All lyrics considered, it reads as if the titular expression (“Ting-A-Ling” ) is meant to serve as an allusion to the efficacy of Shabba Ranks’ music. Akin to the rap genre, braggadocio also tends...
Shabba Ranks’ “Mr. Loverman” is, most simply put, a sex song. And the cleverness of this piece is that whereas it’s oozing with implicit raunchiness, the lyrics themselves are SFW, especially by today’s standards. For instance,...