Dalmation:
a type of dog, which is recognizable by its fur which is white with multiple
black spots.
High:
under the influence of drugs.
Example:
The police suspected that he had drugs because he was acting as if he were
high.
Play
the guitar like a mother fuckin riot: He can play the guitar with a
lot of energy and really well.
You
got: you have / you’ve got
(In informal spoken English, the word got can sometimes replace have –
when have mean to own).
Get
runover: to be hit by a car and then the car drives over
you.
Get
can often be used to form the passive tense in informal spoken English. Get shot = be shot, be hit = get hit,
etc.
To
start static means to start trouble, usually the type of trouble that would lead
to a fight.
To
get something off your chest means to talk about something that is bothering
you. In this case, the singer says
that if he has a problem, he discusses it instead of starting a fight over
it.
Bullet
proof vest: a type of vest that protects the person wearing it from
gunshots.
Charity:
an organization that gives material support (food, clothes, money, etc) to
people in need.
Example:
They are very generous to people who are less fortunate. Every year they give hundreds of dollars
to charity.
Long
Beach: A city about 20 miles to the south of Los Angeles on the Pacific
Ocean coast.
Get
served: to act inappropriately and to get what you
deserve.
Example:
He was talking about how great a basketball player he was all day, but during
the game, the other team didn’t let him score one basket. I guess you could say he got
served.
Run
away: to escape from your master.
Usually used to refer to young children leaving their home and parents or
a pet leaving its master.
Example:
She ran away from home when she was 14 years old, but returned 2 days later.
Pot:
a slang term for marijuana
Hits
the bottle: to drink alcohol (usually describes an alcoholic
drinking).
Example:
We knew that he had an alcohol problem when we saw that he was already hitting
the bottle before lunch.
Rock:
a slang word for crack cocaine.
Sane:
to be mentally healthy. In this
case, the singer says living with his dog prevents him from going crazy.
Example: A
sane person would not ride a motorcycle at high speeds without a helmet.