“Slacker” was one of Tech N9ne’s first songs that garnered him some attention; it is generally considered the “classic” Tech song in that many people know it despite it being from 2002, as opposed to from 2006 onward, when Tech was more known to the public. It was also the first Tech N9ne song to have a music video which gained him some attention by getting some airplay on TV.

In the song, Nina raps (mostly sarcastically) about those who are viewed as “slackers” by the general population. He half-condones, half-condemns the typical “slacker” lifestyle; right off the bat, he reads the definition, laughing at what is considered to be a “slacker,” but then says that life is just about having fun. He raps about lazy people always having excuses as to why they don’t have a job, but also raps from a first-person perspective which seems a little too similar to Tech himself sometimes. It seems as though Tech N9ne feels life shouldn’t be wasted, but also feels that “slackers” are unjustly attacked for their way of life.

The whole song could be interpreted in multiple ways, especially since it could be seen as rapping about lazy people and their traits, or Tech could be sarcastically rapping about how people view him.