Actually I think it was written after Erykah has been talking to J Dilla's mother after his death. His mom says that in his last days, Dilla was going in and out of consciousness and he was having conversations with different people no one else could see, including ODB who gave him directions for the afterlife. So I guess it is meant to be an ode to both ODB and J Dilla in that way, but it was written a day after Dilla's funeral. I think towerykr's interpretation is also very apt and that there is a universal message here of losing a loved one but the idea that there are spiritual guides to the afterlife.
Actually I think it was written after Erykah has been talking to J Dilla's mother after his death. His mom says that in his last days, Dilla was going in and out of consciousness and he was having conversations with different people no one else could see, including ODB who gave him directions for the afterlife. So I guess it is meant to be an ode to both ODB and J Dilla in that way, but it was written a day after Dilla's funeral. I think towerykr's interpretation is also very apt and that there is a universal message here of losing a loved one but the idea that there are spiritual guides to the afterlife.