I feel like we’ve all wronged people. For me, with the grudges I’ve held against my dad and stuff that has happened with

people. The ones that have hurt you and the people you’ve hurt as well, because you’re not the only one hurting, you’re

inflicting some hurt yourself. I just knew that at the end of the day, we all have to hold hands because nothing is more

scary than dying alone. Some of the things that hurt and traumatise us don’t mean a lot to the people who did it to us.

I was just trying to illustrate the power of forgiveness because, at that point, I had already forgiven my dad. As I

grow up, there’s no day I wake up as a man and not understand the stress of life, because life is so crazy. Also, when I

spoke about forgiveness as a song, I still wanted something that would say it in a powerful but plain way for people to

understand, and that’s why I used the Tyler Perry interview where he was talking about forgiveness. He said he was

talking to people about forgiveness, but even he had not forgiven his dad. So, “Forgive Me” was all about forgiveness;

forgiving our parents, forgiving ourselves, forgiving anybody who has hurt us, especially the ones that are complicated.

It was the perfect song to end the album on because it even came last. I feel like after the rollercoaster of emotions

and everything that the album had talked about, I just knew that I could not live forever and forever isn’t even

forever. So, I just wanted to wrap up the album with a more powerful message than whatever I had coming. I can’t even

believe that “Can’t Breathe” is the song that’s up there. The producer just sent me beats. I had never met him before.

The moment I heard that beat, I just connected with it.