The same question he keeps trying to ask you, "Who you working for?"
He's talkin' to you like you're worth more than a dirty whore
You're havin' a conversation you could be murdered for
You're learnin' more about exactly why you need to help bring him or her to court
He's kickin' knowledge you ain't ever heard before Ed Sheeran (Ft. Mikill Pane) – Little Lady
Little Shaddies still to come for their college degree
Yo I figure starting early on the market is key
I plan on having smart daughters all Harvard M.D
And regardless, we gon' never put a car on the streets
'Less them gas prices lower and the parking is free Shad – The Old Prince Still Lives At Home
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Shad’s constant penny-pinching is all part of his plan to save up money for the college education of his daughters, who will be smart, graduate in the Harvard Medical School, become rich and support him.
But even when his family becomes rich, they still won’t waste money on a car as long as gas prices are so high and parking is so expensive.
And only treat your girl yearly to McDonalds to eat Shad – The Old Prince Still Lives At Home
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By keeping track of all of your purchases, you can track your spending and make sure that you are never charged for something twice. If you keep your receipts you can also take stuff back to the store.
Going out with your girl to McDonald’s once a year is pretty cheap but at least you’ll save plenty.
Y'all wanna make your bruh the scapegoat, it's bugged
It's all nuance, Shad – The Old Prince Still Lives At Home
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Everyone is jealous of Shad because he has so much money and you are so wasteful of your resources, but don’t come to him expecting to be helped with your problems.
Shad’s seemingly cheapskate ways of life are nothing more than subtle change in the accepted way of thinking, but as a result save him tons of money.
Like soap or visine or getting clothes dry cleaned
I don't throw away dough on no facials Shad – The Old Prince Still Lives At Home
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He doesn’t need to subscribe to modern standards of good hygiene because it’s just a way for the cosmetic/hygiene industry to make more money.
According to the MySpace and YouTube videos
I'm always doin' shows, if I'm not, I'm in the studio Ed Sheeran – You Need Me, I Don't Need You
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Ed’s gained a high popularity and fanbase in the UK with his albums going to the top of the charts — he also relates this to his views on MySpace and YouTube.
Plus, music is his life, he will always be making or listening to music. He is also rarely in offtime as an artist, doing worldwide tours or working on EPs or albums. He did 312 shows in 2009 alone, and is working on his first headlining tour that has gone world wide.
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Playing on the meaning of “ring:”
- Shad woke up with his phone ringing — he got a call from his girl and that’s why this ring was special to him.
- Frodo is a fictional character, a hobbit from the novel The Lord of the Rings. In the story, he inherits a special ring known as One Ring.
Don’t end this while I’m roaming on the road dough low Shad (Ft. Lisa Lobsinger) – Telephone
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He ran out of minutes on his Solo Mobile cellphone before he could finish what he was saying. But he doesn’t want the relationship to end while he’s touring dough low — without a lot of money.
The use of the words “solo” and “dough low” (also pronounced as “dolo”) in these two lines is a reference to the term Solo Dolo, which describes a loner and was popularized by Kid Cudi in his song “Solo Dolo”.
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A C-note is a hundred dollar bill. This shows that Shad’s phone bills are pretty high since he has to use a couple hundred dollars to pay them. That is because he obviously calls this girl very often.
Wynton Marsalis is a famous trumpet player. Instrument players hit musical notes and C is the first note in the Fixed do solfège scale.
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A blind person may be able to find things by feeling around for it. In this case, so many people are “blind” (don’t see the truth) and “can’t feel” (they disregard emotion) so they’ll fail at that.
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The police man is trying reassure the girl by telling her he will not let the pimp harm her but police in England are useless, he then goes on to try and get information from the girl on the pimp. He is persistent. He wants to know and he wants it now.
However, it seems like the detective is the first person after a long time that doesn’t treat like a dirty whore and is trying to help her. So, she enjoys the conversation with him although she knows that it may lead her to getting murdered.
Furthermore, the detective in informing Little Lady most likely that there has been an ongoing problem with prostitution and violence. Him telling her of other cases of abuse are helping her realize it’s a much bigger problem than she thought it was. Still, with each piece of dialogue back and forth, she is bringing herself into more danger with her pimp. Hence the term, “kicking knowledge”.