Why do we make it so difficult to understand each other? What he's saying is we should be mindful of a young person's potential to mature into something better, and that we should use that mindfulness to encourage our youth to make better choices. We can't turn our backs and have the mentality, 'You're no good. You're gonna be just like your daddy,' and then be upset when our young men go out and destroy our communities. We should hold them accountable when they do wrong, definitely, but we too have to be accountable and do our part to push our young people to change. XXXTentacion, as far as we know, had not engaged in serious criminal activity following his release from house arrest earlier this year. He had potential to do better is all Jidenna is saying.