K.O. (Kid Official) was raised in the suburban town of Arroyo Grande, Ca. I… Read Full Bio ↴K.O. (Kid Official) was raised in the suburban town of Arroyo Grande, Ca. It was there that he discovered his knack for wordplay and ear for music. However, due to conservative surroundings he couldn't immerse as deeply into the hip-hop culture as he desired. Although Arroyo Grande was devoid of an urban culture K.O. sought influence in his writing from such bands as: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cranberries, and Counting Crows. Refusing to succumb to his environment he discovered various outlets to further involve himself in the hip-hop community. His search landed him first on a small tour, which he participated in for the latter part of his high school years. Still eager to pursue a career in music, K.O. moved from his small hometown to San Francisco, California to attend college and establish himself as a true artist/producer. After only two sporadic weeks of college the urge to pursue music quickly consumed him. He not only ceased to attend college, but used his student loan and grant money to purchase musical equipment in order to hone his skills as a songwriter and producer. After writing and producing songs for local artists in the bay area, K.O. felt his talent was strong enough to make the move to Hollywood. Upon his arrival in tinsel town, K.O. landed a spot on the world famous radio station Power 106 FM. There he went on to become the number one freestyle rap champion, and it was on this platform that would catapult his career into overdrive.

Capable
K.O. Lyrics

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Baby got a little problem with the drugs man.
And I tried to stop her, well
But she loves them.
But I can't do nothing that, last one man.
Her nose keeps on bleeding but it's, but it's but it's nothing and I
And I won't forget when, when she said.

I lick a ring around this L

So that it burns all night.
And I pass round that philly so, so
So we can all get high.
You see I never knew
I never had a clue that
That you were capable of love
That you were capable of love.
So lick a ring around your L,
So that it burns all night.
And I pass round that philly so, so
So we can all get high.

If baby keep on thinking, well
She gonna hurt herself.
Baby keeps on drinking cause she lost all her wealth.
Yeah, she love that liquor,
She wanna have my kids.
But this ain't my problem but
Be Jesus says it is.
And I won't forget when, when she said

I lick a ring around this L
So that it burns all night.
And I pass round that philly so, so
So we can all get high.
You see I never knew
I never had a clue that
That you were capable of love
That you were capable of love
So lick a ring around your L,
So that it burns all night
And I pass round that philly so, so
So we can all get high.

I'm so glad you informed me
Her strong point was never loyalty
Bitch never done shit for me
I had to leave her, and
Well now she's just another story
When we pass around that 40
And she says she's so sorry well I
I don't believe her

I lick a ring around this L
So that it burns all night
And I pass round that philly so, so
So we can all get high
You see I-I never knew
I never had a clue that
That you were capable of love
That you were capable of love
So lick a ring around your L
So that it burns all night

And I pass round that philly so, so
So we can all get high

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of K.O.'s song Capable tell the story of a woman that has a problem with drugs and alcohol. Despite the singer's efforts to help her overcome her addiction, she keeps indulging in them. The singer acknowledges that he can't force her to change her ways, and he's not responsible for her behavior. He shares that she keeps saying sorry, but he doesn't believe her anymore. The song's chorus is about smoking marijuana and passing around a Philly (a type of cigar) to get high while also recognizing that the woman he loves is capable of love despite her addiction.

The lyrics paint a picture of a woman who is suffering from addiction, and despite the singer's sincere efforts to help her, she keeps going back to drugs and alcohol. The chorus of the song, which is repeated several times throughout the song, emphasizes the use of marijuana as a way to cope with the woman's addiction. The song's tone is melancholic and reflective, showcasing the singer's pain and frustration at the woman's inability to overcome her addiction.

In conclusion, K.O.'s Capable is a touching and poignant song about addiction and the helplessness that comes with watching someone you love struggle. It highlights the toll that addiction takes on relationships and how difficult it can be to break the cycle of addiction.

Line by Line Meaning

Baby got a little problem with the drugs man.
The girl has a drug addiction problem

And I tried to stop her, well
The singer has tried to stop her from doing drugs but without success

But she loves them.
The girl loves doing drugs

But I can't do nothing that, last one man.
The singer is unable to stop the last drug intake

Her nose keeps on bleeding but it's, but it's but it's nothing and I
The girl might be showing physical signs of drug use but she and the singer consider them insignificant

And I won't forget when, when she said.
The singer remembers something significant the girl said

I lick a ring around this L So that it burns all night. And I pass round that philly so, so So we can all get high.
The singer and his friends are smoking a joint and he describes the process of preparing and sharing it

You see I never knew I never had a clue that That you were capable of love That you were capable of love.
The singer is surprised to learn that the girl is capable of feeling love

If baby keep on thinking, well She gonna hurt herself. Baby keeps on drinking cause she lost all her wealth.
The girl might hurt herself if she keeps indulging in drugs and alcohol after losing her money

Yeah, she love that liquor, She wanna have my kids. But this ain't my problem but Be Jesus says it is.
The girl likes alcohol and wants to have the singer's kid, but he does not want to be involved with her problems. However, he feels a moral responsibility to help her

I'm so glad you informed me Her strong point was never loyalty Bitch never done shit for me I had to leave her, and Well now she's just another story When we pass around that 40 And she says she's so sorry well I I don't believe her
The singer has decided to leave the girl and is not interested in getting back with her. When they meet again, the girl apologizes, but the singer does not believe her and considers her just another story from his past

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Comments from YouTube:

@KONATIONOFFICIAL

4y↑10

Follow KO on Spotify and iTunes!
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0QsGiZaEitDoqU4AQJhPqF
iTunes - https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/ko/555842401

@ryanb3486

3y↑1

Beautiful

@KONATIONOFFICIAL

3y↑1

@@Anonymous-jw3mk don’t rush into anything... good things happen to those who wait.

@KONATIONOFFICIAL

2y↑1

@@Anonymous-jw3mk that’s it friend, keep your head up. Stay BLesSSSSSsssssSsss

@thetshawkeye1035

2y↑1

We all know that girl. I've always tried to help that girl, no good deed goes unpunished.

@MikeMatic2020

12y↑4

cant stop listening to this shit. shout outs to KO. heard this on 89x yesterday morning and almost crashed my car.. its not often these days u hear a song u can relate to and a melody that hits you as hard as this. mad props. CANADA FOREVER. blessed! KO FOREVER

@p95humbucker

3y↑21

This tune is such a bangger, just love the story telling. A classic in my books. Love it

@elcarrigano

13y↑1

i put this song on the replay, so it can play all night, and i pass 'round that philly so, so bro and me can get, high!

@twin40soffury

5y↑30

This is straight up one of my favorite songs of all time!

@KONATIONOFFICIAL

5y↑1

RESPECT!!

@395PRS

4y↑1

They played this on 89X Detroit/ Windsor in 11 and 2012. on memory I think it was top song for weeks in their count down. It was an instant hit first listen. Cant figure out for the life of me why it never made it to the very top in the country at least?!

I totally agree, I is one of the best songs that stands up today! So underrated!

@thetshawkeye1035

2y↑1

Mine too bro

@Toeknee2Knees

9y↑32

So just like everyone else.. Found this beautiful song on 89x it's amazing!

@opossum291

9y↑1

Same

@keeppeaceleavewar

7y↑1

me too❤❤❤❤

@cypressstroscheim8583

5y↑1

I first discovered this song when I was 11 through 89x.

@KNP02

SAME! 89x is gone now, really sux

@1984frogger

13y↑4

This song is for anyone who has ever lost someone to addiction. It's the worst feeling in the world to watch someone you care about destroy themselves.

@shanelleevelynainsco

13y↑1

My own taste in good music turned me onto this jam!!!

@WhiteDoggDetroit

13y↑2

Yep.... 89X here in Detroit has been playing this a lot. Great Tune.

@otsys77

12y↑4

Considering what this guy overcame in his addiction I wish him and his music all the success in the world.

@terrancefougeee8208

2y↑7

I still bump this whole album all the time. The world is sleeping on greatness

@steveo391

13y

89X is great for playing a bunch of different songs; unlike other stations that play the same few songs all day. Which makes them one of the best stations. But they don't always play "new" songs right when they come out. Great song! Which is what I really came here to post

@lionssfan

3y↑6

one of the best song ever. mis that dude!

@koryk5740

2y↑3

Just as good as when it was released

@trippytimesjosh355

3y↑7

11 years ago!!! How am I just now hearing this aristic genius?! Thanks Spotify!!

@Bluehatdude16

13y↑1

I havn't stopped listening to this song for 3 straight days. Unreal.

@Ghostman304

13y

Much love to all my Detroit area people that came to this site to here this song. Mad love to 89x for playing this song otherwise i wouldn't have heard it at all

@jamesdriedger8502

2y↑10

I remember seeing KO live at a show 89x was putting on. Me nd my homie went and we both met KO. Dude was real and he signed my album

@lisalynn7736

2y↑3

I miss the old 89X

@bootdownthedoor

4y↑13

I remember hearing this song on some indie radio station near Toronto right around the time this album dropped... and STILL I come back to this video every once in a while to appreciate and jam to it once more. Keep on keepin' on KO.

@DubCugino416

12y↑1

YES!!! K.O you SOB!!! HIT THAT MILLI!!!!! thats TORONTO right here!!!!!!

@octopusxox

12y↑1

Holy crap, that girl in the mirror scared me. Was not expecting that. Anway, great video, great song. Not gonna lie, watching it for the first time just gave me goosebumps!

@adamsherman5024

4y↑14

literally thought this was a "new" song until I looked at the posted date loll

@FigureSkatingShrimp

3y↑1

Same lmfao

@kubilicious

11y↑3

this track...it hits me in the chest still...no lie...I see da friends I've lost as i hear the words....

@redshieldshatterer

13y

I was driving home from work and this song came on the radio. Out of all the radio stations that I get, 89x plays the best. 101.1 ain't bad either.

@KETOInTheKitchenWithJasmine

These people need ministering too. Meaning our people on the street. 💜

@TheHersey

14y↑5

Concert just finished and I'm still high from blazing with him. KO is da bomb.

@curiousgear16

6y↑57

Almost 9 years later and I’m still jamming to capable 🙏👊

@lisamedel8907

5y↑1

damn right brothhaa

@linkone2489

2y↑1

and will always

@thetshawkeye1035

2y↑1

It's on every playlist.

@mattoliviero8229

2y↑1

this man is so underrated! great tunes

@daezondario

1y↑1

13 years and still here lol

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@Oh_its_Mike

13y

Reppin' Detroit. 89x all day, oinly real radio station left. SUPPORT COMMAND! haha

@420JBizzle420

13y↑1

from the 905 to the 416 we always got those phillies lit!!!!!!

@redwumman

13y↑4

Heard this song on the radio and fell in love. This man doesn't have one freaking tune that hasn't printed indelibly in my heart and head. He is so bloomin' talented! And damn, does he make me wish that I hadn't given up the shit 20 years ago.

@StigZ28

10y↑84

Played in Detroit every night, love it, smoke an L to it. Enjoy.

@rachelletanner5612

8y↑13

On 89X. 313!!

@9bmx4life9

6y↑3

313 Ayeee

@JimBox810

6y↑4

810 on the daily

@squidsack12

4y↑2

Heard a request for this on 89x.. 1 am some night in 2011.. guy called in clearing his bong asking for this song.... they played it and understood the bubbling sound.... great fuckin night

@dean31384

12y

if you have ever had a friend, family member or anyone you loved that lived this then give a thumbs for being by their side.

@daezondario

1y↑1

2023 listeners wya?

@marcelloscarnecchia4430

8y↑15

I have searched for this song for 2 years. SO happy to have finally found it.

@markwalls8383

8y↑50

Found this song so many years ago now, still gives me chills thinking about all the memories I've had listening to this song.

@viral_vile

6y↑3

Mark Walls you just explain the exact feeling and thought I get coming back to KO

@bordercitykid

5y↑1

Broo same!!

@cheryl5667

3y↑1

Right?

@davidp7037

Exactly!

@zulou65

12y↑1

look at ya KO making this old man cry ! { really hit home bro}.......

@MrEthernopian

12y↑1

Dizzy Wright. Whole different genre, but his message goes deep.

@Grisu.

2y↑3

someone requested this song on the radio and it sparked this memory. great tune.

@vintimv001

14y↑3

I saw them play live with billy talent they freaking good live

@SH4GN457Y

11y↑2

First time I heard this, it was like midnight and I was driving home alone from Windsor in the rain, down the streets glowing yellow under the streetlights. Atmosphere was perfect for this song.

@sabergater174

29w↑1

This was one of my dads favorite songs, its now in a playlist of all of my dad favorite songs to dedicate his memory, but it still doesn't feel the same as him playing it in the living room on full blast and singing it himself ;(

@ldubbeats

2y↑5

Still my fav song of all time and it’s been like 10 years

@melvinmccoy72

4y↑11

Song is still awesome in 2020..

@andrewbarber9177

11w

Was a sad day when 89x went off the air that I could not hear songs like this anymore

@KONATIONOFFICIAL

10w

Calgary 👍👍👍

@nadynecolleton

14y

Mastermind!!! Takes his roots and just allows it to flow..KO! betcha know all the lyrics to Ice ice baby! baby!

@Corn0nTheCobb

3y↑7

Still a great song after all these years. Love ya KO, hope you're doing well!

@keirkeir9859

3y↑3

Man this song takes back to a time and place. I think about it every day, everytime i lick a ring around my joint. Quinte West...Please do some live shows my man, the world needs you!

@StealingLightLtd

11y↑2

Heard this while living in the dirty Shwa @ UOIT, brought couple albums back to South Africa with me, hoping it will spread like wildfire in the same sort of circles.

@32ELISHA

13y↑2

I don't smoke but I do LOVE this song....with a passion!!

@TattooMommy1189

3y↑3

So good. So glad I found this again

@lemob182

2y↑2

Me too...
I used to really like this song but then forgot about it for years. Time flies.

@Lavalleeify

9y↑13

this guy has a special part in my heart <3

@3akoscielski

13y

Thank You HITLIST And Cal cagno and 89X The best radio station ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@leopardsbasketball

12y↑2

I saw KO first opening for the Swollen Members in Edmonton about two months before this hit the radio, Canadian talent doesn't get much more real than this. He could have written a happier song but you write about experiences and what you know.

@urbanremo

4y↑8

Great song:)

@christophercampbell4746

8y↑3

DOPEST!!!

@Ocanadakiter

4y↑2

Great memories blasting this song on the back rds here on Vancouver Island. Ko forever 👍🤞✌🍻🤟

@KETOInTheKitchenWithJasmine

3y↑1

Yes, sir. Reminds me of some family members. May God heal them. 🙏

@urbanremo

3y↑6

Love this song:)

@toke8161

11y↑3

She's just another story when we pass around the 40. :D

@Moiez101

14y

WOOT, Canadian MUSIC baby! Toronto love baby. Keep it up KO.

@doublepixel517

2y↑1

im 31 this speaks my 19yr old perfectly. nova scotia here

@edboy5814

5y↑3

Still one of my all time favorite songs!

@MommaCherBerry

7y↑13

KO <3 <3 <3 Still Listening in 2017 luv frum NFLD

@theymadatthetruth7552

6y↑2

nfld represent me to

@nicolemorris8553

6y↑3

2018!

@MommaCherBerry

5y↑2

And still listening right now in November 2018. Living in T. Now . Much love and respect ☆♡♡♡♡KO

@KTrainProductions10

11y↑1

The edge played it today! Glad they did, great song.

@Warrior_Lion

3y↑2

wish songs had the same charm as they did back in 09

@krismua1209

5y↑3

I come here every once in a while to search for & play this video. Love this song! I can't even remember how I first heard it, but it was underplayed for sure.

@SilverLakeKingdom

5y↑3

Listening it in August of 2019!!! Amazing track, so much respect goes out to those that going through the hard time of battling addiction (remember though - there is always the white line after the black one, It does get better...).

@DWP-01

13y↑1

102.1 THE EDGE needs to play more of his songs.

@wowgamer0

13y

I dont always listen to the radio...but when i do, i choose 89x. Stay tuned my friends.

@alsjm1132

9y↑23

No lie this song is seriously a master piece. Shit is ill Son!!!

@travisarijeiv7811

9y↑7

Thing song should be from the 90s era of music <3

@axelxrb

8y↑2

+Travis Vieira thanks travis

@DQwan

8y↑1

+Travis Vieira Thanks Travis

@DetroitRion

8y↑1

+Travis Vieira thanks travis

@kurtunger8074

2y↑2

Still...a fantastic song.

@stopcryn

14y↑1

he has about 10 real good songs ! all i got is killer as well :)

@deathtotubez

8y↑8

why did he stop making music? lets blaze is a classic

@mercedes6926

5y↑4

Fuck this song But I LOVE IT SO MUCH

@DayneXavierHunt

13y↑1

i dont even smoke anymore. but this song is still so real

@yzwme586

13y↑2

THIS SONG IS GENIUS

@jonhogan

8y↑8

Why did you drop out? any new music coming up?

@BODMON1322

8y↑2

he had a daughter

@brandond3330

8y↑4

KO doesn't know this song is about him.

@levi_sladen

7y↑1

Basically the whole Let's Blaze album

@MISSJennYFuff

11y

everyone here is St, kitts is listening to this ,,, and it never gets old

@brentdoherty1857

3y↑2

I used to like this song when I was 19, now I'm older and truly appreciate it

@EarlofCrawford

9y↑9

What is he up to these days?

@DREEKKZ

9y↑1

hopefully somewhere better

@TRUE_GR1T

9y↑1

***** was wondering the same thing. Looks like he has a kid and hasn't posted anything on his facebook for over a year.

@TubeYouGuru

9y↑6

***** Probably up to Cocaine

@EricFB

9y↑2

+Jett Rink i was thinking the same thing, he was fairly active on social media then it stopped. Sorta figured he fell off the wagon.

@Fototheier

8y↑6

He actually had a kid, been focusing on his family.

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@JohnConnor12

12y↑1

For some reason this song just reminds me of the 90's

@JRTJunk

13y↑1

I can't say I like the drug message necessarily, but I love the sound of the song. It was an excellent groove to it. I too heard it on 89x and just looked it up myself.

@sanguine9598

9y↑4

She played with the coke hyena too long. Poor girl...

@shogunly2

9y↑5

I thought the singer was black

@mitster85

11y↑1

we must change their hearts, and if nothing else we'll atleast be a little closer..

@tylernewman1552

12y↑1

K.O's great, saw this man a year ago in Toronto and he blew my mind! So lick a ring around this L, so that it burns all night and I pass round' that Philly so, so we can all get high!

@chadh999

13y

Who else is prepping for tonight by listening to all his songs? 5:55 tonight bitches. Gonna be wild.

@magortom

11y↑1

There ya go! Someone else who gets it! I really couldnt have said it better myself friend.

@shootintheropes

13y↑1

This song rocks. 89x brought it to my attention. Addiictive

@bryanfawkes2074

3y↑2

I just love this song for so long, thanks.

@wickedneckcutter

13y↑1

Awesome song! Thx 89x for getting us hip!

@redeyejedi629

11y↑2

Thanks man I really enjoyed that

@12reeves12

12y↑1

Wow unreal just seen this guy at the weed march today for the first time ever, first time even hearing of him Unreal talent

@cldemick

12y

even the high woman are capable of love Johnathon!!!!!

@gunfiregod

13y

89x in Detroit turned me on to this jam!!!!!!!

@Scottwantsin

14y↑1

Man... I listen to this song sober, I listen to this song high... I listen to it sad, happy, working out, anything. This song is just freaking amazing.