“He's at the top and he's at the top, but nobody staying. These niggas around but they ain't around. You know what I'm sayin'?”

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What Drake is saying in this lyric is that the other rappers that hit the charts, and sometimes beat him out, aren't the real deal. He's the real deal and they will all fade but Drake will always be an icon.

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