He had an opiate problem, and successfully fought his way out of the soul stealing hell that can be. This whole song is a dedication to getting clean, fixing his life for his fans and his family, and of course himself. As someone who has personally been through the same struggle, I find this song so uplifting and heartfelt. If you've never battled an addiction to opioids, be it with pills (i.e. vicodin, oxycontin, dilaudid, percocet) or other opiates (i.e. morphine, methadone, fentanyl, and of course the biggest bad, Heroin), then I can see how you might not catch his exact meaning. But I assure you that's what he's on about. Pretty sure vicodin or oxycontin were his drug of choice. That stuff swallows your soul before you even have a chance to realize your soul was in danger. It tricks you into complacency, allows you to believe that you're fine, safe within the warm, comforting embrace of that opiate. By the time you realize how far gone you are, many people are unable to stop. I have lost more than one friend to this plague, to this epidemic called heroin that has our beautiful America caught so tightly in its grasp. Lost friends. And more years of my life than I would like to say. But getting clean is something to be proud of and Em certainly is. Well he should be. He's certainly one of the greatest rappers of the post-Tupac era. This song helped me beat my own addiction and is inspirational to anyone still "in that place." Bravo.