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"I feel safe in white because, deep down inside, I'm an angel"

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Safety, here, isn’t about fabric or fashion so much as alibi. Puff Daddy’s line takes a simple style choice - white clothing, a high-risk color for spills and scrutiny - and flips it into a moral argument: I can wear what looks “pure” because I am pure. It’s a classic pop-star move, but with hip-hop’s particular pressure points: image as armor, self-mythology as survival, and the constant need to narrate yourself before someone else does.

The phrase “deep down inside” does the heavy lifting. It admits the surface might read differently; it anticipates doubt. That’s the subtext: you may see indulgence, aggression, or spectacle, but beneath the celebrity haze is a core innocence. Calling himself “an angel” isn’t meant as theology. It’s branding - an exaggerated, almost playful claim that turns criticism into noise. The more outlandish the righteousness, the harder it is to argue on conventional terms.

Context matters: Puffy’s era helped define rap as luxury theater, where clothes signaled power and control in a world that often denied both. Wearing white becomes a flex precisely because it’s impractical; it suggests entourage, resources, distance from mess. The line also smuggles in a wink: nobody actually believes a mogul is untouched. That tension between immaculate presentation and known complexity is why it works. It sells aspiration while daring you to call the bluff.

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I feel safe in white because, deep down inside, Im an angel
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Puff Daddy (born November 4, 1970) is a Musician from USA.

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