got it on his sleeve

[tonguingaround]

Hi guys
Could you help me understand "on his sleeve" in this rap song ?
The song is by ASAP ROCKY, a rap group. I found this explanation for I am trying to understand: "ASAP is that Rockys crew, his boy Stevie (ASAP Yams) has it tatted on his arm" but I don t know what "tatted" means either
Thanks a lot

[Verse 2]
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A.S.A.P., Stevie got it on his sleeve
But I got it on my chest, my nigga this is what I breath
Inhale, exhale, cocaine, X pills
Import, export, Harlem catching wrecks still ....

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[Keith Bradford]

Tat is an abbreviation for tattoo.

(It is also an informal British word for rubbish. Enough said.)

 

[heypresto]

I imagine 'tatted' means tattoed. And 'on his sleeve' means 'on his arm'. I guess the writer used 'sleeve' because it (almost) rhymes with 'breath'.

 

[morior_invictus]

completely agree with heypresto - it means that "Stevie got it (tattooed) on his arm" ("sleeve" means in slang a tattoo that covers much or all of a person's arm).

 

[Enquiring Mind]

And just for all the English learners out there, it should be breathe (verb). Breath is the noun (the vowel sounds rhymes with deaf).