Things may seem like a harsh reality, but that’s just how it is sometimes

Niggas plot and scheme to come-up and raise their finances through the only way they know how, anything legal probably wouldn’t be enough

‘The numbers game’ is an illegal lottery racket with its main participants in poor neighbourhoods, a person places a bet to match three numbers that will be drawn out the next day. The Kid Daytona is displaying the hope and desperation of people living in the ghetto when all you have is a ‘dollar and a dream’

That’s the kind of mentality that’s normal for somebody raised in the ghetto, the ‘belly of the beast’, trapped in the midst of trouble with no way out

The Beast is also a name for the East Coast, in particular New York, home of the Beast Coast Movement, composed of groups such as, Pro Era and The Underachievers

The concept of ‘no snitching’ is heavily ingrained in the ghetto mentality as displayed in the infamous ‘Stop Snitchin’ campaign of the early 2000’s, The Kid Daytona uses this metaphor to describe this mentality. Jamie Foxx is famed for his academy award winning performance as the blind blues performer Ray Charles in the 2004 film ‘Ray’

Keep at least one eye on the goal, even when other things may try and take your focus

Referring to the one eye CBS logo which keeps an eye on everything,

Katie Couric is a journalist formally hired by CBS

Reference to the saying ‘When it rains, it pours’. Sometimes things seem bleak but it shouldn’t be a distraction, the rain eventually stops

Concerning yourself with what others are doing only halts your progression as you aren’t paying attention to yourself

Some rap acts don’t respect the rap game, the lack the love for the art and instead of treating it like they would a partner their treatment is compared to how they’d treat a whore. More than one person coming in and violating the game

Kat Stacks is a well know “woman” known for releasing stories online of sleeping with various rappers and generally being a ho