“Nikki” by Logic addresses the topic of relationships. This song starts of with Logic saying how he addicted he is to someone named Nikki. He talks about how he needs her, how he can’t live without her, and how even though he loves her, he has to leave because in the end the effects are deadly. Nikki is actually nicotine, cigarettes. “Nikki” by Logic has a theme that shows a relationship with cigarettes can be just as intense as a romantic relationship. With the lyrics “Doing me good, that’s what I thought at first, me and you together swear to god I saw that work. Away from you though man it's just so hard to work. Uh, my heart is hard at work.” (Logic 20-23) show the theme. He is explaining that he thought the cigarettes were okay at first. Then he realized that there was no way a healthy
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This line is revealing that he is now addicted and even craves the drug. In relationships, you can be so in love that you become addicted to the person just like you would with a substance. In the last quote, the singer states “I hate it that I need you, Nikki, but I love it when I feed you Nikki. I hate that I bleed for you ,Uh, I long and I need for you. But I love it when I taste you, nothing can replace you. I wish I could erase you, you’re everywhere I go.” (Logic 41-46). These lyrics show just how hard it is to let something go, even when you know it’s bad for you. Logic says that he wishes he could erase it, but also that nothing will ever replace it. This shows his conflicting feelings on the drug, and just how tough it is to leave something that is such a big part of your life. His use of the metaphor “A free man born as a king, who died as a slave”(Logic 27) really draws us a picture as to how much the cigarettes have impacted his life, turning him into a slave for them. It shows the audience that the cigarettes have taken over his life, much like a relationship
This line is revealing that he is now addicted and even craves the drug. In relationships, you can be so in love that you become addicted to the person just like you would with a substance. In the last quote, the singer states “I hate it that I need you, Nikki, but I love it when I feed you Nikki. I hate that I bleed for you ,Uh, I long and I need for you. But I love it when I taste you, nothing can replace you. I wish I could erase you, you’re everywhere I go.” (Logic 41-46). These lyrics show just how hard it is to let something go, even when you know it’s bad for you. Logic says that he wishes he could erase it, but also that nothing will ever replace it. This shows his conflicting feelings on the drug, and just how tough it is to leave something that is such a big part of your life. His use of the metaphor “A free man born as a king, who died as a slave”(Logic 27) really draws us a picture as to how much the cigarettes have impacted his life, turning him into a slave for them. It shows the audience that the cigarettes have taken over his life, much like a relationship