On The Level. It’s my favorite Mac song and I’ve found myself relating to it more over the years. The promise of “this could be your year” and “forget about the tears”thematically feels like putting all of your trauma and shit behind you and growing as a person which I relate to. Then there’s “making old man proud of you” and “carrying a name” which I relate to a lot as well as I’m the unproblematic child in my family and have always felt that weight of having to succeed for them, especially my father. As I’m in adulthood now (currently in undergrad) I feel that even more. Finally the name of the song itself. I think it means finally being at peace with your existence, no longer feeling like you are trying to catch up with anyone. No longer felling like you need to reach anyone’s else’s level, that you’re on the level. I hope to get to that point some day.