In an interview with Radio X, Cinnamon said, "It's an upbeattune. It's just one of those tunes I try and drop some knowledge bombs. When I was a wee guy I was always trying to look for a bit of Gold in a song, for a bit of advice, so I think it's me just talking to myself. I wrote this a couple of weeks before the Barras, and it's just one of them that's demanded . Same thing happened with Belter." He also confirmed that the word 'canter' is Scots for 'easy peasy'.