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21 Savage kicks off his I Am Greater Than I Was album with this introspective track in which he reflects on the numerous blessings and curses in his life. How much money you got? (A lot) How many problems you got? (A lot) How many people done doubted you? (A lot) Left you out to rot? (A lot) How many pray that you flop? (A lot) How many lawyers you got? (A lot) How many times you got shot? (A lot) 21 Savage was shot six times on his 21st birthday in 2013. He almost died from blood loss and also lost his best friend to the shooting. He turned to rapping as a result of the incident.

J. Cole spits the second verse as well as the interlude. He shouts out the controversial rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine who at the time of the recording was in jail awaiting trial on racketeering and gun charges. Pray for Tekashi, they want him to rot I picture him inside a cell on a cot 'Flectin' on how he made it to the top Wondering if it was worth it or not Many people want to see 6ix9ine punished for his alleged crimes, but Cole sympathizes with the predicament the rapper has found himself in.

J. Cole turned down the original song that was sent by 21 Savage. But then he called him out the blue, a couple of days before he was due to finish recording I Am Greater Than I Was and drove the six hour journey from Raleigh to Atlanta. "It was like 3:00 in the morning," Savage recalled to Genius, "he drove all the way back to Raleigh and did the song."