones the United States is involved in, to the video game the songwas made for, Crysis 2.

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The hook is taken from Frank Sinatra’s original rendition of “New York, New York”

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“If you aren’t chokin', then you aren’t smokin'.” – Wiz Khalifa

“Loc’d out” means he’s wearing shades while he’s smoking so you can’t see how red his eyes are.

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Deceiving is an early Drake song that was featured on his mixtape Comeback Season.

The song is a reference and diss to three women in Drake’s past.

The song samples 2U4U by Slum Village, but the instrumental was made by J Dilla.

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40, part of OVO, and Drake’s main engineer/producer. 40 has a large production history with alot of hit songs.

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Once he returns home, he expresses his love and appreciation toward his girl, even bringing her gifts from all the places that he stopped through on tour.

These lines are also a reference to Snoop Dogg’s verse on “Ain’t No Fun (If the Homies Can’t Have None)”, though Lu’s changed up some of the words.

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Kanye’s playing on words here, referring to MTV’s hit shows, The Real World and Road Rules. Not only is it a challenge to keep your life balanced after experiencing life on one of these shows, but most of the participants try to extend their fame by participating in the countless “Real World Challenge” shows. Then if their fame is somehow rejuvenated, they have to figure out if/how to stay true to themselves after selling out in such a big way.

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Kush and Orange Juice is the name of Wiz’s 2010 mixtape, and are always near him when he’s “Waken Baken” (the first track off of the mix tape, as well as the name of Wiz’s tour from 2010) early in the morning.

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Not only does he rep his hometown of Pittsburgh, but his car is yellow with black stripes, and he has matching chains with black and “canary” yellow diamonds

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