In “RUNITUP,” Tyler is discussing the common theme of CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST–success–in light of the past situations that preceded it.

More specifically, he is reflecting how his ever-present confidence in being himself, despite “alienating” him in his youth, is to credit for the opulence he has henceforth achieved: opulence which he flaunts over those past naysayers in the latter parts of the song.