I may freeze but I'll keep saving marvellously, holla! Shad – The Old Prince Still Lives At Home
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Shad figured that since “parka” (a coat characteristically worn by Inuit people) sounds sort of like “parking”, he’ll also go on a short tangent about not wearing layers. Not anything that would keep him warm in the winters. That’s a rather bold statement for a man from Canada. But Shad doesn’t mind freezing in the cold to save some money.
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Expressing his dissatisfaction with the world, while making a reference to one of R&B singer Ne-Yo’s first successful songs, “So Sick”.
He also compares the sickness of the world to the sickness of the people with with no Ontario Health Insurance (OHIP), while advising them to not hurt themselves since they don’t have it OHIP.
Ah gee, now you got me cocky
Cats say, "You the illest," I'm like, "Nah b, nah b, nah b"
Well OK, probably, but that's just only cause I rap like it's my hobby
Not a jobby-job all sloppy, getting off-key Shad – I Don't Like To
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I give her stress for the reaction that it gets Atmosphere – The Waitress
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You’re either going to heaven or hell, there is no middle ground.
This line plays on the famous line from Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones Pt. II”:
Son, they shook
Cause ain’t no such things as halfway crooks
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The title track off of R.A.’s debut LP from 2004. A track where R.A. presents his dirtiness and gets self-deprecating, which are both a recurring theme in R.A.’s records.
While I'm tapping on my fender like cars in a slow collision Shad – Yaa I Get It
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Shad is known to be a guitar playing emcee who is known for spitting dope rhymes.
He is tapping on his fender, in which he means a famous guitar. What also is added is that the fender on an automobile is being slightly hit, or “tapped” as if it was in a slow car crash, or collision.
I make your head steam like a pet peeve Shad – Yaa I Get It
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He’s basically the Jet Li and Jesse James (crazy confu guru and a famous old southern outlaw) of the rap world. He can kill the other fake and wannabe emcees in rapping at speeds that will break your neck.
Your head steams because you’re angry; a pet peeve would elicit that kind of extreme annoyance.
I have gained some accolades and admiration
It's grown since then though that Shad – Yaa I Get It
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The label told him to “smoke cats” meaning destroy the other rappers. After he got hit by the record label he has gained some fame and won some awards and has grown too.
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