When I Get Home acts as an ode to Solange's hometown of Houston. The song is titled after the area that is located 11 miles outside of downtown Houston.
"Amelda" draws from Solange's cultural experiences as an African-American female growing up in Houston. Its composition utilizes chopped and screwed, a technique of remixing hip-hop music originated in Houston by producer DJ Screw in the 1990s. His method was to slow down the basic tracks of a cut ("Screwing"), before applying techniques such as skipping beats and record scratching to produce a "chopped-up" version of the original.
Lyrically, the song is a daydream in which Solange wearing black braids sips on purple drank Pour my drank, drank Sip, sip, sip, sip, sip Purple drank is a stripe or fruit juice mixed with prescription-strength cough syrup, which was popularized by DJ Screw. Solange also references the unisex perfume Florida Water as a metaphor for the strength of black faith. Black faith still can't be washed away Not even in that Florida water The body scent is often used as a form of holy water in Wiccan and Vodun religious rituals.
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