''I'm Not Glorifying It At All''
9:30PM ET January 10th, 2013
Contributor : Stephen Willis
A Rocky Williform Company

Rapper A$AP Rocky talked to MTV about his song "Phoenix," which references suicidal thoughts. On the heels of up-and-coming rapper Freddy E's own suicide last week, Rocky talked about the lyrics and the feelings that lead to many young people feeling hopeless and alone.

"'Bloody ink on my pad spelled suicide/Michael Jackson even passed cause you scrutinized' - those are natural feelings that we all get sometimes," he said. "You hurt so bad and you're going through so much pain to the point where sometimes you don't even wanna live anymore. That's how a lot of people think, whether we'd like to admit it or not and that's all I was showcasing. It was that emotion...suicidal kinda emotions...I'm not glorifying it at all. I'm just basically telling you that sometimes I have suicidal thoughts. And maybe I should seek help, or maybe it's not that deep."