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Sampling the opening vocals from Brenda Lee’s “Sweet Nothin’s”.
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With the side ways face you’re not Crooked I Crooked I (Ft. Kurupt & Ras Kass) – 3 the Hard Way
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Redman serves (shows up, beats) over a quarter of the world everyday with his funky rhymes, just like McDonald’s serves billions of meals every day.
Fun fact: McDonald’s serves an average of 47 million customers daily. Sorry Reggie, you’re a few billion off!
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Shad’s track record (song) is comparable to Olympic Gold Medal-winning sprinter Usain Bolt’s record on the track. This also plays back to the running references in the last few lines.
And when it does I find life speaks to me in rhyme
Like a rapper, life's Too $hort for stressing Shad – It's About Time
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When everything is in its place, Shad can feel life metaphorically speaking to him in rhyme, just like rappers rhyme in their tracks. Therefore, he compares life to Todd Shaw, better known as Hip Hop pioneer Too Short. He also refers to how life is too short — there isn’t enough time in life to stress, one must move on and continue working.
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In the industry today, artists are only there to make commercial smash hits and never put any subject into their music. This can be compared to baseball, as people only want to make hit (songs) similar to baseball, where the goal is to hit the ball and run the bases.
Is that both don't stop, time and soul infinite Shad – It's About Time
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A very clever double entendre:
- The scamming backstabbers (short hands) will try and reach for the rich and famous (the top) to try and be part of the wealth and/or drag the ones at the top down.
- This plays back to the theme of the song and can be represented by a clock, with the short hands (hour hands) moving closer to the 12 o'clock mark every minute as the day moves on.
