After that, The Weeknd leaves the place in his car. But, I guess The Weeknd didn’t like the deal that he has made with him and wants to escape him for some reason. It is pretty strange as to why The Weeknd would shoot him after what he has done for him. Now, if you have seen the ‘Can’t feel my face’ video, this same guy was the one who kickstarts The Weeknd’s career. Now, Abel turns around and shoots this person. We also see a man along with him in the desert. Now, in the video we see Abel burying himself in the sand with a shovel. We are not the same, I am too reckless Im not tryna go in that direction These niggas, they been doin too much flexin And they about to call the wrong attention And I dont got no patience, no more testin I do shit how I want, dont need no blessin XO niggas aint nothin to mess with Nobody stoppin us, oh no, we destined And everybody round you is so basic Im never. He could also be referring to someone he knows in the past saying go tell your friends who know The Weeknd about how far he has come and look at what he has become- a guy who sings hit songs about popping p*lls, sleeping with women and living life.

After getting money and fame, he has choices to be with whichever woman he wants to when he refers to choices. He is also comparing his past to the life that he is living right now. Lights, no sleep – either you’re going to make it or die trying. They would steal food from the supermarket to feed themselves.Īs soon as I stepped foot in the city, it was a feeling I got addicted to. Later on, he rented a one bed room appartment. Apparently he along with his friends used to do petty thefts in order to gain money which they ended up spending to get s*x or probably getting high. He along with his friends were homeless and used to have mattresses in the back of the van. He left high school and ran away from home and moved to Parkdale neighborhood of Toronto. In the song, The Weeknd is referring to his life in the past. Tell your friends is a song by The Weeknd and it is a part of his album ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’.

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