“Blue Laces 2” is a sequel to Hussle’s “Blue Laces” off of his 2010 mixtape, The Marathon. Produced by Mike & Keys, Mr. Lee, and Larrance Dopson, who sample 1974’s “Give Me Some of That Good Old Love” by Willie Hutch, Nipsey uses the track to reminisce on his past and elaborates on making ends meet.

Hussle explained the inspiration behind the track in a 2018 interview with NPR:

LeBron James, when he won that first championship, they got footage of him on YouTube in the locker room before the game started and he was playing a song in his headphones. When he took his headphones off, I got the song blast through the headphones and it was “Blue Laces” off the original Marathon. I was real flattered. So I’m like, I wanna make a “Blue Laces 2” on Victory Lap.