Fit But You Know It Lyrics

Lyric discussion by tomscahillIV 

Cover art for Fit But You Know It lyrics by Streets, The

what does he mean by shrapnel? does it mean cash? and is sharkin like going after a girl? and what does spanners mean ("the next bit was spanners to my plan") and what is it to mug onesself? i'm not british, so i dont know any of this terms, could somebody shed some light on them for me?

yer bro shrapnel is change like a few quid sharikin is trying to pull girls too spanners means a bit nutty to mug oneself is to lie to yourself

shrapnel, is small debris that is released after a bomb explodes, so he means his change here, I think he means it in a sense that its fairly useless as he doesnt have much, he may as well have shrapnel.

you got sharkin right, its about cruising for girls, trying to spy on a hottie etc

spanners comes from the phrase 'throwing a spanner in the works' which would stop a machine dead, it means in today's language something which stops a plan from being executed properly, an obstacle or similar.

mugging oneself is a phrase that mike skinner uses...