40 OZ 2 freedom Lyrics Meaning

click a star to vote As a previous poster noted, the song has hints that the protagonist has recently been released from prison. But what kind of prison? There are multiple interpretations: actual prison, the prison of his own mind, the prison of his girlfriend's manipulations, the prison of his own life circumstance . .

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Sep 10th 2017 !⃝

As a previous poster noted, the song has hints that the protagonist has recently been released from prison. But what kind of prison? There are multiple interpretations: actual prison, the prison of his own mind, the prison of his girlfriend's manipulations, the prison of his own life circumstance . . . He is acutely aware of what is happening, the fleeting nature of the things he enjoys, the time he has lost to prison/unhappiness, the manipulations of others - things he wants to ignore . . . he takes pleasure where he can find it, flawed as it is . . . and then he self-medicates to avoid the mental anguish and guilt that inevitably follows . . . He's not going back to prison, because his "40 oz 2 Freedom" allows him to enjoy the good things (sex with his tricky ho girlfriend) without dwelling on the bad (she lies and bangs other dudes, which is how she learns new tricks) . . . it is also his "40 oz 2 FREEDOM" because self-medicating allows him to enjoy his life anyway, without confronting his GF (who he knows will never change), or resorting to crime to make some money, or killing the other dudes she has been banging . . . He's not going to let these minor temptations to "fix things" mess up his life, or send him to prison (again?) because as long as he knows he can "take that walk" and get his "40 oz 2 Freedom" then he knows things will be OK in the near-term . . . he has an escape so that he can temporarily forget his troubles, and so he will "never go back" to just sitting around dwelling on them . . . This is easier than solving the troubles in real life, which may be impossible - or the "cure" may be worse than the "disease" . . . He is never going back to a life without his alcohol, his whores, and his denial - because living a "straight" life in his circumstances would be the same thing as living a life in prison . . . The song in inspirational, in that he has found a way to enjoy life, even though things aren't perfect . . .

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