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The guy who Meek bought crack to sell from told him that the doesn’t shine. That shows that the rock man has been through so much pain and misery that he sees the world negatively, without any sunlight.

This is also a possible reference to Jay Z. Jay-Z, C.E.O. of Rocafella Records, commonly referred to as The ROC, would be the “Roc Man”, and on the track Takeover Jay said the lyric:

But I know: the sun don’t shine, then son don’t shine

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Wale’s full name: Olubowale Victor Akintimehin Folarin

This is also a reference to his Folarin mixtape, which dropped the same year as Dreamchasers 2.

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