This song is a personal and heart-felt exploration of addiction and the mental health issues associated with drug and alcohol dependency, for example, depression and anxiety. It also touches on domestic violence, suffering, family conflict, relationships, growing up, peer pressure, poverty, hopelessness, fear, stress, and the gift/curse of hindsight.
It uses language features such as idioms, slang, metaphor, homophones, symbolism, euphemism, allusion, quotation, personification, simile, rhetorical questioning, and clear imagery which gives the listener the impression they are watching a young J. Cole worry over how to help his mother with her addictions and heartbreak.
Link to Lyrics: https://genius.com/14369170
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