His city, Baltimore, gets overlooked by the rest of the industry but no matter where he ends up, he’s gonna make sure people know who he is.

Everyday, he has to pay for the struggles of making it, but not through money – through pain.

Referring to the previous line, it’s priceless to have the passion that he has, but this road to success is very expensive.

Malik’s style is unique and no one can copy it. He’s developed an unbreakable passion and he puts everything he’s got into every line.

Malik reps the 410 with pride and he’s got a west coast style to compliment his east coast skills.

You’ll never have to worry about Malik’s effort to make it.

Malik is in full grind mode to start off the song. He’s acknowledging that opportunity’s don’t last, so if he takes his, don’t blame him!

Malik is reflecting on the struggles of life.

This is a reflection of the line before hand where Malik is saying, instead of reading media guidelines and paying attention to that, he’d rather smoke weed and read this High Times" which is a magazine.

This is a statement saying you can’t believe everything you hear – hence, he only focuses on actions so words disappear, which is the next line.