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“Damien”ĭamien starts off by letting Hop know that he’s been a part of him since his teenage years, “ f–king (him) up mentally”. Or put into layman’s terms, he’s been planting negative thoughts into Hopsin’s mind since his youth. This includes those which make Hop depressed and/or lower his self-esteem.įor instance, Damien mocks him for being 35 years old yet unmarried. He also makes fun of him for achieving monetary success yet feeling “empty”, as in unfulfilled, on the inside. So what we have is a psychological battle between the rappers own Damien, if you will, and the regular Hopsin which we all know and love. So in relaying this story, Hopsin uses a tactic similar to DMX’s 1998 classic “Damien”. That is to say that he actually takes on the role of his own dark side. More specifically, that dark side sometimes makes an effort to come to the forefront. And this is something which Hopsin actually went through for a couple of years. your normal side and then like this dark character lurking deep within. Indeed internal psychological and emotional challenges the rapper has faced are topics he harps on regularly. And such is the case in terms of the lyrics of “Alone With Me”. For here Hop is confronting the issue of having a split personality if you will, i.e.