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Letter 2 The Game
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Nov 5, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Addressed as a letter to the rap industry, Letter 2 The Game moves between long-night memories and a direct warning. Hulvey recalls hearing from a fan "on the brink of suicide," refuses to "tap dance" with the devil, and answers that the game was used to hurt people, so he will use it against that harm. His prayer is blunt: "Father, I'm prayin' You heal 'em."
The chorus is the center of the song: "You kept my soul, Father," followed by the line "It's a letter to the game, if You want me, I ain't playin'." Questions about whether fame is worth it sit beside the second verse's confession that a bandage is not enough for damage he cannot handle. He pictures people drowning in silence and says, "I gotta dive in," ending on "I pray we find 'em."
The rescue theme and the mention of raising the dead like Lazarus point toward Isaiah 61:1, where the anointed one binds up the brokenhearted and frees captives, and Psalm 40:2, where God lifts someone from the pit and sets their feet on a rock. Matthew 6:33 fits his priority of the kingdom over the spotlight.
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I remember long nights on the laptop, blanked out rappin'
Never thought I'd hear a fan on the brink of suicide impacted
Ain't a fan of tryna shake hands with the devil, I ain't finna tap dance
But I swear that can't happen
What I look like actin'
Uh, I used to pay for the feelin', uh
They used the pain to pin 'em
Uh, they used the game to kill 'em, so I use the game against 'em
They using propane to fill 'em, Father, I'm prayin' You heal 'em
They try to change the game, with chains, but we cannot chain the children
Uh, I cannot chain my brothers, uh, I cannot chain my family
Uh, I gotta do what I gotta do, I'm finna take this thing back to Nazareth
I'm with Yeshua, we walk into it see the dead raised like Lazarus
Uh, I'm in the H where it's chopped and screwed, Holy Spirit screwin' up the industry
You kept my soul, Father
You kept my soul
It's a letter to the game, if You want me, I ain't playin'
It's things that they ain't sayin', is it worth it for the fame?
It's a letter to the game
It's a letter to the game
Yeah, need more than a bandage for all the damage that I can't handle
Uh, just wanna be better for my family, Lord, come pick me up
I knew I was meant for this, I feel them chills in this
Uh, Is it the game or is it my Father who the ventriloquist?
Look who I brought in, kept me from fallin'
I keep on fightin'
It's so many drowning
Who scream out in silence
I gotta dive in
Lord, I pray we find 'em
I pray we find 'em
You kept my soul, ooh, Father
You kept my soul
It's a letter to the game, if You want me, I ain't playin'
It's things that they ain't sayin', is it worth it for the fame?
It's a letter to the game
It's a letter to the game
It's so many drowning
I gotta dive in
You kept my soul
You kept my soul