ASAP Rocky – Same Problems [Audio]
On the anniversary of ASAP Yams’ passing (Jan. 18), ASAP Rocky paid tribute to lost rappers with a new offering called “Same Problems”.
Speaking to Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe, the rapper spoke about his motivation to create the song.
“I think I was feeling remorse. I think I was feeling plight. I think I was also feeling a sense of guilt, because every time we lose somebody in our community, we all, especially me, have a habit of just saying things like, ‘It’s messed up. It’s wrong. Why do these kind of things happen?’ You ask a bunch of questions and usually… I never took time out to really understand that I was part of the problem because I was contributing those kind of lyrics and whatnot to songs,” Rocky said to Zane Lowe on Apple Music. “Without preaching too much, I just wanted to touch on something a bit different opposed to just being braggadocios, flamboyant and just regular rap content for me. I just kind of wanted to express myself and tell how I felt without preaching. And I think we can all relate. We all got the same problems. The irony that my biggest hit to date was … My first hit was (censored) Problems. And now 10 years later exactly, I’m putting out a song named ‘Same Problems.’ It’s just like problems, problems, you know what I mean?”
Listen to “Same Problems” below.