Soup opens the track with a melodic call for the homie to choose between
the seemingly high-risk, high-reward life of a hustler and anything else. He
empathizes, but encourages him to pursue an alternative. But the true
complexity of the verse is in the subtext which addresses the social
inequities of said “hood”, the challenges that come with overcoming fear-
based mindsets in this community, and the generational transfer of trauma
that often occurs in these scenarios.
K Like The Letter’s hook provides the listener with an opportunity to pause,
and reflect more deeply, both as a result of the sudden, but welcomed
melodic shift and the depth of his lyrics. Soup continues into the second
verse by juxtaposing what seem at first to be opposing mindsets, only to
reveal them to be two sides of the same coin.
The project comes from Soupmakesitbetters' own label Paid Better Records.more