In J Cole’s album, KOD, one of the songs he released was called FRIENDS. It talks about how everyone has gone through some kind of trauma in their childhood. This could cause them to grow up with no hope or ambition because it damages them. It leads them to fall into a cycle of depending on drugs to make them feel stable and alive. They blame everything- from family problems, authorities, politics, etc.- the list goes on and on. He says even though those problems are hard to deal with and it seems better to escape them even if it’s temporarily, it’s bound to catch up to you eventually. It’s better to face your problems than to try to run away from them. He suggests to try meditating instead of depending on medications, even though they’re the exact opposites. Meditating gives you a moment to think through your problems carefully, it gives you space to think of ways to cope with it, different outcomes, what could go wrong, what could go right, etc. It allows you to prepare yourself for whatever problem your facing. While getting intoxicated gets your mind off the problem sometimes. It allows you to escape your problems temporarily. But like J Cole said, it’ll eventually catch up to you.
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