On the first verse Prodigy is naming drinks and using personification, making them human, to explain how real his addiction and need for alcohol is.
The second verse is just weird. Q-Tip is a music legend, but his verse doesn't fit in with the concept of the song; it's just a story about hustling.
The third verse is the second member of Mobb Deep, Havoc, picking up where Prodigy left off on the first verse.
This song drink away in the pain is very sad and real because Prodigy, one half of Mobb Deep, has stated that he used to drink heavily to try to get his mind away from his sickell cell illness. On the end of the song you can hear him say about three times "henny take me away, take me away" The way he says it is chilling because you almost get the sense that he's fighting his pains and he's looking for ways to escape it.
On the first verse Prodigy is naming drinks and using personification, making them human, to explain how real his addiction and need for alcohol is.
The second verse is just weird. Q-Tip is a music legend, but his verse doesn't fit in with the concept of the song; it's just a story about hustling.
The third verse is the second member of Mobb Deep, Havoc, picking up where Prodigy left off on the first verse.
This song drink away in the pain is very sad and real because Prodigy, one half of Mobb Deep, has stated that he used to drink heavily to try to get his mind away from his sickell cell illness. On the end of the song you can hear him say about three times "henny take me away, take me away" The way he says it is chilling because you almost get the sense that he's fighting his pains and he's looking for ways to escape it.