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Posted on 10/26/2007 8:01:20 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Song Links Saggy Pants to Being Gay
The Bryant Park Project, October 26, 2007 · A new campaign by the city of Dallas targets the hip-hop style of wearing your pants low enough that your boxers are showin — and part of your posterior, too.
The campaign has a signature song, "Pull Your Pants Up," by Dooney Da' Priest, that links so-called saggin' with being gay. After the BPP blogged NPR's original report on the public service announcement, listeners objected to lyrics they consider homophobic.
Andrew Jones commented on a line about living "on the down low" — common slang for a man who has secret sexual encounters with other men.''It's cute when homophobia is part of a citywide campaign," Jones wrote. "Shaming the youth by calling them gay, love that from the government."
An accompanying billboard says it's rude to be "walking around showin' your behind to other dudes." The song's refrain is "Be a real man — pull your pants up."
In an interview with a local television station, Dooney explained that saggin' comes from jail, where he argued that showing your boxers has a very particular meaning. "You're letting another man know that you're available," Dooney said.
Mark Anthony Neal, professor of black popular culture in the Department of African American Studies at Duke University, parses the lyrics and explains why they'll hit some young men hard.
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Related article:
“In Dallas, a Hip-Hop Plea: Pull Your Pants Up”
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15534306
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I doubt it will work.
But, I appreciate the effort.
I guess they don't mind songs that are mysogynistic, or encourage violence against police officers, though.
What will be interesting to see is how many young men start hiking their pants back up.
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LoL! That's one way of getting these kids to pull their pants up, and start shopping for the right sized clothes.
Sagging was in like 15 years ago. Can’t they get with the times? Now just baggy clothes are in style with men. No men want to see other men’s boxers/underwear unless they like other men. AT that point it’s not a fashion statement but a sexual orientation AND sex drive statement.
T’anks. :)
Another thing, between the posing, the hatred of women, the bragging about solidarity with one’s homies, rap lyrics are kinda gay...
I knew you would be on this thread.
No, I am NOT on “da D-L.”
and i heard this from guys who were actually in prison.
When I see some doof with baggy pants I chuckle.
Reminds me of the good ole days and one of my kids with a ‘load’ in their diaper.
On the other hand, those wearing saggies would make TERRIBLE chain snatchers and purse theives. Can you see them robbing someone and then trying to run. That would be one of the funniest things you could ever hope to see.
This is what kids are listening to today.
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[Chorus]
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[Chorus]
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Watch Me Crank It
Watch Me Roll
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Now Watch Me Do
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(Crank Dat Soulja Boy)
Soulja Boy up in it (OH!)
Watch Me Crank It
Watch Me Roll
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that Super Man Dat (OH!)
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[Verse 2:]
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I’ma Pass It To Arab
Then He Gon Pass It To The Low (Low)
Haterz Wanna Be Me
Soulja Boy, I’m The Man
They Be Lookin At My Neck
Sayin Its The Rubberband Man (Man)
Watch Me Do It (Watch Me Do It)
Dance (Dance)
Let Get To It (Let Get To It)
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Hoe, So Don’t Do It Like Me
Folk, I See You Tryna Do It Like Me
Man That Shit Was Ugly
[Chorus]
Soulja Boy up in it (OH!)
Watch Me Crank It
Watch Me Roll
Watch Me Crank Dat Soulja Boy,
that Super Man Dat (OH!)
Now Watch Me Do
(Crank Dat Soulja )
Now Watch Me Do
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Now Watch Me Do
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Now Watch Me Do
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Soulja Boy up in it (OH!)
Watch Me Crank It
Watch Me Roll
Watch Me Crank Dat Soulja Boy,
that Super Man Dat (OH!)
Now Watch Me Do
(Crank Dat Soulja )
Now Watch Me Do
(Crank Dat Soulja )
Now Watch Me Do
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Now Watch Me Do
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