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Over a sample of Bobby Caldwell’s 80’s track of the same name, Lil Nas X laments the passing of his grandmother, anxiety about his mortality, and other looming feelings. But there is a more personal track from that time called “Carry On.” He speaks of it fondly as a song that resonates with him on a deep level. “A lot of the time, I was making generic trap songs,” he says. It was the earliest stages of him trying to figure out his rap identity. He can admit that the EP was a noncohesive attempt to record a bunch of songs with different sounds and wide appeal. Saint Laurent byĪnthony Vaccarello shirt, $1,990. Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello jacket, $3,990.