A reference to the old adage about letting the game of life get you down. One cannot simply start crying when things go bad.

In the classic film A League of Their Own, Tom Hanks also says this exact line to his team of female ballplayers.

Wiz cops the signature Bay Boy/Puff Daddy adlib.

But Wiz’s game isn’t dosing out Biggie-style rhymes or well-planned stunts – he’s giving his fans high music to go with a high life. The rest is just details.

P’s ever-sick grandmother was back in hospital. The line on the heart monitor was bouncing around to indicate a heart beat. Suddenly, it just went flat, signaling the death of Pharrell’s grandmother and end of her struggle.

Unlike the rats and roaches of the hood, itself a double meaning for “hoodrats” and weed, Afroman now lives in the suburbs. Wealthy high school and college football coaches can be found here, especially in rich Southern California.

Wale refers to CB4, a fictional rap group whose lack of success was the subject of a movie. They were possible the worst group ever, just like the broke hustlers Wale sees everywhere.

Pusha T used the same idea in “Numbers on the Boards.”

“CB4 when you rhyme, Simple Simon”

Donovan’s other talent is representing Chunky Soup, commercials in which he returns with the squad to his mom’s home. There, he eats soup with the team, his size and army of players hard pressed to fit in Mrs. McNabb’s home.

Wayne is telling other rappers to drop out of the game and just go home.

McDonald’s sells quarter pound burgers, but Mack Maine also has a certain “quarter pound” for you – one made of weed! Mack both deals with the street dealers and is a drug lord himself, giving him the ability to give out small ounces and full size units without his dealers having to go anywhere else. That’s business!

They are in the malls keeping it real instead of going on stale vacations to the Hamptons. Unlike the old rich, the new rich Jadakiss knows how to party.

Another close friend of Wiz’s, the producer Jerm. He produced most of Khalifa’s early mixtapes before leaving the Taylor Gang roster.

Rakim continues a brilliant riff of music references. Here, a key is like piano keys and kilos, while C notes refers to music notation and $100 bills. He wants to master the metaphorical piano, winning the drug game. Urban Blue refers to crack cocaine.