The lyrics of ''Boomin' Words from Hell'' developed from the turmoil of
Detroit at the time, including the era's rise in
crack use. According to Esham, "It was all an expression about ['70s-'80s drug cartel]
Young Boys Incorporated, Mayor
Coleman Young, the city we lived in and just the turmoil that our city was going through at the time. We referred to the streets of Detroit as 'Hell' on that record. So that's where my ideas came from." According to Esham, the album's lyrical content was so dark that it was the subject of many rumors: "People got the first album, and they would just make up stories. They'd get into an accident and be like, 'I got into an accident because I was playing that tape.' It wasn't like we helped ourselves when we described what was in people's heads. It wasn't to shock people, though, but to get people involved in what we were doing. We had to get peoples' attention. [...] We said a lot of things that people wanted to say but didn't say. We talked about a lot of political and social [issues] that people didn't want to talk about." ==Release==