I always took his lyrics to mean that he had(in the past)a drinking problem, but that with time and determination he got over it. He talks about it a lot on "Book of Life" so check it out for yourselves.

I'm slow with these kinda things, so I thought for a while that the 40 he's holding on the back of "can I borrow a dollar?" was for real, but now I'm pretty sure its just a bum prop. (like the garbage can fire)


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