Song: BaKardi Slang
Produced By: Solitair
Release Date: 2001
Album: Quest For Fire: Firestarter, Vol.1 (2001)

Bakardi Slang was Kardinal Offishall's breakthrough single that also became his fisrt chart-topping hit on Billboard charts in Canada and abroad.
It garnered him stateside recognition and ushered in the new decade of Canadian Hip Hop in The 2000s.

In a time where Canadian rappers were overlooked and "Toronto pride" wasn't a thing, and if so almost laughable. Kardinal along with Northcoast Hip Hop pioneers; Maestro Fresh Wes, Michiee Mee, The Dream Warriors, Choclair and Saukrates to name a few (along with many more) were loud and proud of both cultures.
With his proud Jamaican (Carribbean/Westindian) roots and Toronto love,
this song was an homage to the Black innercity culture and lingo of the now "6ix", but...."Everybody knows it's the T.DOT!!"


LYRICS:

Yo
Silver turn it up, yeah
We gonna put you on to something brand new yo
Know what I mean


Yo
We don't say 'you know what I'm sayin'
T dot says 'yuh dun know'
We don't say 'hey that's the breaks'
we say 'yo, a so it go'
We don't say 'you get one chance'
We say 'you better rip the show'
Before bottles start flyin and you runnin for the door
You talking about 'cuttin and hittin skins'
We talkin bout 'beat dat face'
T dot niggaz will eat your food before y'all cats say grace
Y'all cats is steady saying 'word'
My niggas is steady yellin 'zeen'
Half the time we talking about 'more times'
You don't even know what 'more times' means!
'More times we rocker fresher'
'More times we come correct'
More times y'all think it's the hot shit
Y'all haven't heard nuttin yet
Differently, still yuh know
The cirlce gettin ill yuh know
Step on the wrong Bally boot and you might get kill ya know
So everytime you walk through a dance tell a yute 'xcuse me'
Tellin your jubie 'I like her style'
She's talkin about 'abuse me'
Use me show me how the T dot rolls
My style is off the thermostat plus I'm comin from the cold-yo


(What the... chill!)
My nigga's in the street throwin dot slang each and every single time we
meet
(What the... chill!)
My ladies lookin hot, screw face kissin teet
Representin the T dot
Kardinal rock the pary, yo T dot drinking Bacardi
Kardi drinkin Bacardi, yo T dot rocking the party
Nigga's jumpin and whylin and ladies showin a smile
And everybody know its the T dot


So when we singin about the girls we singin about 'di gal dem'
Y'all talkin about 'say that one more time'
We talkin about 'yo, come again'
Y'all talkin about 'that nigga's a punk'
We talkin about 'dat yute's a fosse'
For the kids that think I'm comin wit it
Brother just watch me
A shoe is called a 'crep'
A big party is a 'fete'
Ya'll takin about 'watch where you goin!'
We talkin about 'mind where you step!'
We backin a 2-4 of Guiness, we ain't messin' with moet
And if you runnin out of liquor the bar might get wet
You're talkin about 'yo, that girl's hype'
We like 'she's the bundown'
Y'all say 'a DJ battle'
We say 'clash with two sounds'
We rock the hottest things no matter how much it cost
You talkin about 'yeah son!'
We talkin about 'yo, lock it off!'
Wheel that and tek it from de top
And just flash up unno lighta and watch the dance rock
Kardinal is gonna show you how the T dot rolls
My style is off the thermostat plus I'm comin from the cold-yo


Yo instead of your boys
We talkin about 'di man dem'
When talkin about 'your bredrin
Yo we talkin about 'your friend'
When you say 'the club is over'
Yo we say 'di jam dun'
When you're thinkin about the west, we thinkin about Red-1
Big ups and salutations to the Figure IV crew
When you're sayin 'she's a chicken'
She a 'skettlebam too!'
When you talkin about a 'thug nigga'
We talkin about a 'shotta'
When you think you got it locked, T dot comin much hotta
You think we all Jamacian, when nuff man are Trini's
Bajans, Grenadians and a hole heap of Haitians
Guyanese and all of the West Indies combined
To make the T dot O dot, one of a kind
Irs said 'we burn kahn' that mean 'they puff lah'
When we say 'hell no', that means you 'dat nuh mek it'
Look me in the eye and tell me y'all ain't sold
My style is off the thermostat plus I'm comin from the cold-yo

[CHORUS x2]

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