this very question came up on the ninjatune forum
believe big dada answered it as
'rodney aka roots reference to himself' ..or in other
words, roots is calling himself a crufatin = part
of the beauty of the roots style is that he makes up
words that flow with his style. who knows what it means?
if we were to analyse the lyrics as we would a poem
(oh dear, boring idm bit) the poet is saying look at
me, i might be a crufatin but
i'm fit, i'm living, i'm hopeful, i'm on a quest.
if i was grading his poetry i'd give him A+ for
coming up with a clever word that slurs together
images of a crusty tin, a muffin, a rastafari, a
crufter or a grifter and anything else your imagination
wants to spin on.
for more relevance (shameless plug) have a look
at the video at
http://www.ninjatune.net/video
and ev en more OT:
if you like his style the album 'run come save me'
is out next monday.
At 1:30 pm +0100 8/8/01, Eddie Symons wrote:
quoted 9 lines ok, having been listening to ragga jungle and dancehall (and ali g :) and
>ok, having been listening to ragga jungle and dancehall (and ali g :) and
>stuff for a fair while, I can get 90% of Roots Manuvas lyrics, but when it
>comes to crufatin I'm lost. Anyone want translate for me? : )
>
>Witness the fitness
>The crufatin liveth
>One hope one quest
>
>Eddie
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