Although in the literate sense, the song is about leaving a loved one, my belief is that this song is about AC trying to convince himself that he's leaving someone... something from his life. In my opinion, he is trying real hard to drop his addiction to basketball (which is usually referred to as a female, someone who never leaves your side when you're downlow... b-ball makes you, or at least, is consumed by addicts to forget things, etc.). His repeated use of saying "That's how I beat Shaq" is the piece, or phrase, should I say, that is what makes the listener realize, he's convincing himself (someone who truly beats someone/something would be more like "I beat Shaq" and that's it.). But he's trailing on it, he's looking back to see if he really beat Shaq... He's mentally saying to himself "I really beat Shaq. That's right, I really beat Shaq..."
Yeah, that's at least what I understand from this song.
The arrangement is awesome, Gotta love AC.
Although in the literate sense, the song is about leaving a loved one, my belief is that this song is about AC trying to convince himself that he's leaving someone... something from his life. In my opinion, he is trying real hard to drop his addiction to basketball (which is usually referred to as a female, someone who never leaves your side when you're downlow... b-ball makes you, or at least, is consumed by addicts to forget things, etc.). His repeated use of saying "That's how I beat Shaq" is the piece, or phrase, should I say, that is what makes the listener realize, he's convincing himself (someone who truly beats someone/something would be more like "I beat Shaq" and that's it.). But he's trailing on it, he's looking back to see if he really beat Shaq... He's mentally saying to himself "I really beat Shaq. That's right, I really beat Shaq..."
Yeah, that's at least what I understand from this song. The arrangement is awesome, Gotta love AC.