Vince Spadea Ain’t Afraida Ya…or Losing His Dignity

Inspired by this post on Fierce Tennis that discusses Novak Djokovic rapping, I decided to revisit Vince Spadea in all his rapping glory. (BTW, I was gravely offended by the “spadea can’t rap” tag included with the post. The man can surely rap, as evidenced by his witty and clever “rhymes.”)

When I entered Vince Spadea into the youtube search, I was amazed to find not ONE but, like, FIFTY videos all involving Vinnay. Sure, 99% of the videos were uploaded by himself (who is obviously his own biggest fan), but it still blew my mind. But I felt better when I saw each video had around 300 views. lol

The aforementioned “rapping video.”

I’ve taken the liberty of transcribing the poet’s words so that we can all enjoy his art on another medium.

Vince Spadea
Let the tennis white rapper shine
It’s time
50 cent is called 50 dimes (Er, wouldn’t 50 dimes be like $5? Which would be an upgrade from 50 cents…)

What’s up, brother?

You know what I’m sayin’ just like you teachers say
I was too crazy, lazy, lo and behold
It’s the new and confused Vinnay Spay-dee
Let me explain this to you baby

I spend nights in days out (What does this mean.)
Tennis is what I’m about

You know what I’m sayin’ (No.)

My education’s from the street
I wear my diploma on my feet
Always runnin’ from the heat
My converse never did no retreatin’
I either whup some ass or I take a beatin’ (So, in layman’s terms, he either wins or loses. Thanks for breaking it down, Vince.)

Brothers don’t think it’s so funny
When they try to take my money

Even though I’m white (Thanks for reiterating that.)
Let me recite
And broke the type (?)

Now it’s time for tennis (Judging by your results, I don’t think it’s ever really time for tennis.)
It’s okay, brother, I ain’t like Memphis, your apprentice

I’m like Cam-ron
But I said more like Cam-ron Dee-us (Why are you comparing yourself to a female actress.)
But I got more ideas

You know what I’m sayin’? (Again, no. No, I do not.)
(Dramatic exit.)

I especially like when he transitions to and from random topics, like playing tennis to getting mugged. Too good, Vinnay.

You ask yourself, can it get any worse than this? Oh, but it can. As evidenced by the following video:

Our friend Vince was asked to do a video blog for the Brisbane tournament. Unfortunately, when he got there, it turns out that he wasn’t in the main draw. Or in the qualifying. THANK GOD HE HAS THAT RAP CAREER TO FALL BACK ON

Other personal favorites:

• Vince asking if there are free refills at his local Starbucks
• Vince promoting his own line of chapstick
• Vince getting a haircut
• Vince doing his laundry
• Vince pretending to be homeless for change (this one is super classy)

Hell, watch ‘em all! They are great self esteem boosters.

P.S. I heard there was a girl fight during the Cilic-Ferrer match today at Cincy. Does anyone have the details?