Yeah, cause when that nigga in a bind
The ones in position from my view look like Shyne

from No Malice (Ft. Ab-Liva) – Smoke & Mirrors Lyrics on Rap Genius

Meaning

This continues from the previous line discussing how young African-Americans can grow up with the same future society presses on them — one consisting of wrong.

Ab Liva uses the rapper Shyne as an example of someone who hates on the successful solely because of jealousy. He has dissed rappers like Diddy, Kendrick Lamar and even The Game.

For example, he once tweeted about Kendrick’s debut album, dissing him. To be exact, he said:

https://twitter.com/OriginalShyne/status/260937877314207745

This also happens to young black boys in the hood. When they see that people expect no future from them, they do exactly that. They soon turn their backs on everything good besides the bad and this is when the hate starts.

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