"Check out my swag yo, I walk like a ball player. No matter where you go, you are what you are player. And you can try to change but that's just the top layer. Man you was who you was fo' you got here"
Not to be dramatic, but this line saved my life to some extent. I don't want to get too personal on this site, but I will say that I used to drink and drug heavily, and now I don't. That's all about that. Now, a common misconception of people in my shoes is that well maybe after a few years I'll be able to drink with impunity, or if I go on vacation it doesn't really count. Obviously people don't change on fundamental levels. Not just by changing their environment anyway.
I believe Jay was talking specifically about a person leaving their neighborhood where everybody knew this person was soft because of things they had seen going to another town and acting hard. You can try to change but that's just the top layer. That top layer gets peeled away pretty easily by people that are coming from a deeper place (mentally). A place where they are truer to themselves. "Real recognize real and you looking familiar"
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Don't forget this one holmes. "Hope you don't think users are the only abusers niggas gettin high within the game if you do then how would you explain I'm 10 years removed still the vibe is in my vein". Homeboy is talking about how he's addicted to making music just as much as his fans are to listening to it. And i'm pretty sure he's talking about how he was addicted to selling drugs just as much as fiends were addicted to abusing drugs. "Guess there's 2 sides to what substance abuse is".MMMaight!
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