“Cloak and dagger” is an English saying describing something covered with intrigue or mystery. The original image is that of a spy or an assassin using a cloak to confuse an enemy, making them able to kill someone with their dagger. She’s using a slighty altered version of the image, where the cloak is there, i.e. the aforementioned style og swagger, but when it comes down to it, they don’t have the dagger, the thing they need to complete their mission (being a rapper or an assassin), making their disguise nothing more than a facade.

A jab at rappers that focus 100% on swag and style and completely ignore lyrics and message. Basically, they front like they have so much skill and style, but don’t actually deliver anything to prove their skills as writers.

Dorothy Parker:

April O'Neal

Dorothy Parker was an American poet and satirist, know for her fight for civil rights, as well as her place as a respected female writer in a male-dominated world. April O'Neal is a friend and assistent of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the cartoon series from the ‘80s and '90s. Basically, she’s saying that she’s half Parker, a female writer in a masculine genre fighting for what she believes in, and half the female sidekick to a group of rad dudes (DOOMTREE!)

RJD2’s first solo album

Akrobatik imitates Sen Dog’s iconic ad-lib from the original (see annotation for the former line)

Hookline borrowed from Cypress Hill’s 1993 classic A to the K. In the original song, B-Real talks about AK47-rifles, while Akrobatik uses it as a nickname, A-to-the-K.

“Scheiss” is the german word for “shit”. Basically, he tears shit up.