I kind of Rootbeer Reported this song already when the video was released so if you want to learn more you can read that post. To summarize:
It’s my favorite song I’ve ever written. My opinion hasn’t changed in the…oh wow exactly three months since I said so. Every line in the second and third verses rhyme. I fully intended it to be a love song but I wrote it at such an emotionally heavy time that it gets more and more delusional with each verse. By the end, it’s almost as if I’m trying to convince myself that she’s perfect for me. Coincidentally(?) the day I finished writing it was also the day that relationship ended. I used a beat Rawhide made called “Stars,” and here we are.
Can you spot the cameo from my piece of shit cat?
Commentary
You address me like an enemy so I stress eat
And then you resent me further cuz I’m hefty like red meat
I’m starting to realize I mention food a lot on this album. Hell, the very first song starts with me going to the refrigerator. Then there’s doughnuts. Now this?
Yes I’m a dead beat but you’re a pain in the ass when you call
During a match of Smash Bros. Brawl
A lot of love songs, especially in hip-hop, are very generic. This is done for relateability; so a maximum number of female listeners can identify themselves as the subject of the lyrics. I’ve done that before, but with this song I wanted to instead get very specific with the details. I don’t want anyone else thinking it’s about them. These were the experiences shared between one specific person and myself. The song gives you a window to that, like something Eve 6 would do. Side Note/Fun Fact: Even though I’m a super hardcore rapper, Eve 6 is one of my favorite bands.
Put that finger in the center of a ring just like a circus
Only super hardcore rappers quote Britney Spears.
You chose my ass over a polite, lustfully buff guy
What’s manlier than a lustfully buff guy? This is hip-hop.
Our love is like an open wound but what when the blood dries?
In all seriousness, though, I’m particularly proud of this line.