Released: 2022
Key Glock’s song “Diapers” serves as an audacious proclamation of his status, wealth, and unrepentant lifestyle. The lyrics illustrate his relentless hustle, power struggles, and confrontations, while emphasizing a sense of invincibility and rebellion. Key Glock employs braggadocious rhymes, cleverly tying his triumphs to pop culture references, to reinforce his self-made success.
The hook of “Diapers” underscores a key theme of the song—wealth accumulation juxtaposed with the relentless pursuit of more. Key Glock opens with an arresting line, referencing “Dirty ass Sprite,” which is street slang for codeine-laced soft drinks, indicating he’s in an altered state of mind, or “high as a kite.” This hook cleverly ties in his tireless work ethic: he’s been working all day and “trapping” (a colloquial term for drug dealing) all night. The relentless pursuit is emphasized by saying the “racks,” slang for money, are too big to be handled easily, requiring a “fight.” The notion of conflict and on-sight confrontations points to the perpetual hustle and his preparedness to deal with adversaries at any moment.
The verse opens with Key Glock pointing out the duality of his actions where “everything I do wrong feel so right.” This suggests a self-awareness of the morally questionable lifestyle he leads yet indicates a certain comfort and acceptance in this chaos. Laughing about misleading affection with a sarcastic “should’ve said, ‘Sike’,” highlights a common hip-hop theme of love being trivial or insincere, reflecting personal experiences with trust and loyalty.
The line “These niggas some bitches, these niggas some dikes” is aggressive and demeaning, serving to emphasize Key Glock’s disdain for those he sees as weak or disloyal. He goes on to declare himself “the shit,” a proclamation of self-confidence and importance, followed by a humorous request for “diapers,” suggesting his importance requires maintenance or care fitting his elevated status.
In acknowledging “Glizock,” presumably another reference to himself (as Key Glock sometimes goes by Glizock), as an idol, Key Glock implies he looks up to his own self-image, indicating high self-esteem and perhaps self-reliance. There’s an almost comical shoutout to a “lil’ bitch” who doesn’t need a title, hinting at relationships defined by mutual understanding without traditional labels.
Key Glock’s references to “opps” and “rivals” encapsulate the ever-present conflict and competition within his environment. Sipping on “mud” (another reference to codeine) and “smoking on flowers” (a term for high-grade marijuana) are synonymous with the self-medication culture in hip-hop, reflecting how artists often cope with pressure.
The metaphor of “just got two black .9s, they crowded” illustrates Glock’s readiness to defend his turf or persona, signifying both power and a warning. By saying “my dawgs don’t say too much, just growl,” he paints his crew as fiercely loyal, suggesting they speak with actions rather than words, a common trope of loyalty in hip-hop culture.
His assertion of “ball like I’m 50” at just 24 is a nod to both 50 Cent’s financial success and the idea of outpacing age or expectation, conveying how he punches above his weight class in the industry. Mentioning checks, not letters, underscores financial achievement over mere reputation.
As he continues, Glock brings humor with his “killing this bitch” metaphor for dominating a beat or track. The idea of pursuing a bag, a slang for securing money, without compromise speaks to a singular focus on financial success. The song repeatedly highlights that money motivates him above all else.
In his closing remarks, the song suggests Key Glock is more than just about money—he’s living with a persistent drive and a somewhat jaded view of relationships and society, reflecting on his grandmother’s advice about trust. The historical context ties into broader hip-hop themes of hustle culture and self-made success, often mirrored by artists in their life narratives and lyrical content. “Diapers” thus serves as both a brash celebration of success and a snapshot of Key Glock’s life philosophy.
