Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series that showcases YouTube videos of "Tio Chocko" and friends welcoming the new year by dancing to an old school R&B record.

This post showcases a 2019 of Tio Chocko and friends welcoming in 2019. Selected comments from this video's discussion thread is also included in this post.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/01/tio-chocko-friends-dancing-to-welcome_9.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. Part II showcases a 2020 video of Tio Chocko and friends welcoming in 2020. Selected comments from this video's discussion thread is also included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Tio Chocko and friends for this video and thanks to the singers and musicians whose record is featured in this post.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
While surfing YouTube I happened upon a 2020 video of Tio Chocko and friends welcoming in the new year. After watching that video, and reading many of its discussion thread comments, I learned about Tio Chocko's 2019 welcoming the new year video. I then decided to showcase these videos on pancocojams so that those who weren't in the know would be aware of this new, fun tradition of watching "Tio Chocko" ("Uncle Chocolate"?) and his friends dance to an old school record to welcome in the new year.

Tio Chocko and his friends are middle aged Black cowboys from Texas (USA) who dance to records in old school, comedic ways. A number of African American commenters write that the way that Uncle Chocko and his friends dance remind them of the ways their father and uncles "get down" at family barbecues and other gatherings.

Additional Uncle Chocko comic dance videos of Uncle Chocko and his friends can be found on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Walking Into 2019 Like. (Tio Choko)



Callmechoko, Dec 31, 2018
Happy New Years From Me and Tio Choko

song (Knee Deep) By Funkadelic
-snip-
Selected comments (with numbers added for referencing purposes only)

2019
1. Tomisha Moore
"What did I just watch LOL You Guys are Awesome! I was laugh so hard knock my water over LOL My first time here thank you for the smile"

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2. Nina Kupchenko
"I can’t stop watching 😂 cowboys with swag 😝"

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3. 1Cozy Kitten
"Smooth moves 😎. Old school WILL never die. Keeping it alive in 2019 👍👍 👍 😊."

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4. Wild Lynx
"Is it just me or do anyone else just wanna break out into a soul train line when you hear this song?!🕺🏽"

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5. Tiffany Cobbs
"Go cowboys go cowboys got the funk get yo dance on"

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6. Maderian Johnson
"Their dancing & jamming to an "Ole School Classic" Entilted: "Knee Deep" by the "Iconic & Lendgendary: Funkadelic" Off The Album: "Uncle Jam Wants You" Released: In 1979!"

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7. Celeste Smith
"🤣🤣 I know that's right! Walking into this year with power, swag and authority!! Got it going on my brothers!."

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8. Dennis Da Menace
"The camera guy killed that 😂😂"

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9. lionessawaking42412
"I was thinking about hiring them for my birthday party next month🤣🤣🤣🤣"

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REPLY
10. Maderian Johnson
"@lionessawaking42412 😂 😂! Your 🎂"Birthday Party" would be a "Blast" and lots of fun!"

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11. G
"They look like those uncles at the cookout that always wanna “show you how it’s done.” "

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12. G Montezuma
"That first part inspired by Morris Day & the Time! Lovin’ it!"

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REPLY
13. Tammy Davis
"Glad to know someone else caught that!"

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14. Hold This L. Debarge
"@:19
ode to martin lawrence"

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15. dane hereford
"They went to the Martin Lawrence Romie Rome school of dance!!"

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16. alwaysbusiness4
"Now That's how the West was Won....🔫"

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REPLY
17. Elycia Ellis
"Your comment is funny as hell ha-ha ha-ha lmao :)"

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REPLY
18. Dreama Ødinssđatter
"And that my children is how we do it down in Texas...😁"

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19. Vega lee
"Tio Choko be extra killing it😭😭😭"

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20. A. O.
"Man the foot n shoulder work tho! Lol

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21. lisa perkins
"I really love to see when it's the 3 of u guys together. I be cracking up...😂😂😂"

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22. Maria Gallegos
"The camera guy went the hardest 😍"

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23. sloppy toppy
"Lol the music tho 😂...makes me want to a play basketball in short shorts with and afro, converse and a headband"

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24. lady Bug
"Man he always got
Something good for you to watch and crack the hell up on! Love this guy! 2019!"

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25. Glorice Mason Jones
"They’re getting it in!!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Got me over here dancing 💃 😂😂"

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26. MAK REACTS!
"Lost it when homie clicked his heels in the air😂"

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27. Suga Brown
"I come back just to laugh again. It's funny and cute at the same time. 😂🤣😂"

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28. Mrz Purple Crown
"Them the cousins you needs to get the party started an laugh at all day long(them old folks say) hecan'tdance but than"

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29. Jmunny Rulz
"Lol we used to cut up on this song too minus the cowboy gear, I remember playing it 4 times straight at a party back in the day."

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30. iAmEdwardBibbins
"The tall dude had me in tears!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣"

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31. DelDemon
"Even the camera guy has moves! lol outstanding!"

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32. IG: Gasunset28
"We need more men in cowboy boots ❤️"

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33. Ryan Webster
"AAAHHHHHHH MAAANNNN!!!!! GOT ME UP HERE ROCKIN OUT IN MY HOUSE WITH NO CARE FOR THE NEIGHBORS!!!! 🕺🏾 🎶 💃🏽🎶🕺🏾🎶💃🏽🕺🏾🎶💃🏽🎶🕺🏾🎶💃🏽"

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34. Moor-ena El
"This gave me ALL OF MY LIFE. I haven't screamed laugh in such a long time. Tio needs universe attention, forget international attention!! Aliens need to enjoy this man!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

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35. Alycia Young
"Omg! My face hurts from laughing so hard🤣🤣I love my black men💃🏽"

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36. Lee Harrison
"The guy in the pale blue shirt (Baffmasta)...is doing a Napoleon Dynamite impression? Priceless!
I love the homage to The Time near the beginning."

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37. jwahiawa
"I swear Tio Choko KILLS it every damn time Hahahaha!!! Others dudes koo to especially the camera guy with the MJ moves lol"

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38. Mr.NiceGuy
"Yo.....the camera guy was hitting those moves bruh...lol"

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39. nuna b
"Yoooooooooo,,,the drop down 2a swirl around 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 but the cam,dude,hit that he mixed thriller wit dat,I CAN'T"

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40. Mrs. Diva
"That's How My Dad Dances At Family Reunions🤣🤣🤣🤣"

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41. LOCA GIRL 36
"As my Uncle would say.... Do the damn thing!!!"

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REPLY
42. ThatLadyDray
"CHILE 😂 there's ALWAYS an elder hyping it up"

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REPLY
43. TheDopenessOf JaqJack
"@ThatLadyDray Ain't it though 😂😂😂"

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REPLY
44. Raekwon Enslow
"Or get your boogie down"

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REPLY
45. Nonya Bidness
"😅😅😅😅😅"

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46. Gilbert Salazar
"That songs gives me good vibes and old memories 😀"

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48. La'La S.
"NO clue how this ended up in my recommendations, but I'm glad I watched it, lol.
Subscribed

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49. Shervyse Smiles
"This had me cheesin the whole time, Have a great year everyone!"

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50. Ms. Tonya
"Ayee ayee yall look'n like yall had a ball.. HAPPY BLESSED NEW YEAR! 💕"

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51. BLVD BULLY, 2020
"Damnn I wish I seen this beginning of 2019 might culda been a different year hahaha"

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This concludes Part I of this pancocojams series.

Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comments are welcome.

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series that showcases YouTube videos of "Tio Chocko" and friends welcoming the new year by dancing to an old school R&B record.

Part II showcases a 2020 video of Tio Chocko and friends welcoming in 2020. Selected comments from this video's discussion thread is also included in this post.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/01/tio-chocko-friends-dancing-to-welcome.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post showcases a 2019 of Tio Chocko and friends welcoming in 2019. Selected comments from this video's discussion thread is also included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Tio Chocko and friends for this video and thanks to the singers and musicians whose record is featured in this post. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in these videos.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
While surfing YouTube I happened upon a 2020 video of Tio Chocko and friends welcoming in the new year. After watching that video, and reading many of its discussion thread comments, I learned about Tio Chocko's 2019 welcoming the new year video. I then decided to showcase these videos on pancocojams so that those who weren't in the know would be aware of this new, fun tradition of watching "Tio Chocko" ("Uncle Chocolate"?) and his friends dance to an old school record to welcome in the new year.

Tio Chocko and his friends are middle aged Black cowboys from Texas (USA) who dance to records in old school, comedic ways. A number of African American commenters write that the way that Uncle Chocko and his friends dance remind them of the ways their father and uncles "get down" at family barbecues and other gatherings.

Additional Uncle Chocko comic dance videos of Uncle Chocko and his friends can be found on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Walking Into 2020 Like (Tio Choko)



Callmechoko, Jan 1, 2020

#TioChoko #2020 #HappyNewYears #callmechoko

Tio Choko Brings In Another Year With The Crew

@Baffmasta @CousinDavid and @Qshotyou (Camera Man)...
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Selected comments (with numbers added for referencing purposes only)

2020
1. STEVEN EVENS
"Ayeeeeeeee! We need this every year. Thanks so much😁😁😁 HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!"

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2. Super C
"Choko and his amigo's move's are on 🔥🔥🔥🔥"

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3. Christianna Carrell
"I love it especially when they all “HIT EM WITH THE SHOULDA’S “ yasssssssss give it to babes 😍"

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4. Rhonda H.
""Say whaaaaaaat?" These young folks today don't know jack bout some Rick James! ❤"

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5. Red Headphones
"Let's go 2020!! This made me smile. You all are awesome!"

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6. BLACK PANTHER 1
"This is a anthem song for them uncles that be out there on the dance floor gettin it🤣🤣🤣🤣"
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REPLY
7. Lisa Ellis
"Yep!"

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REPLY
8. Ryan Brown
"I'm one of em!"

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REPLY
9. BLACK PANTHER 1
"@Ryan Brown do yo thang big homie👌🏿"

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10. Hustle Harder Mommy
"When you've been waiting an entire year for the intro video. Yasss!!"

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11. Th3_Watchman
"I knew this was coming. I was just watching the 2019 hoping for this one"

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12. Setsuna K.
"That body roll was everything 0:13"

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13. My Life
"Ayyyyyyeeeeee that's my song!💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽"

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14. Hiyana Singleton
"They were gettin it!!!!😂😂😂 Do it for 2020!!!!"

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15. Debra Martinez
"Happy New Years from Arlington Texas. 💗 ya'll."

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REPLY
16. Ed H
"Debra Martinez what’s good fam? Grand Prairie Texas up in here!"

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REPLY
17. Debra Martinez
"Ed H hello neighbor. Just chilln with friends & watchn videos & vodka lol"

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REPLY
18. Ed H
"Debra Martinez 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾"

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19. Kim G
"Love it!!! This Messsge is APPROVED!💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾 Happy New Year!🙏🏽❤"

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20. BIGDADDY 2T0N Rhian Williams
"😂 y’all cutting up"

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21. brown power ranger
"But the cowboy in the light blue and purple shirt can get da cakes fo sho"

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22. Monica Jones
"Thats whats up."

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23. mustafahajj
"That's what you call get down and boogie. Those bros got down. You don't see this anymore. Bravo!!!!"

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24. Queen Akasha
"They was getting it😂😂😂"

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25. Keven Antoine
"Tio and his friends are very special indeed. I saw this and had no choice but to smile. God bless you Tio & friends. Thanks"

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26. LOYAL 2 THE SOIL
"Do yo thang CHOKO,,,, wit some rick James , do the gap band next ...."

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27. Brownies Are Better
"Ok, Whose dads are those??? 🤨"

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28. Phaatso Good
"🤠well I declare a Texan! 🙌🏾😂😂😂....vision board visit Texas for the show down😂"

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29. carlene chase
"Why do i always pick the wrong time to watch Choko videos😂😂😂😂...I be at work laughing and can't stop he is so hilarious and his boys😂😂😂..I wish the video was longer😂😂"

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30. Lydia Cartagena
"thank you for making us laugh choko"

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31. Progress24/7
"Ay ay ayyy 🔥🔥🔥 Nothing but positive energy all 2k20 😎🙏✌"

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32. Victor Jose
"I needed this today"

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33. Da Royal General
"HECK YEAHHH!!! 👍😂😂😂👍"

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34. Simone Luv
"Thank you. I love us. Our spirits are indomitable. This made my day! 🥰"

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35. Shorty Duwop
"Y’all killed that!"

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36. Kaleena Betton
"Lmao. Yo, I fell out of my chair laughing so hard!! Great way to bring in the New Year!😆😆"

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37. Love Jones
"And this is how you live,laugh,and enjoy just being alive. Made me pop loc in my uniform while at work.😂😂 Ty guys."

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38. Desmond Parker
"That intro leading into the beat was on point!"

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39. Sheila Pate
"There he with that Casio keyboard lol 😂"

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40. Warrior Mindframe
"This dude used to be part of bone thugs in harmony, my my times have changed. 80s baby checkin in👌🏼"

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41. Sassy_queen
"Ayeee get it!! Uh oh we got a new squad member. I see you 👀👀💖"

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42. lateefp80
"I was waiting for this. THANK YOU!"

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43. James Remus
"Gets better every year 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"

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44. Mr.NiceGuy
"I like this one but the 2019 Video was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"

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45. Deborah Crawford
"Happy Holidays to everyone ‼️
I love you guys 💝💪🤴🥂👏👏👏👏💯🥰🌞🔥"

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46. Tamatha Wilson
"Say that then, y'all is going back in times ,yesssss🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"

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47. Melissa Moore
"Love this!!!!! 😂 I’m dead!"

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48. Cupcake Mom
"My favorite riders🔥🔥🔥! I'll be watching this video everytime I need a happy smile😃😍! Blessings to 3 amigos and camera guy!📷"

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49. Southern Geeky
"This is the level of energy I want to have for the whole year of 2020! #YearOfRevitalization"

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50. Craig McClendon
"Now that’s the way to start off the New Years,with a little bit of funk and a whole lot of tio."

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51. Lady D Gemini
"The Dude in the middle! LMAO!!!! He aint fo no GAMEZ!"

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52. Chai's Room
"I was all in when Rick James music came on🎶🎶🎶"

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53. I know About the ONE
"He’s coming to my birthday party this year !!"

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REPLY
54. Ina Cook
"Right on!!! Love Choko!"

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55. Invicta Animi
"Well, I found my new dance moves for 2020."

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56. Venie Covington
"Dude in black Jean's killing it❤👍🔥"

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57. Melissa
"To Tio and the Choko Fan Club: Continued Health & Prosperity in 2020 and beyond! 🎉 Keep Dancing!"

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REPLY
58. George Ybarra
"That's what I'm saying and to you and yours"

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59. SoFeelya SoSassy
"Love Rick James music...and the Camera Man pulling on that Imaginary Rope was Priceless!!! 👏😄 You all always seem to put a smile on people's face and laughter in their heart. I wish you all continued success and many more blessings throughout your journey in 2020.💞"

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60. Red Headphones
"Let's go 2020!! This made me smile. You all are awesome!"

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61. 2wise4u2
"This made my day! Who doesn’t love a good old fashioned dose of Choko to begin 2020!! 😂😂 Happy New Year everybody!"

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62. SoFeelya SoSassy
"Love Rick James music...and the Camera Man pulling on that Imaginary Rope was Priceless!!! 👏😄 You all always seem to put a smile on people's face and laughter in their heart. I wish you all continued success and many more blessings throughout your journey in 2020.💞"

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This concludes Part II of this pancocojams series.

Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comments are welcome.

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube sound file and a YouTube video of the song "House Of Exile" by South African Reggae singer Lucky Dube.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Lucky Dube for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these examples on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE SOUND FILE:Lucky Dube - House of Exile



outoftouch, Mar 14, 2009

great song
-snip-
Selected comments, with numbers added for referencing purposes only

1. Liz Kelly, 2013
"Long live the memory of a Great Man..Madiba. RIP."

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2. Bárbara Batista, 2015
"Lucky Dube is the king of voice! We will never have another singer with such a wonderful voice. I will love your music forever."

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3. Jah Gal Bity, 2016
"Kenyans in the house i know u love dube music"

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REPLY
4. john njenga, 2019
"One love💯💯💯"

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5. Roniele Sousa, 2016
"Bob marley,luck dube,peter tosh!"

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6. SPLASH 415, 2017
"peaceful sounds like this is what brings us to a much better mindset. Plant this goodness as if it was a seed n watch it grow. Love n Positivity"

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7. Jess Saory, 2017
"what a nice voice what a good heart with Lucky Dube, kind and friendly person We will never forget you father we will keep all your photos,songs to be present from you, we loose greater person since you left us."

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8. Demonic Akumi, 2017
"This song always gets stuck in my head even after hearing it so many years before as a child.
Met Lucky Dube once from a concert that my father took me to see.
Wonderful singing live, and one of the most friendliest guys I've met at the time. Felt honoured to shake his hand.

The day I heard about his murder though... those fools who did it just glad they were not near me. Lucky did not deserve what he got."

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9. Nkosinomusa Zulu, 2017
"2017, still in the house of exile, for the LOVE of the nation."

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REPLY
10. TRAUMA GAMING INC., 2017
"Nkosinomusa Zulu im with you my brother people all around the world need to listen to this so much hatred and pain in this world we are living in"

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REPLY
11. Nkosinomusa Zulu, 2017
"couldn't have been said better"

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12. Namata Milk, 2018
"Rip freedom fighter,you will always remain in our heart's"

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13. Zelia Mossiah, 2018
"This song speaks to the soul ,you'll be forever missed Lucky Dube ❤"

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14. Janelle Earnshaw, 2018
"I happened to meet this incredible human being in Chicago, IL, where he was performing, just starting out in his career. He glows! I mean, just sincere affection, compassion and love, just emminates from when I met him. Like Marley, murdered, only the good die young? What/Why?"

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15. Valentine Eseme, 2018
"One love to all reggae music Lovers.. I'm the number 1 fan on Lucky Dube .. keeping dreds in his memory... 👊"

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16. Vers l'aine Rend beau, 2018
"We still "remember" you Lucky, just like Mandela. From France with Love !"

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17. Danyuo Yiporo, 2019
"Rest in perfect peace, great heroes. Listening from Ghana, 2019."

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18. TundednutVEVO TV, 2019
"Rip Nelson Mandela Rip lucky dube"

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19. master josh, 2019
"Chaos,chaos!!?in South Africa brings me here...🤔🤔where is the nation love💕💕💓"

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20. Edward Peters, 2019
"Hail Mandela!! We need more legends like him in Africa. Big UP Lucky Dube"

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21. Alioune Cisse, 2019
"One love Lucky Dube from Senegal!"

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22. Airdrome Account, 2019
"His mission here on Earth was complete. Lucky Dube sings with the Angels in his rightful place among Jah's heavenly throne."

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23. Kunnene Okumagbah, 2019
"He once said. HUMILITY AND COURAGE BACK BY HUMBLENESS one can reach and bring a better world👈☝️🤲✍👏❤❤. U are not forgotten N. Mandela. Peace and luv reflection!!!"

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24. Francis Vilas Mensah, 2019
"Lets not leave their legacies with them to the grave. Let their legacies dwell amongst us, and continue their fight for the total liberation of the Black man.
Do your part, I do my part. We abolish hatred and stay in love.

God bless Africa."

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25. Chris Tshuma, 2019
"Ur still alive through ur music jah rastafari dube ur music heals my heart RIP legend"

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26. Hunna Ferdinand, 2019
"R.I.P. king Lucky Dube you're never forgotten all your wonderful music that you left behind will be listened for generations to come"

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27. Mathias Aluvilu, 2019
"ŔIP Rasta man ' i am always enjoying your songs my brother '👍"

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28. smokers coach, 2019
"My uncle used to play lucky dube songs when i was still young and I never understood the lyrics. And when i got older i got the chance to understand the lyrics and indeed we still living in exile here in South Africa our birthplace."

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29. Love Love, 2019
"This song has been playing so loudly in my inner soul, l just had to wake up and put my earphones on & turn on the loudest volume l possible could get out of my mobile...I Speak Blessings & Health to All the people in this World....✍✍✍"

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30. Osasumwen Oribo, 2019
"He will live in our hearts forever. He was up there with Marley."

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31. andrew bintang, 2019
"his voice always reminded me a bit of the legendary peter tosh.
especially when i saw him live, the same message too."

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32. Adomako Nancy, 2019
"Hmmmm December 19th, who is still here? I’m crying out loud ooo, my dad used to be a fan of Lucky Dube but he’s no more, I wish he was here, as I’m listening to these tracks I’m missing him more... May their gentle souls rest in perfect peace..."

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Lucky Dube - House of Exile (live in Uganda 2003)



WarnerJazzVideos, Mar 16, 2011

Lucky Dube - House of Exile (live in Uganda from 2003) House of Exile was originally released in 1991.

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LYRICS: HOUSE OF EXILE
(Lucky Phillip Dube)

Freedom fighter standing on a mountain
In a foreign country
Trying to send a message
To his people, back in the ghetto
He had a home one time

Love of a girl
But he left that behind
Oh yes I can hear him clearly as he whispers in the air
His voice came out loud and clear
All he asked for was a prayer and as he turns to walk away he said

Chorus:
I'm still here in the house of exile
For the love of the nation

Sun went down on the mountain
Birds flew back to their hiding places
Leaving him standing there like a telephone pole
In the still of the night
You and I dream
Dreaming of Romeo & Juliet
All he dreams about is the freedom of the nation
When every man will be equal In the eyes of the law
As he closes his eyes
For the last time he said again

Chorus till fade

Source: https://genius.com/Lucky-dube-house-of-exile-lyrics

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Visitor comments are welcome.

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents information about Nigerian Afrobeat singer, songwriter Burna Boy and showcases a YouTube video of his hit 2018 song "Ye".

The lyrics for Burna Boy's record "Ye" are also included in this post, with information about some of the Yoruba language and Nigerian Pidgin English words in those lyrics.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Burna Boy for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to Burna Boy for publishing this video on YouTube.
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A pancocojam post on the meaning of the Nigerian word "Ye" in Burna Boy's record with that name will be published ASAP and the link to that post will be included here. Other posts about the contemporary meaning of the Nigerian word "Ye" will be published ASAP on pancocojams along with projected posts about Nigerian Pidgin English and/or Nigerian Pidgin English compared to Jamaican Patois. Those posts will have the tag "Burna Boy song Ye" and/or the tag/s "Nigerian Pidgin English".

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INFORMATION ABOUT BURNA BOY
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burna_Boy
"Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 2 July 1991), known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.[1][2] He rose to prominence in 2012 after releasing "Like to Party", the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013). In 2017, Burna Boy signed with Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the United States and Warner Music Group internationally. His third studio album Outside (2018) marked his major-label debut.[3] In 2019, he won Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards.[4] He was also announced as Apple Music's Up Next artist. His fourth studio album African Giant was released in July 2019.

[...]

In January 2018, Burna Boy was featured on "Sunshine Riptide", a track from Fall Out Boy's seventh studio album MANIA (2018).[17] He released his third studio album Outside on January 26, 2018. Described as a mixtape, Outside consists mostly of Afrobeats, dancehall, reggae and road rap....Outside was supported by six singles: "Rock Your Body", "Streets of Africa", "Koni Baje", "Sekkle Down", "Heaven's Gate" and "Ye".... The album received critical acclaim and was ranked by Pulse Nigeria and Nigerian Entertainment Today as the best Nigerian album of 2018.[18][19] It won Album of the Year at the 2018 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.[20] In February 2018, Outside debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart.[21] The album's biggest single "Ye" ended up atop most Nigerian publications year-end list as the biggest song of 2018.[22][23]

[...]

Artistry
Burna Boy describes his music as Afro-fusion, a genre that blends Afrobeat, dancehall riddims, reggae, American rap and R&B.[32][6] August Brown of The Los Angeles Times said Burna Boy's sound is "savvy and modern but undistracted by obvious crossover moves".[38]"...

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Burna Boy - Ye (Official Video)



Burna Boy, Aug 6, 2018

The official video for Burna Boy's "Ye" from the album 'Outside'.
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Statistics as of January 11, 2020 at 2:56 PM
total # of views - 57,780,785
total # of likes- 369,000
total # of dislikes- 11,000
total # of comments -13,077

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S COMMENT
Because pancocojams is a family friendly blog, when I showcase songs that include what I refer to as "the n word", I usually modify the spelling of that word. However, because of its cultural value, I've kept that spelling as is for this song.

I plan to publish a pancocojams post on the meaning of the word Ye in Burna Boy's song of that name, but here's an excerpt of that post that helps explain the lyrics of that song (with numbers added for referencing purposes only)
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPe09eE6Xio [discussion thread for the official YouTube video of Burna Boy's - Ye.]

IAmATanker TheTankerIsMe, 2018
1. "For all those that are not familiar “Ye” is an exclamation Nigerians do when they are surprised, excited, shocked or scared. Normally with this action as demonstrated in the emoji 🙆🏾‍♀‍"

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2. Miss Krystal63, 2018
"IAmATanker TheTankerIsMe thanks for the information because I really didn’t, now if I could hear it being use on a sentence would be great"

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3. May Show, 2018
"@Miss Krystal63 Ye! They have increased my rent."

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LYRICS - YE
(composer - Burna Boy)

[Intro]
Yeah
My nigga... die for nothing, ah
My nigga... die for nothing, ah
Die for nothing, ah
My nigga... die for nothing, ah
My nigga... die for nothing, ah
My nigga...

[Refrain]
Oluwaburna, ehn-ehn, Ye Ye Ye
Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye
Ye, ehn-ehn, Ye Ye Ye
Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye
Ye Ye, Ye Ye
Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye
Ye, ehn-ehn, Ye Ye Ye
Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye

[Verse 1]
This one na gbedu wey dey ja pata
Me, I no get time, I dey da pada
Dada cover my face, calling me Lagbaja
Biggie man, wey no dey wear agbada
Ahn ahn (Tell me, tell me)

[Chorus]
My nigga, what's it gon' be?
G-Wagon or de Bentley?
The gyaldem riding with me
I no fit, die for nothing
My nigga, what's it gon' be?
G-Wagon or de Bentley?
The gyaldem riding with me
I no fit, die for nothing

[Verse 2]
Ahn, ahn, make you know say
Anything wey you do, dem must commentate
(I can't come and kill myself)
So anything wey I dey do
I dey try to dey do am my way
(I can't come and kill myself)
Plenty plenty plenty suffer wey we face
Just to make sure money dey


[Chorus]
My nigga, what's it gon' be?
G-Wagon or de Bentley?
The gyaldem riding with me
I no fit, die for nothing
My nigga, what's it gon' be?
G-Wagon or de Bentley?
The gyaldem riding with me
I no fit, die for nothing

[Verse 2]
Ahn, ahn, make you know say
Anything wey you do, dem must commentate
(I can't come and kill myself)
So anything wey I dey do
I dey try to dey do am my way
(I can't come and kill myself)
Plenty plenty plenty suffer wey we face
Just to make sure money dey

[Pre-Chorus]
But my people dem go say
I no want kpai, I no want die
I no want kpeme, I want enjoy
I want chop life, I want buy motor
I want build house, I still want turn up
Tell me, tell me

[Chorus]
My nigga, what's it gon' be?
G-Wagon or de Bentley?
The gyaldem riding with me
I no fit, die for nothing
My nigga what's it gon' be
G-Wagon or de Bentley
The gyaldem riding with me
I no fit

[Verse 3]
Different things dem happening
Schemes and packaging
In a one night, fourshows I'm juggling
Flow like the ocean, my boat I'm paddling
Shout out Shina Peller
That's my bro; my family
Frozen chains, when it comes to money
I dey concentrate
Make I tell you straight, you are not my mate
If you be commissioner, I be head of state

[Pre-Chorus]
But my people dem go say
I no want kpai, I no want die
I no want kpeme, I want enjoy
I want chop life, I want buy motor
I want build house, I still want turn up
Tell me, tell me

[Chorus]
My nigga, what's it gon' be?
G-Wagon or de Bentley?
The gyaldem riding with me
I no fit, die for nothing
My nigga what's it gon' be?
G-Wagon or de Bentley?
The gyaldem riding with me
I no fit, die for nothing

[Refrain]
Oluwaburna
Ye Ye, Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye
Ye, ehn-ehn, Ye Ye Ye
Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye
Ye Ye, Ye Ye
Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye
Ye, ehn-ehn, Ye Ye Ye
Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye
Ye, ehn-ehn, Ye Ye Ye
Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye
Ye Ye, Ye Ye
Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye
Ye, ehn-ehn, Ye Ye Ye
Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye

Source: https://genius.com/Burna-boy-ye-lyrics

Here's some information about this song from that website:
"Written By Burna Boy
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Interpolates: Sorrow Tears and Blood by Fela Kuti
Interpolated By: SHINESHINEBOBO by Eazy Bob Wizzy
Cover By: Ye (BBC 1Xtra Cover) by Koffee
Remixed "My Yé Is Different" by OSH"

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EXPLANATIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE LYRICS TO BURNA BOY'S SONG "YE"
Part 1
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPe09eE6Xio commenter udezeh henry, 2019 gave these explanations for some of the lyrics in that song:

[...]

"This one na gbedu wey dey ja pata( This is a jam that can tear your pants)
Me, I no get time, I dey da pada( Me, I don't have time, i return them back)
Dada cover my face, calling me Lagbaja( Dreads covering my face like I'm Lagbaja- Lagbaja is another Nigerian musician).
Biggie man, wey no dey wear agbada( A rich man that doesn't wear agbada - Agbada is a native wear that has a flowing top that is very long that reaches your toes.)....
Ahn ahn (tell me, tell me)

[...]

I no fit, die for nothing( I can't die for nothing)

[...]

Anything wey you do, dem must commentate( Anything you do people must talk about it)

[...]

Anything wey you do, dem must commentate( Anything you do people must talk about it)

[...]

I dey try to dey do am my way( So anything i do , i try to do it my way)

[...]

lenty plenty plenty suffer wey we face( A lot of suffering we faced)

Just to make sure money dey( to ensure that there's money)

But my people dem go say( But my people will say)"...
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In his transcription of this song, udezeh henry used the word "Yeah" for "Ye". Although the Yoruba (Nigeria) word "ye" is pronounced the same way that the English word "yeah" is pronounced, "ye"does not mean "yes".

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Part 2
Other explanations of words in that song
(given in the order that they appear in that song, with numbers added for referencing purposes only.)r

1. Oluwa - Yoruba name for "God"
From https://www.legit.ng/1180093-yoruba-names-starting-oluwa-meaning.html
"“Oluwa” is the Yoruba word for God. And there are many Yoruba names with the prefix “Oluwa....

Yoruba names usually have unique meanings. According to the Yoruba culture, the name given to a child will affect his/her destiny. That is why Yoruba people especially the Christians give their children names with God in it. The “Oluwa” could be at the beginning of the name or the end.
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That article provides a list of Yoruba names that either begin or end with "Oluwa". For example, "Oluwabunmi" is a unisex name meaning God gifted me.".

My guess is that Burna Boy used that traditional formula to give himself the name "Oluwaburna", but that isn't an actual name that is given by Nigerians to males or to females.

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2. ehn-ehn
http://naijalingo.com/words/yeee indicates that "ehn-ehn" is synonym for Yeee. That website gives the meaning for "yeee" as "Exclamation, usually negative: Example: Yeee, my leg dey pain me oh.
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"oh" [also given as "o"] at the end of a sentence adds intensity to what was said.

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3. gyaldem- girls them

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4. kpai
from Google translate Yoruba to English - the first

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5. kpeme
from Google translate Yoruba to English - watch

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6. chop
From http://naijalingo.com/words/c/alphabet
chop- eat
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"chop life" = enjoy life

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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comments are welcome.

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series about the 2018 Burna Boy song "Ye".

Part II presents selected comments about the meaning of Burna Boy's song "Ye" from the discussion thread for the official YouTube video of that song. (The official video for that song is embedded in Part I of this series.)

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/01/nigerian-afrobeat-singer-burna-boy-ye.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I presents information about Nigerian Afrobeat singer, songwriter Burna Boy and showcases a YouTube video of his hit 2018 song "Ye".

Part III presents comments about the exclamation "ye" and similar exclamations that are found in West Africa and elsewhere in Africa. Those comments are from the discussion thread for the official YouTube video of Burna Boy's song "Ye".

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Burna Boy for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to Burna Boy for publishing this video on YouTube.
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A pancocojams post about other contemporary meanings of the Nigerian word "Ye" will be published ASAP. I also plan to publish a pancocojams post that presents comments about Nigerian Pidgin English and Jamaican Patois. Those posts will have the tag "Burna Boy song Ye" and/or the tag/s "Nigerian Pidgin English" in addition to other tags.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
Burna Boy's 2018 hit song "Ye" is sung in Nigerian Pidgin English, Yoruba, and African American Vernacular English in addition to standard American English. Two examples of African American Vernacular English in that song are the lyrics "My "n word"* what's it gon' be?" and the lyrics "I still want turn up" (which I believe loosely translated means "I still want to enjoy life". One widely used form of the African American originated slang phrase "turn up" is "turnt up".

Read the selected comments below for explanations about the meaning of this song.

These comments are presented in relative chronological order. If you disagree with any or all of these opinions, please share what you think Burna Boy's song "Ye" means in the comment section below.
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*A form of what is widely known as "the n word" is fully spelled out in the lyrics to that song.

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SELECTED COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT BURNA BOY'S SONG "YE" MEANS
(from the discussion thread of that song's official YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPe09eE6Xio)

I've added numbers to these comments for referencing purposes only.

1. IAmATanker TheTankerIsMe, 2018
1 year ago
For all those that are not familiar “Ye” is an exclamation Nigerians do when they are surprised, excited, shocked or scared. Normally with this action as demonstrated in the emoji 🙆🏾‍♀‍"

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2. kayla george, 2019
"What is he saying?"

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3. IAmATanker TheTankerIsMe, 2019
"kayla george he’s basically talking about how crazy his life is now, how he can afford all these things, how his people grind hard to get money and how he’s just living lavish and doing his thing because people will talk no matter what so there’s no point stressing (“I can’t come and kill myself”). So in that context “Ye” is a reaction to all these exciting changes and events that are happening in his life."

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4. Mona Majestic, 2019
"This song is about the black people’s struggle..."

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REPLY
5. Hobby Bear, 2019
"Bless you queen. U just summarized it in a very simple way 👊🏾🙌🏽😍"

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REPLY
6. Ken Mckay, 2019
..."Nigerians have adapted to suffering and smiling, we are getting screwed over by the government but no one wants to revolt because no one is ready to die."

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REPLY
7. Tim Akhile, 2019
"@ken so on point"

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REPLY
8. OurTruth, 2019
"Oh wow I didn’t know,What language is he speaking?"

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REPLY
9. Lumani LuLu, 2019
"OurTruth Nigerian Pidgin talking about the hate Africans get in this world yet we still strive and remain the best even when they try and kill us it never works we thrive. We enjoy, live life, get money the best way we can and live. Basically our enemies never win is the message"

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REPLY
10. Hope Oguidi, 2019
"@OurTruth he is speaking yoruba, a Nigerian dialect"

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11. fade1283, 2019
"@Hope Oguidi yoruba is a language, not a dialect"

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12. A S, 2019
"No idea what he's saying but this 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲 thinks this song is 🔥🔥🔥🔥."
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"JM" = Jamaica; Jamaican

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13. Happy Ness, 2019
"He is talking about societal oppression, corruption in Government and bad leaderships. People struggling to do all kind of things to make money just to survive, to buy basic necessities like buy car, build house, and yet these same oppressed people are not bold or ready to stand up to their oppressors for fear of losing their lives because they would rather only talk about it, go to clubs to turn up and enjoy life, so they think ("suffering and smiling")."

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14. Bernedette Kuteyi, 2019
"A S. the back ground song is say Oh baby your bodi is so fine. Also he is saying talking about life in Nigeria when you make money, how people want you to be. That’s why he can’t kill himself"

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15. Angel Highlight, 2019
"For all the Americans here and non Nigerians
What he is saying is that he will enjoy life drive all the cars and buy mansions
He will enjoy his life before he die that he just got one life to live and he shouldn’t worry about what people are saying because people must talk and talk is cheap"

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16. Bidemi Akinade, 2019
2 months ago
THAT IS NOT WHAT HE IS SAYING!!!!!

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17. George Lin, 2019
"He's saying that he's gonna live it up and shine even if it doesn't fit what society expects because of his race."

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18. Chimezie Hh, 2019
"It’s funny because you are just lying to people and they are buying it.. this song is about the difficulties we face in Nigeria, we prioritize individual accolades and no one wants to die or be revolutionary regarding the government, we just want to ball, get money flex and go back to our bad roads poverty etc. no one wants to die to make our lives better. It’s better you don’t say what you don’t know!"

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This concludes Part II of this pancocojams series.

Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comment are welcome.

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part III of a three part pancocojams series about the 2018 Burna Boy song "Ye".

Part III presents comments about the traditional exclamation "ye" and similar exclamations that are found in West Africa, elsewhere in Africa, and in the Caribbean. These selected comments are from a sub-thread of the discussion thread for the official YouTube video of Burna Boy's song "Ye".

The Addendum to this post presents information about the word "ye" from http://naijalingo.com.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/01/nigerian-afrobeat-singer-burna-boy-ye.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I presents information about Nigerian Afrobeat singer, songwriter Burna Boy and showcases a YouTube video of his hit 2018 song "Ye".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/01/what-burna-boys-song-ye-is-really-about.html for Part II of this series. Part II presents selected comments about the meaning of Burna Boy's song "Ye" from the discussion thread for the official YouTube video of that song.

The content of this post is presented for cultural and linguistic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Burna Boy for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to Burna Boy for publishing this video on YouTube.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
This pancocojams post presents an excerpt from a sub-thread for the YouTube discussion thread of the official video for Nigerian singer, songwriter Burna Boy's 2018 hit entitled "Ye". The word "ye" is the title and refrain for that song. Although the word "Ye" is pronounced like the English words "yeah" and "yay", it doesn't mean "yes".

This pancocojams post focuses on traditional meanings for the exclamation "Ye" and similarly spelled and used exclamations.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/01/some-contemporary-vernacular-meanings.html for a pancocojams post entitled "Some Contemporary Vernacular Meanings For The Word "Ye" (thanks to Kanye West & Osh)"

I also plan to publish a pancocojams post that presents comments about Nigerian Pidgin English and Jamaican Patois. That post will have the tag "Nigerian Pidgin English" and "Jamaican Patois".

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SELECTED COMMENTS ABOUT THE WORD "YE" IN "BURNA BOY'S SONG WITH THAT TITLE
(from the discussion thread of that song's official YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPe09eE6Xio)

I've added numbers to these comments for referencing purposes only.

1. IAmATanker TheTankerIsMe, 2018
"For all those that are not familiar “Ye” is an exclamation Nigerians do when they are surprised, excited, shocked or scared. Normally with this action as demonstrated in the emoji 🙆🏾‍♀‍"

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2. Miss Krystal63, 2018
"IAmATanker TheTankerIsMe thanks for the information because I really didn’t, now if I could hear it being use on a sentence would be great"

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3. May Show, 2018
"@Miss Krystal63 Ye! They have increased my rent."

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4. yanos95, 2018
"Not only for Nigerian....we use it in our carribeean islands too. Big up!"

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5. Esther Nimoh, 2018
"In Ghana too 🇬🇭"

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6. WhoIs _Mja, 2018
"Congoleses use it too"

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7. Oumar B, 2018
"Cameroonians too"

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8. Georgia, 2018
"Ye kpa!!!!"

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9. Matipa Kombe, 2018
"In Zambia we say "Iye""

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10. KazzaNorthside, 2019
"Ye wo"

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11. No Name, 2019
"@yanos95 not in my Caribbean islands. We say woi or woyoi not ye. Lol What island are you from?"

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12. Osho Eigbe, 2019
"'Ye' is used by Yoruba people in nigeria only, Or non Yorubas that are familiar with the Yoruba people/language."

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13. Ant Nam, 2019
"Ye is Yoruba not the whole of Nigeria, but Yoruba culture influences all."

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14. Don Souza, 2019
"Not only Nigerians do the exclamation."

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15. Naija guy, 2019
"another example is the olamide's song "motigbana" probably the best example of the exclamation been used ."

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16. Fatoumata Bah, 2019
"@Matipa Kombe In Guinea we say the same thing too, well fulani people anyway"

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17. No Bad, 2019
"Like yikes ! Or OMG"

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18. INDIGO, 2019
"It is similar to what is said in Ghana
Ghanaians say Eei to express shock or excitement.
Good to know that"

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19. Paul Norix, 2019
"Ye pa, gbese re o"

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20. Akin Akinsanya, 2019
"You can substitute ye for WTF in some instances."

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21. Traore Assinatou, 2019
"IAmATanker TheTankerIsMe it isn’t just nigerian but all of the Africa ❤️"

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22. The Boss ManTing, 2019
"Africa and Carribeans"

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23. Lolawofhhgt #, 2019
"Ivory Coast too🇨🇮"

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24. Ruth gebreyes, 2019
"Ethiopia we say weYE Lmaoo close enough"

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25. TheLaLa0077, 2019
"basically west africans use it..."

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26. Ant Nam, 2019
"All of a sudden everyone wants to be included, but if its negative, they will say its those Nigerians, don't groups us all together. YE!!!!!"

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27. Chelly Quamie, 2019
"Osho Eigbe it is also used in Caribbean islands as it was Yoruba people who were stolen and brought to these islands."

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28. Kay AK, 2019
"I think we found the unifying anthem. I have heard many people use the expression "Ye"- Nigerians, Ghanaians, Cameroonians & Jamaicans. My mom usually follows this with 🙆🏿‍♀‍"Ewurade" ...which makes "Ye! Oh my God! ", I think. Absolutely love this song!"

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29. ines M., 2019
"In Congo sqme expression but Hé"

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30. Juste Moi, 2019
"Malian too"

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31. rachel bello, 2019
"LOL to everyone in the comments who are saying not only Nigerians, not only Nigerians.. its is literally a word from the YORUBA ppl of Nigeria and is popular al throughout our country. Other countries may know it because it’s used so frequently, but it is a Nigerian word luvs looool"

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32. rachel bello, 2019
"Traore Assinatou Traore Assinatou it is literally a word derived from a tribe in Nigeria... you guys just decide to use it. Which is fine, but y’all need to stop sayin it isn’t just for Nigerians."

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33. Zuba Dambal, 2019
"We use too from Ethiopia 🇪🇹 yeee ,heee ,haaa etc all my black fans are using it anyway""

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ADDENDUM- INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORD "YE" FROM NAIJALINGO.COM

From http://naijalingo.com/words/ye-pa
"Ye pa
Definition:Yikes!
Example: Yepa yawa don gas means there's a problem"

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From http://naijalingo.com/words/yeee

"Yeee
Definition:Exclamation, usually negative
Example: Yeee, my leg dey pain me oh.
Synonyms: ehn”

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This concludes Part III of this three part pancocojams series.

Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comments are welcome.

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a pancocojams series about contemporary vernacular meanings for the word "Ye".

Part I present information about the vernacular meanings of the word "ye" that have recently become known or have recently developed in Great Britain, the United States, and elsewhere thanks to African American rapper Kanye West, thanks to Black British twitter commenter and YouTube video singer Osh.

Note: Since Osh developed his twitter video and his YouTube video as a result of Burna Boy's song "Ye"* (which uses the traditional Yoruba Nigerian meaning for the word "Ye"), Burna Boy can also be credited for indirectly influencing the contemporary meanings of the word "Ye".

Part II showcase a YouTube video of Osh singing "My Ye Is Different To Your Ye" and a YouTube video about the "My Ye Is Different" viral meme.

The content of this post is presented for cultural and linguistic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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*Click the tag "Burna Boy song Ye" for pancocojams posts on that song.

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CHRONOLOGY OF THE USE OF THE WORD "YE" AMONG THE PERFORMING ARTISTS BURNA BOY, KANYE WEST, AND OSH
June 1, 2018 - release date for Kanye West's album Ye

August 6, 2018 - release date for Burna Boy's single "Ye"

October 30, 2018 - date that Osh posted a brief comedic video on Twitter of him singing "My Ye Is Different To'
Your Ye", and thus starting the viral meme of this saying.

Nov 26, 2018 -date the music video of Osh singing the song "My Ye" Is different" was published on YouTube
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Here are the two entries from https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ye for the word "yé" (as of January 12, 2020 at 12:16 PM EST)

"yé
'Ye' has multiple meanings, one of which is a nickname referring to rapper and producer, Kanye West. The term is pronounced as if pronouncing 'yay'.
Fan: Ye, you lit it up on the stage tonight.
West: I know.
#kanye west#west#yay#kanye#nickname
by eiln March 08, 2008"

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"yé

The level of style, swag, sauce, finesse, or skill one has. Usually used to compare oneself to other people.
“My yé is different to your yé. Dripping the sauce..”
#sauce#finesse#uk#yé#drip too hard#drip
by Essexgirll, October 31, 2018

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TRADITIONAL MEANING OF "YE" IN NIGERIA (AND IN SOME OTHER AFRICAN NATIONS, AS WELL AS IN SOME CARIBBEAN NATIONS)
(from the discussion thread of that song's official YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPe09eE6Xio) Burna Boy - "Ye"

I've added numbers to these comments for referencing purposes only.

1. IAmATanker TheTankerIsMe, 2018
"For all those that are not familiar “Ye” is an exclamation Nigerians do when they are surprised, excited, shocked or scared. Normally with this action as demonstrated in the emoji 🙆🏾‍♀‍"

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REPLY
2. Miss Krystal63, 2018
"IAmATanker TheTankerIsMe thanks for the information because I really didn’t, now if I could hear it being use on a sentence would be great"

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REPLY
3. May Show, 2018
"@Miss Krystal63 Ye! They have increased my rent."
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This is probably the meaning that Burna Boy meant in his hit 2018 record "Ye".

For more comments about the traditional meaning of the word "Ye" in Africa and in the Caribbean, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-traditional-use-of-exclamation-ye.html

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THE TRADITIONAL AFRICAN MEANINGS OF THE NAME KANYE
Since "Ye" as used by Kanye West probably started as a clip of his name, here's some information about the meanings of the Africa name "Kanye":
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_(name)
"Kanye ... is a Yoruba name meaning "next in line to the chieftaincy". It is also an Igbo name meaning "Let's give" or to give honor, tribute.

Further Kanye means "Once" or "One time". It also means "together" or "togetherness" in the Nguni languages (Ndebele, Xhosa, Zulu) of South Africa.

Kanye also means “Disgust” in the Ewe language of Ghana/Togo."

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EXCERPT FROM WIKIPEDIA PAGE ABOUT WHAT KANYE WEST SAYS THE WORD "YE" MEANS
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_(album)
Ye… is the eighth studio album by American rapper and producer Kanye West. It was released on June 1, 2018, through GOOD Music and distributed by Def Jam Recordings. Following controversy surrounding an interview with TMZ, West re-recorded all the work on the album, completing it over the course of just two weeks at his ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

[...]

West initially debuted Ye on June 1, 2018 without any singles, as is popular among musicians using the sudden release option that don't want a big marketing roll out.[71] On June 8, "Yikes" was released to UK mainstream radio stations by West's labels as the lead single from the album… After having been released as a single, the song made its debut at number ten on the UK Singles Chart, standing as West's 19th top ten single on the chart.[75] On August 14, 2019, "Yikes" was certified platinum in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of 1,000,000 units.[7]

[...]

In an interview conducted with Big Boy during the listening party for the album, West explained the title, which is a diminutive of his own name commonly used in his songs, by stating: "I believe 'ye' is the most commonly used word in the Bible, and in the Bible it means 'you.' So I'm you, I'm us, it's us. It went from Kanye, which means 'the only one,' to just Ye – just being a reflection of our good, our bad, our confused, everything."[86] However, West was incorrect in his belief of "ye" being the most commonly used word in the Bible.[87] West went on to tweet out in June 2018 that without his ego, he is "Just Ye," potentially giving context into why the album is titled as such.[88]”...
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It's interesting to note that Kanye West's album Ye includes the single "Yikes" and "yikes" is given as a traditional meaning for the Yoruba (Nigerian) exclamation "ye pa":
http://naijalingo.com/words/ye-pa
"Ye pa
Definition:Yikes!
Example: Yepa yawa don gas means there's a problem"

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CONFUSION BETWEEN KANYE WEST'S ALBUM "YE" AND BURNA BOY'S RECORD "YE"
From
...[The Nigerian song] "Ye" saw a 200 percent spike in its streaming numbers after searches for Kanye West's album Ye unintentionally caused listeners to stumbled upon it.[5] Burna Boy thanked Kanye West for the confusion on Twitter.[6]"...

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EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE ARTICLE ENTITLED
From https://thetab.com/uk/2018/11/02/my-ye-is-different-to-your-ye-the-viral-meme-explained-85338 My Yé is different to your Yé, the viral meme explained
Dripping in sauce, the drip-dripping so saucy
by Diyora Shadijanova, News UK, 2018
“You might have seen the "My Ye is different to your Ye" video meme everywhere this week and not understood what it means. Is it about Kanye West? Is it a song? What's going on? Why is everyone on Twitter referencing this catchy meme?

But don't worry, because I have traced the history and meaning of this week's very niche, viral Twitter meme.

What does My Ye is different to your Ye mean?
To put it simply "My Ye is different to your Ye" roughly translates to "Me and you are not on the same level." Or you can explain it as "I have a different vibe to yours."

Where did the My Ye is different to your Ye meme originate?
The backing track to the meme is Burna Boy's 2018 song "Ye". Apparently the original Burna Boy song has reached international fame because Kanye West's latest album, which dropped recently, so happens to also be called "Ye."

A British musician, Osh This Side, sang over the song with "My yè is different to your yè. Dripping in sauce, the drip-dripping so saucy." He posted it on Twitter and this is the full video:

My Yè Is Different#ThisSide #MyYèIsDifferent #MyYèIsDifferentToYourYè pic.twitter.com/yrQZgw2rsO [presented as a hyperlink]

— OSH (@oshthisside) October 30, 2018

Since posting it, it has gone viral and the catchy song inspired a full on Twitter trend and very funny memes about superiority.

... Dotty from BBC 1Extra thinks “My Ye is different to your Ye” means "We may be in the same lane but we are not on the same level."....
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A lot of commenters in YouTube discussion threads for Osh's YouTube video "My Ye Is Different" ask what "ye" means or post comments that use the word "ye" in ways that differ from the supposed meaning "Me and you are not on the same level". That leads me to conclude that there's more than one contemporary vernacular meaning for the word "ye" and/or that the contemporary vernacular meaning or meanings of the word "ye" isn't (aren't) really established yet.

That said, I think that Osh's twitter comic music video "My ye is different to your ye" started out as joke that Kanye West's album Ye was different from Burna Boy's song "Ye".

All of these other contemporary vernacular meanings that are out there for the word "Ye" and the "My Ye is different to your ye" saying are after-the-fact back stories.

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This concludes Part I of this pancocojams series.

Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comments are welcome.

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a pancocojams series about contemporary vernacular meanings for the word "Ye".

Part II showcase a YouTube video of Osh This Side singing "My Ye Is Different To Your Ye" and a YouTube video about the "My Ye Is Different" viral meme.

The lyrics to this song* are given in this post along with selected comments from one of these videos' discussion thread.

WARNING- There are two curse words in that song. Those words are given below with modified spelling.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/01/some-contemporary-vernacular-meanings.html for Part I of this series. Part I present information about the vernacular meanings of the word "ye" that have recently become known or have recently developed in Great Britain, the United States, and elsewhere thanks to African American rapper Kanye West, thanks to Black British twitter commenter and YouTube video singer Osh.

Note: Since Osh This Side developed his twitter video and his YouTube video as a result of Burna Boy's song "Ye"* (which uses the traditional Yoruba Nigerian meaning for the word "Ye"), Burna Boy can also be credited for indirectly influencing the contemporary meanings of the word "Ye".

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, aesthetic, and linguistic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Osh for his musical legacy, and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube
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*Click the tag "Burna Boy song Ye" for pancocojams posts on that song.

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SHOWCASE VIDEOS:
Video #1: Osh - My Yé Is Different [Music Video] | GRM Daily



GRM DailyPremiered Nov 26, 2018
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Here's the lyrics for that song from that discussion thread, posted by Salt, 2018
(Curse words are given with modified spelling)

[Intro]
Yè, yè, yè

[Chorus]
My yè is different to your yè
Dripping in sauce, the drip-drip is so saucy
I don't know why they wanna war me
Why they wanna war me if they don't know me
Different to your yè
Dripping in sauce, the drip-drip is so saucy
I don't know why they wanna war me
Why they wanna war me if they don't know me

[Verse 1]
She said hand on her heart, she don't trust me
I don't want you to trust me, just love me
She looked me dead in the eye with a secretive smile
And told me none of these bi&thes* can ever touch me
Baby girl, just calm it down
I need to know where you'll go right now
I couldn't really give a f&&k* right now
But, baby girl, just show me now
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*This word is fully spelled out in these lyrics.

[Chorus]
My yè is different to your yè
Dripping in sauce, the drip-drip is so saucy
I don't know why they wanna war me
Why they wanna war me if they don't know me
Different to your yè
Dripping in sauce, the drip-drip is so saucy
I don't know why they wanna war me
Why they wanna war me if they don't know me

[Verse 2]
She's never been with a guy that's so saucy
Probably the reason she's acting so naughty
Middle finger to the guys dem before me
Now she loves me, and adores me
Love me love me love me
Touch me touch me touch me
Feel me feel me feel me
Squeeze me squeeze me squeeze me

[Chorus]
My yè is different to your yè
Dripping in sauce, the drip-drip is so saucy
I don't know why they wanna war me
Why they wanna war me if they don't know me
Different to your yè
Dripping in sauce, the drip-drip is so saucy
I don't know why they wanna war me
Why they wanna war me if they don't know me

[Outro]
This side
And we got the vibe and you can only find it over on this side
And we got the vibe and you can only find it over on this side
And we got the vibe and you can only find it over on this side
And we got the vibe and you can only find it over on this side

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Here are selected comments from this video's discussion threads (with numbers added for referencing purposes only).
1. SNGaming, 2018
"From a meme to this"

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2. richard buckley, 2018
"Clicked for the meme, stayed for the sauce 🔥"

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3. Asqvared, 2018
"i like the way he brought his yé from the original twitter video to the music video but i dont know how to feel about the song"

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4. Craig Stewart, 2018
"He got a record deal out of this tune, fair play, let's see what else he can put out! Good luck to him!"

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5. Osh This Side, 2018
"Just gonna put out more fire tbh Craig, watch the space, appreciate your support :)"

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6. OhKevDebruyne, 2018
"These man took camera angles to another level"

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7. Nightstark, 2018
"I love that he kept the camera cuts. kept to his roots"
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These comments refer to how the twitter video was shot.

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8. Adaeze, 2018
"Never seen a meme turn into a music video"

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9. Renae Hall, 2018
"Woooooiiiiii fire in the booth"

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10. Ggcvvb Bbvbbb, 2018
"U lot can hate all u like but my man is talented and this is acc cold including visuals too"

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11. M2 M2, 2018
"Can you Brits explain what this meme is !!! Please"

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12. Osh This Side, 2018
"Hey mate. I am artist who goes by the name of Osh. been doing music for a little while. Been posting freestyles on my socials (oshthisside), however this freestyle went viral and blew up, opened up some doors and gave me a platform."

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13. C14_ 7, 2018
"My yè is different
Me:yè"

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14. A1S, 2018
"Ma nooo is different to ur noooo"

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15. yusuf muhammad, 2018
"What’s yè?"

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16. pureness, 2018
"This song is so funny lmao😂🤣"

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17. Jhon Smith, 2018
"My Ye is spelt different to your Yé"

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18. Candy Rain, 2018
"Love all the melanin in this video"
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This comment (and others like it in this discussion thread) refer to the fact that the singer and the women featured in this video are Black people with dark skin.

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19. Josh Fernie, 2018
"Yeah this is a straight banggggaaaaa"

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20. Samigul 69, 2018
"I thought he was just a meme.. but this is harddd"

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21. SilentTug •, 2018
"The insta video sounds better than this don’t @ me"

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22. Chris Otite, 2018
"The insta video was a lot wavier"

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23. MASTER T ON THE TRACK, 2018
"I still wish it was on the BURNA BOY RIDDIM
But I get why it ain’t"

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24. masood adam, 2018
"My ye is different from ya mamma ye"

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25. masood adam, 2018
"I’m dead 😂😂😂"

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26. Xpertise, 2018
"This is cold."

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27. Shahinoor Azad, 2018
"my guy do u even know what cold means 😂😂"

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28. Xpertise, 2018
"@Shahinoor Azad yes i do"

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29. Xpertise, 2018
"@Shahinoor Azad well everyone has a different way of calling something cold"

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30. Ralphredo HD, 2018
"@Shahinoor Azad his cold is different to your cold"

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31. Kayeo
"0:37 woahhh wavey"

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32. Tom Thompson, 2018
"I don’t know how I feel about this was this supposed to a taking the piss video or not in the first place ? He’s taking this mad serious more power to him thou hope this is the start of something big for him"
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The bold font is the way this comment was written in this discussion thread.

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33. steph.d05, 2018
"My like is different to your like🔥🔥"

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34. Gay Ghost Shah, 2018
"Osh:can I use your beat
Burna:no no no"

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35. Musah Hassan, 2018
"Still I’ll give credit to Burnaboy for the Ye Ye Ye!"

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36. Asia William, 2018
"🔥 littt 🔌💯🥶"

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37. andr3a, 2018
"my vibe is different to your vibe."

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38. Yazzy K, 2018
"Soo wavey 🌊"

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39. Tia Griffiths Small, 2018
"I still wanna know what yé is 😂💀"

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40. Rhoda Akonnor, 2019
"Tia Griffiths Small swag"

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41. Gxpress73, 2018
"I like and like and like. Chooon just grows on me. 👏👏👏

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42. Haha Matteo, 2018
"lol haters gonna hate its semi wavy"

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43. Kizzy Pitter, 2018
"He’s riding his wave just proves you gotta take your shot you never know what could happen. Sick shots on the car though."

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44. Ibrahim Khayam, 2018
"Kinda milking it now bro"

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45. Osh This Side, 2018
"not at all. Provided people what they wanted. So much more to come"

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46. Miss Chocolate Darling, 2018
"this is a banger fam"

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47. Dusan Kuznetsov, 2018
"Reeeespect ,big vibeeez ouuuuta dis tuneeee !"

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48. Adil Hasan, 2018
"I think that this shows that you can now turn memes into songs😉😉😉😁😁"

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49. G. Rigz, 2018
"Club banger"

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50. YP, 2018
"I shaku on the yë as well"
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"Shaku" = a contemporary Nigerian dance

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51. benja303, 2018
"I wonder what Burna thinks of all this lmao"

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52. DO NOT READ, 2018
"guy: give me your snap
girl: my age is different to your age 🤣"

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53. Mr MOORZ, 2018
"Far to catchy been stuck in my head for time"

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54. lizzy _xo, 2018
"Nah his ye is beautiful🤩🤩🤩🥰"

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55. Bola Akande, 2019
"I wanna know what ye means I only know the meaning to burn a boys ye since I am Yoruba (Nigerian language)"

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56. Stephen A. Smith, 2019
"Him and his label knew to change the beat or else Burna Boy would've taxed them"

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57. Shazia Surfas, 2019
"This guy came out of nowhere and just started gassing this song Is fire 🔥"

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58. 5,000 Subscribers without any videos, 2019
"I don't understand the meme. Someone plz explain"

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59. DANK BARBIE, 2019
"LITTTT happy for his success 👌🏾🙏🏾🖤🖤💥💥💥💣💣💣"
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This is the way this comment was written in that discussion thread.

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Video #2: Reading My Ye is Different to Your Ye MEMES



Ryan Daly, Nov 5, 2018

Hey guys in this video we look at the new trend/meme My Ye is Different to Your Ye…
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Here's my transcription of a portion of the introduction of this video: (.011-.056)
“So I know I’m a bit late on this but I thought I would do a video on this to keep this meme alive. See I basically if you are from the London area you probably know that there is this new video slash song that has gone viral recently [plays clip of Osh singing My Ye”] Because I have a lot of American viewers I should probably explain what this means. “My Ye is different to your Ye” basically means “You’re not on my level”, you know. I’m way different to you. You know, the way I do things is better than the way you do things. That’s basically what it means.”

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This concludes Part II of this two part pancocojams series.

Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Visitor comments are welcome.

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcase a YouTube video of Jamaican singer Koffee performing a cover of Nigerian singer Burna Boy's hit 2018 song "Ye".

Selected comments about Nigerian Pidgin English and Jamaican Patois that are from that video's discussion thread are also included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, linguistic, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Koffee and Burna Boy for their musical legacies. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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Click the tag "Burna Boy song Ye" for pancocojams posts on that singer and his song. Also, click the tag "Koffee Jamaican singer" for pancocojams posts on that singer.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO:
Koffee - Ye (Burna Boy cover) in the 1xtra Live Lounge



BBC Radio 1Xtra, Apr 3, 2019
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koffee_(singer)
Mikayla Simpson (born 16 February 2000), better known as Koffee, is a Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, rapper, deejay and guitarist from Spanish Town, Jamaica. She released her debut single, "Toast", in 2018, and in 2019 signed with Columbia Records. Her 2019 release Rapture received a Grammy nomination."...
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Notice that Koffee's cover of "Ye" doesn't include the "n word" lyrics that are in the beginning of Burna Boy's song.

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SELECTED COMMENTS ABOUT NIGERIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH AND JAMAICAN PATOIS
(with numbers added for referencing purposes only)

1. walatabig, 2018
"For a non Nigerian, this is very good. Some Nigerians can't even speak pidgin English this well..."

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2. Yohanan Ironside, 2018
"You sir have just told a lie."

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3. Tori’s Secret, 2018
"Yohanan Ironside Im Nigerian and I defo can’t speak pidgin"

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REPLY
4. Yohanan Ironside, 2018
"@Tori’s Secret You're part of an extremely minor minority, you either live outside the country, On the Island or somewhere in Abuja lmao"

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5. Ria Dandrade, 2018
"@Est pidgin is not influenced by patois though. Every English speaking colony has it's derivative of the language. There are similarities between pidgin and patois in the Caribbean because our ancestors were stolen from Africa and brought their languages with them. I thought that would have been obvious but I guess it's not."

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6. Nabil Abdulrashid, 2018
"Patois and pidgin English have the same roots.. remember that the Jamaicans are our distant cousins even though ignorant people on both sides don’t accept this"

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6. Nelle Nelle, 2018
"@Nabil Abdulrashid Similar roots, completely DIFFERENT APPLICATION.

In Pidgin unnu would say things like "Wahala she no deh gimme"

Jamaicans do not arrange our sentences like that. We don't put Object, Subject, Verb.

We do Subject, Verb, Object.
"She nah gimmie Wahala".

We don't even use the word Wahala, that is strictly Nigerian, I just used it for the example.
The word order is extremely obvious. So I don't see how ppl are confused like they are deaf. And it is especially obvious for anyone that speaks more than one language. Which most of us do speak multiple languages as immigrants and children of immigrants so this debate/back and forth is beyond stupid.
Both Artists RELENTLESSLY REPRESENT their nations.
🇯🇲✨
🇳🇬🔥
There should be ZERO confusion. What is wrong with ppl? 🤦🏾‍♀‍🤦🏾‍♀‍🤦🏾‍♀‍

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7. Jamaican Me Crazy, 2018
"@Nelle Nelle lol I think my name is pretty accurate in either case you're right and wrong. If you think that particular verse that sounds very Jamaican isn't at least inspired by Jamaican dancehall music you're quite mistaken. It sounds even more Jamaican because she really attacked it dancehall style. So you're 100% right it's burner's song but I can hear at least 3 distinct different styles in that song."

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8. Nabil Abdulrashid, 2018
"Nelle Nelle not sure who you’re trying to school but let me simplify things for you.. I said there are SOME similarities I never said they were completely the same.. that aside, saying the applications are completely different is also very erroneous. Jamaicans day “weh you deh?” Nigerians :” where you dey” exact same thing but different accents.. “unnu” for Jamaicans is “you” plural and “unna” for Nigerians is the same thing as this comes from the word “unnu” in Igbo.. pikni to Jamaicans is child or children and “pikin” is the same to Nigerians because it comes from pequinho in Portuguese. “Dem tell me seh” is they told me.. “dem tell me say”.. exact same thing to Nigerians.. yes we may use some words that differ because we are different nations but Jamaican patois and Nigerian broken English are almost identical if not for the difference in inflection and accents. And this is why it’s easy for Nigerians to understand. Nothing confusing about that either, just stating the obvious.. a Jamaican artist in theory shouldn’t have problems singing in Nigerian broken English and vice versa as there is very little difference between the two languages as they have the exact same roots.. English/Portuguese/French and various African influences. The bruk tongue of the Guyanese and trinis etc are a different kettle of fish as they are heavily influenced by Indians"

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9. Nabil Abdulrashid, 2018
"Nelle Nelle also.. no.. we would not say “wahala she no de give me”.. in fact the structure you gave the “Jamaican” sentence is a far more accurate portrayal of how a Nigerian would speak (keeping in mind that both patois and Nigerian Pidgin vary depending on the region so Warri people speak differently the same way the rastas of Bobo hill and all the “country” Jamaicans sound very distinct from city types etc..)"

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10. Nelle Nelle, 2018
"@Nabil Abdulrashid Country and City Jamaicans do not have distinctly different vocabulary or sentence structure. Country talk fast and city speaks slow. That's it.
And in the ghetto they mash up the sentences with bad grammar the same way a ghetto person in the USA uses ebonics. Lack of education doesn't count as a whole new language or dialect though."

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11. Nelle Nelle, 2018
"@Nabil Abdulrashid It is DEFINITELY a challenge for Jamaicans to imitate Nigerians, that's why Koffee's cover is great and deserves props. We do not speak alike, get over it. We have more in common with Ghanaians and a cover of that would still be tricky.

Did I disagree that we share some words? NO, so you have no business exacerbating that point. Yet attempting to do so you still failed because "UNA"&"UNNU" are not the same word but that's the example you chose. If you are saying unnu comes from a Nigerian word "unnu" why would the Nigerian not pronounce it the same?? Why add a ? Or was that a type-o? 👀

And you are ALL they way confused. The Portuguese don't have SHXT to do with Jamaican Patwa. We have a history with the SPANISH we have Spanish Town, Kingston not Portugal Town. We still trade with the Spanish til this day. It's the Africans that affected Portuguese not them affecting us. & How the hell can you attempt to say we have less in common with the Trinis ?? 😲😩😩😩😖
You know that Diwali is celebrated in Jamaica right? And that we have Indians too? Do you even know what a Coolie is??

Trinis don't have the crazy word order application of the others but they insert words.
They like to say "he/she does" before every action. In present tense.

"She does put di ting pon di table"

VS

"She put di ting pon di table" or "she put it pon di table".

Portuguese is a language that comes from Spanish and French if you want to hear what it sounds like with African influence go listen to Brazilian music. Stop mash up everybody's culture and identity. It's not unity, it's disrespectful, ignorant, and embarrassing."

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12. Dermott Morris, 2018
"Just when I thought this would be a beautiful moment for Pan African unity....do we have to fight over everything? I thought we were all here because we liked her performance.."

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13. Lika Vogue, 2018
"Lol, I have not seen a Nigerian who does not understand or speak pidgin English. They can only lie that they don't speak."

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14. Jan ice, 2018
"Ppl no fuss no fight....im jamaican and i know the dialect there are some small difference bcos of accent between pidgin n patois not big of a difference with words...i have lots of Nja friends and watch lots of African movies...koffee did sing some pidgin language in the somg so meck wi no fight ooooo big up Africa d mother land....would like to see Koffee do something on d Afro beat tho...love Afro beats."

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15. Jamaican Me Crazy, 2018
"@Nelle Nelle I can understand your point of view but you refuse to see mine. Why is it so far fetched to think that she added a Jamaican spin to a Nigerian song. By the way I live in Kingston and I love burna. The 3 genres I heard were obviously Nigerian... There's a verse where she added a bit more of a dancehall style which I admit is in the original and I can also distinctly hear some hip hop influence too."

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16. burnaboy Olivia Okpara, 2018
"@Yohanan Ironside I feel bad now, I lived in Abuja and I'm not good at pidgin"

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17. Tomiwa Aje, 2018
"Well, Pidgin English is spoken in other parts of the world including in some densely black areas in some parts of London and Pidgin English is not the official language of Nigeria so your point does not count"

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18. LionessOrder, 2018
"@Nelle Nelle ebonics aka AAVE = Nigerian pidgin. AAVE is not bad grammar."

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19. Obieze Daniels, 2018
"Nelle Nelle ,actually a nigerian would say""she no dey gimme wahala'',jidenna just said it that way to make it fit in the lyrics,and you are right,same roots different application
Interestingly,unnu sounds very similar to ''Unu""(pronounced the same way) which literally means ""you people'' in igbo language.this is used in Nigerian pidgin as"Una" as in 'una dey craze" meaning you people are crazy.peace and love."

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20. Steven Jr C., 2018
"@Nelle Nelle it's definitely not a challenge for jamaicans to imitate Nigerians. The same way its not hard for nigerians to understand and imitate jamicans. Maybe it is for YOU and the jamaicans you know lol. The cultures are very similar for obvious reasons."

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21. Femre Ola, 2018
"Yohanan Ironside : Not everyone in Nigeria speak Pidgin fluently my friend. Nigeria is not just Lagos and Abuja, I hope you know that."

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22. David de Jamaica, 2018
"She is doing a Jamaican cover of his song...that how we have spoken with zero influence from contemporary Africans. We have been singing like this for generations. A matter of fact we brought our way of speaking to the UK and via music mainly Bob Marley that style of speaking to the Africa and the Worls at large. The entire planet has heard about Bob Marley and his proud Patois accent. So there are similarities but it is 1 directional, because Modern africans didnt influence us..."

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23. David de Jamaica, 2018
"It is cool that music and technology has advanced in African countries that are saying we took their style but it is actually the other way around and the cycle is in effect. Doesn't he Burnaman date a Jamaican and didnt spend time in UK around tje Jamaican community so consider that. Either way this song is dope..."

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24. David de Jamaica, 2018
"Jamaica has more content going back to Colonial days to say our musical genres are unique to us with influences from Africa and other cultures. Ska, Reggae, Dancehall etc"

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25. Kezia Crichlow, 2018
"She will do a good job because most of us from the Caribbean ancestors were brought from Africa to the Caribbean that's how we have our dialects that are not too far off from the ones in Africa besides that she's very talented."

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26. Kareem's Vlog, 2018
"I'm Nigerian and can't hold one minute conversation in pidgin wallahi!"

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27. jidenna Official, 2018
"@Tomiwa Aje the said English language is our official language but the truth is we speak our native language more depending on the region and even when we try to communicate with non speakers we use Pidgin English."

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28. Tomiwa Aje, 2018
"@jidenna Official not my point. Pidgin is NOT our official language so why should some Nigerians get called out for not knowing how to speak it? I'll have you know some regions in very sophisticated areas do not speak Pidgin, but converse in English and don't train their children with pidgin. My parents didn't train me with pidgin. There are people who don't speak their native language, so.....?? English is the lingua-franca so he should not call people out based on not knowing how to speak Pidgin, simple."

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29. jidenna Official, 2018
"@Tomiwa Aje you're right nobody should call out Nigerians for knowing how to speak English.
And also I didn't say Pidgin is our official language I just said apart from our native language we speak Pidgin English more than English itself"

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30. jidenna Official, 2018
"Who Pidgin English help? Besides I leave where 96% of the people speak the same language with I."

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31. Kimberly Sam, 2018
"Jamaican Me Crazy have to agree. West African artistes are often influenced by Dancehall/ reggae."

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32. Nelle Nelle, 2018
"@Obieze Daniels Thanks for your reply , the only sensible one in MONTHS haha :-D I'm surprised my words are even still getting views. Jidenna isn't the only one I've heard arrange words like that but I'm glad you knew what I was talking about. Rotimi is another culprit but he's Amerigerian (American-Nigerian haha) so he might have been finessing too. Be blessed, and listen to Koffee & Chronic remix of "I Don't Care" ! Burma boy Also has a new video out called Gum Body. ^_^"

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33. Obieze Daniels, 2018
"Nelle Nelle ,that's the power of tthe NET,a conversation can go on for years,Amerinigerians or Naijamerican as we prefer are often not so adept at speaking pidgin,and often give it a dif twist when they try to,i am igbo and know for a fact that igbo blood is sprinkled across the Carribean and the United states ,,Google the autobiography of Gustavo the Slave ,the story of Olaudah Equino,the first black Msn of any Nationality to write a biography in English recounting his Origin.,he was an igno slave who served his white master(a sailor)in Jamaica from thr age of 12 -20 ,learning the sea trade and earning enough money to buy his freedom,he moved to America ,but couldn't stay due to the racism of the period,,then moved to England when he died and buried to this daytoday hr is claimed by west indians,A.A and English blacks,but he remained by his own confession just an Igbo man.or King JaJa of Opobo,another igbo who was deposed by the British Colonial government and sent on exile to St kitts for challenging thier authourity in his domain.we are all connected by blood and history,i think that"s why there's a lot of similarities in our looks,culture and general World Outlook,peace love and respect."

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34. Kay Ade, 2018
"I can't speak pidgin right if you held a gun to my head and told me my next breath depended on it. I do try to, but people just tell me to cease and desist and threaten me with bodily harm.

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35. Kay Ade, 2018
"@Nelle Nelle I don't know what you were trying to do with your examples, however; Abdul and co were right. You do lack the knowledge of how Pidgin English is arranged. But you're right that Patois is easier to pick up on than Pidgin.

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36. Kay Ade, 2018
"@David de Jamaica It's not a Jamaican cover if she's still using all Burna's Pidgin English and Yoruba slangs. The only Jamaican intonation I got was when she says the word "house". I even thought she was Igbo, Yoruba or Ghana.

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37. David de Jamaica, 2018
"@Kay Ade read the previous comments....he moves around Jamaicans a lot in the UK and his gf is Jamaican...so 🤷🏾‍♂‍"

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38. Kay Ade, 2018
"@David de Jamaica Your previous comments made zero sense. He sang a Nigerian song using full Nigerian slangs and accents, not Jamaican accent. Koffee did exactly the same using full Nigerian slangs and accent apart from the intonation 'house'. Whatever he did in his past or present life has is irrelevant to this point."

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39. David de Jamaica, 2018
"@Kay Ade "what he did in his past is irrelevant"...hmmm ok nice talking with you, have a good one👍🏾"

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40. Nelle Nelle, 2018
"@Kay Ade I don't lack any knowledge on anything. I've been expose to Nigerian language and culture since I was 8 years-old NOT JUST NOW unlike you people that are hopping on the Pan-African bandwagon courtesy of Instagram and whatever else social media.

If you took the time to read that thread and @ me you should have seen where @Obieze Daniels explained that the Pidgin I'm use to hearing is from 2nd generation Nigerians twanging to be stylish. Supposedly. But that IS how they arrange their sentences. Period. Sentence structure is the first thing one notices when learning a new language. In English I'd say Nelle's house, in Spanish I'd have to say "Casa de Nelle". Nigerian Pidgin picks and choose when it will flip word order for adjectives and nouns. Jamaican Patwa/Patois is more consistent. Mr. Eazi, Iyanya, Wizkid, and every mainstream 9ja artist are all just "putting a twist" according to unnu. So be it."

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41. Nelle Nelle, 2018
"@Kay Ade You can't even speak Pidgin and have the nerve to attempt to tell someone about its structure XD sigh YouTube is golden."

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42. Kay Ade, 2018
"@Nelle Nelle Stop being deliberately obtuse because you love the back and forth attention. I lived on both sides of the continent and you didn't. Surely, you can't be that slow to think you understand my own languages more than I do."

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43. Mental and Floss, 2018
"@Ria Dandrade You're so correct about the language similarities. Nigerian Pidgin didn't influence Jamaican Patois. It's just that we're all connected (though some of us choose to deny it). Other African and Caribbean countries also have their own Creole too. And I would add the Gullah (Geechee Gullah) Creole language spoken by a few African Americans in South Carolina and other places in the South as well."

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44. Clement Ayimbila,2018
"@Tomiwa Aje west African pidgin is different from the others, however east Africans dont speak pidgin but they speak English."

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45. THE BLESSED ONE 777, 2019
"Nelle Nelle you wrong I am Jamaican living in Jamaica, and me tell you something, if you ever hear Jamaicans imitate Nigerians you would wonder if they are from Nigeria or Jamaica. This is no joke dear"

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46. Nelle Nelle, 2019
"@THE BLESSED ONE 777 The conversation was never about who can imitate who."

Taylor Swift is an American that copied French for a video. Does that mean French and English are the same language? NO. You dunce bat.

The conversation was about two things:
#1 people not being able to tell/hear the difference between our Patwa and Nigerian Pidgin.
#2 people looking for excuses to explain why Koffee could sing the song besides not being fucking deaf and simply repeating the lyrics the way she heard them.

There are over 20 Nigerian movies on YouTube right now with Africans pretending to be Jamaican and doing a HORRIBLE job. And it's literally their jobs as actors to be able to imitate others yet they can't do it.
===========================

I'm a Jamaican, I sing in Korean. I can do it because I'm not deaf. Not because my great-dead-somebody is Korean. I also sing in Japanese. Japanese and Korean are not the same just because they're both Asian languages. JA Patwa & Pidgin are not the same just because they're Black languages.

The End."

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47. Oladele Olawaiye, 2019
"This girl was so good on the pidgin English I had to look her up before I realized she wasn't Nigerian. Her pronunciations were on point and her singing was beautiful."

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48. Faruk Shonubi, 2019
"Likeeeeee!!!! iwas surprised. She owned the pidgin like mad. I guess it's easy for her because of the patios."

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49. Annmarie busu, 2019
"Oladele Olawaiye actually sometimes we sound very similar when you do pigin. I thought you guys were imitating Jamaicans until someone explain. Our word for eat is the same as yours. Some other African words survived and we have old communities (maroon) who keep more of the language and culture."

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50. Candy Lollipop, 2020
"Really? I could immediately tell. The pronunciation was not it"

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51. Ade doyin, 2020
"@Candy Lollipop I'm a Nigerian and she kilt it her pronunciation added more flavor to the original in my opinion . fire man. i became a fan instantly."

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52. Matthew Oladele, 2019
"I love you koffee. You are a phenomenon. How did you manage to pronounce those Yoruba words exactly?"

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53. stewpeas with pig's tail, 2019
"It's in her genes.....were did she come from...."

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54. Matthew Oladele, 2019
"stewpeas with pig's tail She is a Jamaican"

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55. stewpeas with pig's tail, 2019
"@Matthew Oladele she was born in Jamaica but where is she from. I'm Jamaican my parents and grandparents and great grandparents and great great great great grandparents were born here but where are we from....we Jamaican never forgot what we are ...1 have 3 million brothers and sisters and I also have a billion auntie, uncle's and cousins. I'm Africa..."

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56. Manny M, 2019
"Burna boy brought me here. I’ve never heard of Koffee, but I’m so impressed by her delivery of YE. She made the song hers, whilst retaining the original lyrics as a tribute to the original artiste. And to think that she’s Jamaican but singing Nigeria’s pidgin fused with Yoruba is astounding. Big ups sis."

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57. ynazzra, 2019
"2:32 pidgin or patois? Maybe they’re not that far off from each other. 😁"

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58. Kay Ade, 2019
"She's speaking pidgin in the song because she is essentially repeating everything Burna sang. Her accent is so on point, I was asking my sisters why I didn't know about this sister from Nigeria before they set me straight."

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59. KAStro tha C.B Kid, 2019
"Actually, Patois is about 60 -70% made up of Akan languages,.........so at this point you're essentially comparing Nigerian Pidgin to Ghanaian Pidgin,.."

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60. Truth Teller, 2019
"@KAStro tha C.B Kid Incorrect. You'll find that there are just as many Igbo words used than any other ethnic tribe, which correlates to the fact that most of the enslaved people were taken from the Igbo tribe, part of what we know now as Nigeria."

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61. Jiggy one, 2019
"@Truth Teller very true. Jamaicans were taken from Nigeria. Only a minute few were from Ghana."

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62. Key Fierce, 2019
"@Jiggy one I most say I have seen more Ghanaian that I would have sworn were Jamaican. Most Jamaicans I know doing the DNA test, Ghanaian is more prominent."

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63. THE BLESSED ONE 777, 2019
"Key Fierce I am Jamaican and you are wrong. Majority Jamaicans doing their DNA ancestry and it mostly Nigeria, Benin and Cameroon, Ghana is there but most is small percentages. Now Jamaicans are questioning it. Furthermore our behaviour is sooo similar to them Nigerians. My results is a living proof plus a well known media personality who mom deriving from the Igbos of Nigeria."

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64. Key Fierce, 2019
"@THE BLESSED ONE 777 most Jamaicans I know, so I am not wrong. However the DNA companies are refreshing the results so my cousins just changed to majority Nigerian."

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65. THE BLESSED ONE 777, 2019
"Key Fierce because of queen Nanny and her bravery in Jamaican history people just brand us that we mostly from Ghana and Jamaicans and other countries jus love Ghana because it’s quiet and peaceful. While studying in college our history teacher give us an assignment to go and research on our ancestors that was enslaved to Jamaica. He firmly instructed us not to go on the front page of Wikipedia but find other sources. So the books at the library do not tell lies plus when I visited the home of some elderly there I got some very interesting stories about their fore parents. Surprisingly Congo and Benin top the list and Nigeria. My grandma told me that her fore parents was not maroons. She said the maroons ran to the hills and started their own community and didn’t mixed. Then English brought on the island a lot of slaves from Nigeria which was the igbos, Yorubas, ibbibios, edo and tribes from Calabar. She said until this date maroons do not want to mixed outside their community this is why majority getting high percentages of other west African countries than Ghana. I have Nigerian friends and girl, when I go visit their homes in the USA these people ingredients in cooking is just the same but different method of cooking. This is what shocked me when they say the word wewi for urinate and we say that word too and string gum which means chewing gum. There’s a lot usage of words which show me that these Nigerians and Jamaicans are close relatives. In England they cannot agree on nothing because they see themselves in each other, always be the best with big ego, so sis theirs a lot more will surprise you."

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66. Kirsty Parnell, 2019
"The comments on this thread are beautiful.. unite as one ❤"

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67.
Rouge Revival, 2019
"This una language coming from a uk based naija boy! Imagine without slavery this would be your day to day language! Our ancestors are smiling !"

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post documents examples of children's hand clap rhymes and cheers that mention telephones.

The content of this post is presented for cultural and recreational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those whose rhyme examples are documented in this post.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/hand-clap-rhymes-that-mention-mp3s-cell.html for a related pancocojams post entitled "Hand Clap Rhymes That Mention Mp3s, Cell Phones, HDTV, & Computers".

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
This post documents all of the examples of rhymes and cheers in this category that I have come across, either from direct, face to face collection, or examples that were sent to my no longer active cultural website cocojams, or examples that were sent to this pancocojams blog, or examples that I read online.

The examples of cheers on this page are from the sub-category of children's cheers that I refer to as "foot stomping cheers". Foot stomping cheers are formulaic compositions that are chanted by two or more girls while they perform synchronized, choreographed foot stomping and hand clapping routines.

Click the tags below for foot stomping cheers.

Please add to this collection of hand clap rhymes and cheers for the folkloric record. Remember to include when you remember your example, how it was performed, and where [city, state, or nation if outside of the United States.

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EXAMPLES OF CHILDREN'S RHYMES AND CHEERS THAT MENTION TELEPHONES
The first mention of telephone (including "cell phone" or "cell") in each example is given in italics to highlight that word.

The rhyme's category is given below the example.

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only. I also added brief editorial comments after some of these examples.

1.
CHEERLEADER
All: Cheer.
Leader.
Roll.
Call.
Are you ready?
Soloist #1: Shayla.
They call me Rosa.
Soloist #2: Shana.
They call me Poo.
Soloist #3: Shana.
They call me Shay.
Soloist #4: Jamie.
They call me Jay Jay.
Soloist #5: Jackie.
They call me HaJack (HighJack?).
All: Cheer.
Leader.
Zodiac signs.
Soloist #1: Aquarius.
That’s a dog.
Soloist #2: Cancer.
That’s a crab.
Soloist #3: Leo.
That’s a lion.
Soloist #4:Scorpio.
That’s a spider.
Soloist #5: Scorpio.
That’s a spider.
All: Cheer.
Leader.
Phone.
Numbers.
Are you ready?
Soloist #1: 348-5110.
Group: Always busy.
Soloist #2: 348-4554.
Group: Always busy.
Soloist #3: 348-3322
Group: Always busy.
Soloist #4: 348-5679
Group: Always busy.
Soloist #5: 348-4285
Group: Always busy.
-Shayla, Shana, Shana, Jamie, and Jackie (African American females about 10 years-12 years old, Talbot Towers Housing after-school program, Braddock, PA; 1985); collected by Azizi Powell, 1985; foot stomping cheers
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I collected this example before telephone numbers in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area were prefaced by area codes. This was also before telephone had the "call waiting" feature and instead had a buzzing signal that was called a "busy signal" if you were on the phone when someone called you. If your phone was "always busy" that means you were getting a lot of phone calls (i.e. you were very popular).

I changed the phone numbers to protect the girls' privacy.

Notice that a spider isn't really the insect that symbolizes the astrological sign "Scorpio". This example was collected during a time when people were supposed to know their astrological [sun] sign. Since these foot stomping cheers had to be chanted without hesitation, if a girl didn't really know her sign, she quickly said whichever sign she could think of and also quickly named whatever symbol she could think of that was associated with that sign so that the group would "stay on beat".

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2.
TELEPHONE
tele-phone, te-te-lephone
hey "bitsy"?
hey what?
your man is on the phone
girl, tell him i ain't home
he only want me for my hips, my lips, my booty and my this(and point to, well your "womanliness")

i know we were some fresh little girls
- bitsy196; http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?t=4123&page=4; “remember when”; 6-25-2003
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This discussion thread was made up of self- identified members of historically Black Greek letter sororities.

I don't know how this rhyme was performed, but the beginning of this example "sounds" to me like the hand clap rhyme "Gigalo". The last line is a comment and not part of the rhyme.

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3.
MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA (version #1 in this post)
one goes back and forth between the people playing the game; I'll just use my name (Monica):
(both)Miss Sue, Miss Sue
Miss Sue from Alabama
Her real name is Susannah
(Boom chicka boom chicka boomboomboom)
Mommy's got the measles, Daddy's got the flu
I ain't lyin', nor are you.
(other person) Hey Monica!
(me) Who's callin' my name?
(other person) Hey Monica!
(me) Stop playin' my game!
(other person) Someone's on the telephone!
(me) If it ain't my baby tell 'em I ain't home!
(both) Sittin' in her rocker, eatin' peanut butter
Watchin' the clock go
Boom ticky wah wah boom tick tock
Boom ticky wah wah clock says stop!
-getoffmyskittle; http://archive.longhaircommunity.com/showthread.php?t=38901&page=4"Does anyone remember this?? (goofy kid-rhymes)" February 6th, 2006; hand clap rhyme

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4.
MY NAME IS
SOLO: My name is Naomi on the Phone with my Daisy Dukes on
if you see me on the street boy you better speak to me.
GROUP:Oo she think she bad

SOLO: At least i use a wash rag
GROUP: Oo she think she cool

SOLO: Soap and water will do

GROUP:Oo she think she fine

SOLO: Fine Fine #9 take yo man anytime, he took me out he brought me back he besta have my cadillac. he brought you 1 he brought me 2, married me and divorced you.
he taught me Karate and taught me Kung Fu. mess wit me
and i'll do it on you

GROUP:Bang Bang choo choo train
wind her up she'll do her thang

SOLO: I can't
GROUP:Why not

SOLO: I said I can't

GROUP:WHY NOT?
SOLO: I said my back is aching and my bra's too tight. my
booty's shakin from the left to the right
GROUP: Left Right Left Right yo mama is a ugly sight
-Naomi; 1/17/2007; cocojams.com; foot stomping cheer
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From https://www.apparelsearch.com/definitions/clothing/daisy_dukes.htm
""Daisy Dukes" are extremely short, form-fitting, denim cut-off shorts worn by young women, particularly in the American South. They were so named after the character of Daisy Duke (portrayed by actress Catherine Bach) in the early 1980's American television series, The Dukes of Hazzard.

The appearances on the television show created a nationwide craze in the United States. Young women clamored for the risqu shorts, and even after twenty years they are still associated with, and referred to by the name of, the character of Daisy Duke."
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Actually, "Daisy Dukes" shorts were worn and are still worn by females of all races/ethnicities in all regions of the United States.

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5.
CHECK
Soloist: My name is Shelly
Others: Check
Soloist: They call me Shell
Others: Check
My horoscope is Aquarius
Others: Aquarius
Soloist: If you don't like
Others: Check
Soloist: Without a dial*
Others: Check
Soloist: Just call my number
and check me out.
Others: Check her out
Soloist: Cause I am fine.**
My number is 222-888***
Others: Check
Soloist: That fellow is mine **
Cause I know how to skate
Others: Well alright
Well alright
-Shelly H. (African American female, Cleveland, Ohio, mid 1980s), collected by Azizi Powell, May 2007; foot stomping cheer

Directions: Repeat cheer from the beginning with the next soloist. That soloist says her name & nickname, and gives her astrological sun sign ("horoscope") and her phone number. In the " I like to ___" line, that soloist indicates what she is good at doing ("sing", "dance", "draw"). This pattern continues with the next soloist until everyone has had one turn as the soloist.

* "If you don't like without a dial" probably means "If you don't like it without a doubt"
** "Mine" and "fine" were elongated and sung-"my -i-i-n" ;"fi-i-i-n"
***This number refers to a telephone number. I changed the number for privacy purposes.

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6.
MAMA MAMA CAN'T YOU SEE
this is my version

mama mama cant you see
what the baby done to
he took away my water jug
now i cant go fill it up!!!
took away my mtv now i cant watch bet.
took away my miny skirt now i cant go out to flirt!!
took away my cell phone
now i cant go call home!!!
dont stop till your hands get hot!!!!"
- webkinzgirl18245, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhIXn5dauvk, 2010; hand clap rhyme
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The second line in all of the versions of this widely known rhyme is "what __ done to me".

This example was written in paragraph style with very little punctuation. It is reformatted here to enhance its reading clarity.

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7.
HOLLYWOOD GO SWINGING
this is how i sing it

Hollywood Hollywood
Hollywood go swinging
Hollywood go swinging
my name is (Ur name) on the my cell
with my apple bottoms on
if you see me in the club
boy you better speak to me
uh she think she bad:
B.A.D i know I'm bad
uh she think she cool:
coolest girl in (whatever one Ur in elementary, middle etc)
uh she think she:
fine fine fine #8
take your man up on a date
bring him home
bring him back
he best have my Cadillac
he bought me 1
he bought me 2
he married me
divorced you
bang bang choochoo train
come on girl lets do our thing
(other person) i cant
(you) why not
(other person) because i cant
(you) why not
(other person) because my back is ache-ing
and my bra is to tight
and my booty shaking
from the left to the right left right left right
-ID1122325703, http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_words_to_the_Hollywood_hand_clapping_game retrieved on September 20, 2010
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This example was written in paragraph style with very little punctuation. It is reformatted here to enhance its reading clarity.

I don't know how this rhyme was performed. However, it's two person speaking format is more similar to foot stomping cheers since hand clap rhymes are always chanted in unison. My guess is that this example-like all other "Hollywood Swinging" rhymes started out as a foot stomping cheer and changed to a hand clap rhyme while retaining its call and response feature.

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8.
MISS SUE FROM ALABAMA (version #2 in this post)
We sang a totally different version than anything I've seen online. This was around 05 in central GA.

"Miss Sue,
Miss Sue,
Miss Sue from Alabama,
Her real name's Suzianna.
Chicka-boom, chicka-boom,
Chicka boom-boom-boom.
Momma's got the measles,
Daddy's got the flu
I ain't lying, neither are you.
(You) 'Hey (friend's name)!'
(Friend) 'who's calling my name?'
(You) 'hey (friend)!'
(Friend) 'who's playing my game?'
(You) 'your boyfriend's on the telephone's
(Friend) 'if ain't my baby tell him I ain't home, if it is my baby tell him hooooold on'
(Both again)
Sittin in a rocker,
Eatin Betty crocker,
Watchin that clock goin
Boom chicka-wa wa,
Boom tick-tock.
Boom chicka-wa wa,
The clock says stop.
I like coffee,
I like tea,
I like the little boy who likes me
Tick tock!"

There were hand motions for each line, similar to the usual ones. At the last part (boom chicka wa wa) we crossed our hands on our laps and back over and over, when the song ended if they were parallel, you were the little boy, if they were crossed you were the girl. It was really weird now that I think about it but we never did it any of the ways I've seen on YouTube or here!
-Anonymous; January 12, 2020 at 1:28 AM; comment in the discussion thread for http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/11/folk-processing-childrens-rhyme-miss.html

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents information about Erykah Badu and showcases a 1997 YouTube video of Eyrkah Badu singing her song "Tyrone" ("Call Tyrone").

Information about this song is also included in this post.

The lyrics to that song are included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyright remains with their owners.

Thanks to Erykah Badu for her musical legacy and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to Erykah Badu for sharing this video on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/01/erykah-badu-tyrone-2001-north-sea-jazz.html for the pancocojams post entitled "Erykah Badu - "Tyrone" (2001 North Sea Jazz Concert Video with Transcriptions Of Her Introductory Remarks)".

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INFORMATION ABOUT ERYKAH BADU
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erykah_Badu
"Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971),[1] known professionally as Erykah Badu (/ˈɛrɪkə bɑːˈduː/), is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Badu's career began after opening a show for D'Angelo in 1994 in Fort Worth; record label executive Kedar Massenburg was highly impressed with her performance and signed her to Kedar Entertainment.[1] Her first album, Baduizm, was released in February 1997.[2] It spawned three singles: "On & On", "Next Lifetime" and "Otherside of the Game". The album was certified triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[3] Her first live album, Live, was released in November 1997 and was certified double Platinum by the RIAA.[3]

[...]

Influenced by R&B, 1970s soul, and 1980s hip hop,[1] Badu became associated with the neo soul subgenre in the 1990s along with artists like D'Angelo.[7] Badu has been called the queen of neo soul. Her voice has been compared to jazz singer Billie Holiday.[8][9][10] Early in her career, Badu was recognizable for her eccentric style, which often included wearing very large and colorful headwraps."...

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "CALL TYRONE"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_(song)
"Tyrone" is a song by singer Erykah Badu. It was released as the lead single in support of her album Live and does not feature on her debut album Baduizm. The song was recorded professionally during a Badu concert and is the version sent to radio. The song has been referenced in other media, most notably in the film Next Friday (1999), when Tyrone (Deebo's accomplice/younger sibling) is making a fake call at a restaurant. The song title is also referenced by Beyoncé in the song "Kitty Kat" off her second album B'Day and in the rap of 3LW's hit single "No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)," as well as R. Kelly in the song "When a Woman's Fed Up" from its 1998 double album R.

Release and reception
Tyrone was played in heavy rotation on radio, although the song failed to chart on either Billboard's R&B or pop singles chart. The song reached #1 on R&B's airplay chart.[1]"...

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From https://genius.com/Erykah-badu-tyrone-lyrics
"About 'Tyrone'
Erykah told the Power 105 Breakfast Club that her most famous song was “a total freestyle” that she made up on the spot and just happened to record.

Erykah has had enough with her no-good, do-nothing man and is kicking him out of the house. Tyrone isn’t actually the boyfriend here: Tyrone is the boyfriend’s homeboy, and Erykah suggests that he “call up Tyrone” to help him move his sh&t* out of her house.

The boyfriend put his friends above her, disrespected her, and basically acted like a scrub. Since he loves Tyrone so much, maybe Tyrone can help him carry his things out: but he can’t call Tyrone on Erykah’s phone, because he never helped her with the bill.

Some have suggested that this song is about Andre 3000 of Outkast, an allegation that he vehemently denies in his song “A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre.”
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*This word is fully spelled out in this article and in the lyrics given below.

Also, because pancocojams is a family friendly blog, the n word in the lyrics is also given with modified spelling.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Erykah Badu - Tyrone (Live)



Erykah Badu,Jun 16, 2009

Music video by Erykah Badu performing Tyrone. (C) 1997 Kedar Entertainment / Universal Records Inc.
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Statistics as of January 14, 2020 at 4:33 PM EST
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total # of likes - 86K
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LYRICS- TYRONE
(Erykah Badu)

[Live Intro]
Now keep in mind that I'm an artist
And I'm sensitive about my sh&t*
But y'all been nice about it, alright
Sisters, how y'all feel?
Brothers, y'all alright?
Lemme see how y'all groove to this

Alright
[Verse 1]
I'm gettin' tired of your sh&t*
You don't never buy me nothin'
See every time you come around
You gotta bring Jim, James, Paul, and Tyrone
See why can't we be by ourselves, sometimes
See I've been having this on my mind for a long time
I just want it to be you and me
Like it used to be, baby
But ya don't know how to act
So matter of fact

[Hook]
I think ya better call Tyrone (call him)
And tell him come on, help you get your sh&t*
(Come on, come on, come on)
You need to call Tyrone (call him)
And tell him I said come on

[Verse 2]
Now every time I ask you for a little cash
You say naw, but turn right around and ask me for some ass
Oh, whoa well hold up, listen partner I ain't no cheap thrill
Cause Miss Badu is always comin' for real and you know the deal, ni&&a*!
Every time we go somewhere I gotta reach down in my purse
To pay your way and your homeboys' way and sometimes your cousin's way
They don't never have to pay, don't have no cars
Hang around in bars try to hang around with stars
Like Badu Imma tell you the truth
Show and prove or get the boot

[Hook]
I think ya better (call him)
And tell him come on, help you get your sh&t*
(Come on, come on, come on)
You need to call Tyrone (call him)
Hold on
But you can't use my phone


Source: https://genius.com/Erykah-badu-tyrone-lyrics
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*These words are fully spelled out in these lyrics.

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a 2001 YouTube video of Eyrkah Badu singing her song "Tyrone" ("Call Tyrone") at the North Sea Jazz Concert (The Hague, Netherlands).

This post also includes my [unofficial] transcription of Erykah Badu's "freedom introduction" that she gave at that concert. My [unofficial] transcription of Erykah Badu's introduction to that version of "Tyrone" that she sang at that concert is also included in this post.

The lyrics to that song are included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyright remains with their owners.

Thanks to Erykah Badu for her musical legacy and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to Erykah Badu for sharing this video on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/01/erykah-badu-tyrone-live-1997-concert.html for the pancocojams post entitled "Erykah Badu - "Tyrone" (Live 1997 concert -YouTube video & lyrics)".

The version of the song "Tyrone" that Erykah Badu sung at the 2001 North Sea Jazz Concert is slightly different from her original 1997 version whose lyrics are given in that pancocojams post.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Erykah Badu: "Tyrone" (North Sea Jazz 2001)



TheHagueYears, Feb 20, 2015

From Erykah Badu's Mama's Gun World Tour. Live at North Sea Jazz Festival 2001, The Hague, Netherlands - Filmed by Dutch Television (NPS). The background singer in the middle is the wonderful N'Dambi. Tyrone starts at 2:51.
Before that you can witness a spiritual moment earlier in the show.
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Actually, Erykah Badu doesn't begin singing the song "Tyrone" until 5:03 in this video

Statistics as of January 14 2020 at 5:13 PM EST
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TRANSCRIPTIONS OF ERYKAH BADU'S INTRODUCTORY REMARKS*

[Freedom introduction- starts at the beginning of this embedded video]

"Peace and love, y’all.
How y’all feel?
Sistas, how y’all feel?
Brothas, y’all alright?
Alright.
Imma- I first wanna ask the elders in the house if I can speak freely.
Yes, sir.
Cause I got something I wanna share.
I first wanna thank the Creator for this gift.
Give thanks, yeah.
And I wanna thank y’all for being reflections of this gift.
Yeah.
And um.
Y’all, I been having this dream.
It’s a recurring dream that I been having.
It is that all the people in the world
will one day feel free enough
to be theyself
without giving a damn what nobody else
has to say.
And it seems so far away
But it seems so close.
‘Cause I-I been seein a lot of freedom
and creativity that just makes me feel,
you know, like we gettin to a place where
we can totally be free
to express ourselves.
‘Cause, you know, I just be
anywhere sometimes
and I sometimes I just wanna
throw my hands up in the air
and be like [screams] AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! You know,
‘cause sometimes, it’s a lot of love
and it’s a lot of pain inside
and you just wanna express it. If you feel free
with me this evening, y’all in Amsterdam,
throw your hands up like this
And holla out your own damn name.
Right now.
Erykahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Yeah! Yeah!

Now I suspect that you have just witnessed
the God in you.
That’s how the Creator in you feels.
That’s how, that’ how the Most High wants us
to feel, and wants us to be-
free enough to be who we are.
So when I bring an ankh up here
for 360 degrees of life
or a Bible for the word
or a Holy Koran for the truth
or a candle for light
or some water for purification
or a Buddhist symbol for meditation
or JAH Rastafari
or whatever it is-
I’m only tryin to encourage you.
Freedom.
Freedom, y’all.
It’s the will power that’s broke today, y’all.
We gotta build it back up.
It’s love that’s missin.
And it starts right here.

Junebug, how you feel about that? "

[This portion ends at 2:51]
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"Junebug" is an old timey colloquial nickname for African American males.

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Intro to song Tyrone
2:52.
SISTAS, HOW Y’ALL FEEL?
Brothas, y’all alright?
Yeah!
I’m so happy to be here with y’all
I promise I don’t take for granted.
I needed this.
Thank you y’all. Give it up for yourselves.
Yeahhhh! Oww!
Give it up for my band, y’all.
Yeah.
So lemme ask y’all something.
If your little boy ran out into the street
and cars was comin-
Y’ll listenin?
What you supposed to do?
[background singers] - Call him.
Call him.
Alright. Say if your man, ladies,
if your man has been gone from home
way too long.
You got his cell phone number.
What you supposed to do?
[background singers] - Call him.
Call him.
Say, ah- say if the rent man, he comes to get the money-
Y’all with me?
Say if the rent man comes to get the money
and you ain’t got it all.
Say you a little short,
you know.
[chuckles] Wait a minute.
If you a little short with the money,
What you supposed to do?
[background singers] - Stall him.
Stall him.
Wait a minute.

[Erykah Badu begins singing a version of her song “Tyrone” [at 5:03 of that embedded video]
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*These are my unofficial transcriptions of these remarks. Additions and corrections are welcome.

I gave the beginning introduction the title "Freedom introduction" to distinguish it from the introduction to the song "Tyrone". That isn't the official name for those remarks.

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides information and comments about the male name "Tyrone" and the influence of actor Tyrone Power and singer Tyrone Davis on the selection of the name "Tyrone" in the United States.

This post also provides information and comments about how singer Erykah Badu's 1997 song "Tyrone" and some other cultural associations negatively affect people's attitudes about the name "Tyrone" and probably result in that name being selected by fewer people in the United States, if not elsewhere.

The content of this post is presented for cultural and onomastics purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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This post was originally published on pancocojams in 2015, but it has been extensively revised since that date.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/07/old-and-new-american-names-beginning-in.html for a closely related pancocojams post entitled "Old And New American Names Beginning In "Tyr" and "Ty" Besides "Tyrone".

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STATISTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE NAME "TYRONE"
From https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TY/TYRONE/index.html
Summary
"TYRONE is ranked as the 989th most popular given name in the United States with an estimated population of 35,897.

[...]

This name is most often used as a first name, 95% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named TYRONE is 70,553.
The SSA data also shows that TYRONE is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.

The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name TYRONE is 66.0% White, 3.1% Hispanic origin, 26.7% Black, 1.6% Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.8% Two or More Races, and 0.8% American Indian or Alaskan Native. These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.

The vertical blue bars [of the graph that is shown on that page] represent the race distribution of people that have the name. The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population. The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.

On this basis, the people with the name TYRONE have a higher likelyhood of being Black and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin."*
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Another way of saying this is that since there are more White males in the United States than Black males, there are more White males named "Tyrone" than Black males. However, percentage wise, more Black males are named "Tyrone" than White males.

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REASON #1: THE TYRONE POWER EFFECT- PART 1
Every article about the popularity of the name "Tyrone" in the United States indicates that that name became popular in that country due to the actor Tyrone Power.

Here's one article about actor Tyrone Power that mentions the name "Tyrone" being considered a "Black name":
From http://www.ohbabynames.com/meaning/name/tyrone/1869#.VZlUdY3wtv4
"[Tyrone] was a relatively unknown name outside the Irish borders until a handsome Irish-American actor named Tyrone Power achieved fame in the gilded age of Hollywood (1930s-50s). Americans went gangbusters over this name starting in the late 1930s thanks to the matinee idol and romantic star of the silver screen. Later on the name was embraced among African-Americans who maintained its popularity in the 1970s. Today, sadly, Tyrone is largely a forgotten name. Although it still does remarkably well in New Zealand and Australia....

If you look at the chart below, you can see how Tyrone achieved almost instant success as a boy’s name in America. As mentioned above, this is all owed to the celebrity of actor Tyrone Power. The name came out of the woodwork in 1937 and soared up the charts with rapid-fire speed. At the end of 1936 a completely unknown actor named Tyrone Power made a name for himself in the film “Lloyd’s of London” – immediately he became a household name. His star power racked up more currency hit after hit and his box office clout in the late 1930s was surpassed only by Mickey Rooney. Parents across America responded by naming scores of baby boys Tyrone as the 1940s got underway.

Testament to the name’s appeal, Tyrone maintained a high-moderate position on the charts long after Tyrone Power’s career was over. In fact, the high point of the name’s success came in 1970 when Tyrone was ranked #132 out of 1000. Perhaps never a Top 100 favorite, Tyrone still saw impressive national usage. The name was particularly favored among African-Americans during the 1970s as evidenced by Tyrone’s consistent placement on the Top 100 lists in states where there’s the highest concentration of Blacks (Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina especially). Unfortunately the 21st century has been less kind to this ancient Irish moniker. Popularity has diminished greatly as Tyrone’s drops on the charts have become more pronounced in recent years."...
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I added italics to highlight those sentences.

This article began with information about the Irish origin of the male name "Tyrone" and the meanings that have been attributed to it, particularly “Tír Eoghain” meaning "land of Eoghan" and “born of the yew tree". However, that name's meaning has nothing to do with its popularity or why this name may be considered a "Black name".

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THE TYRONE POWER EFFECT & AFRICAN AMERICANS
If-as statistics appear to indicate- the name "Tyrone" was or is more popular among African Americans than Americans of other races/ethnicities, in may have been because in addition to the general appeal that this highly popular movie star had in the United States and elsewhere, some Black Americans may have admired Tyrone Power and chose the name "Tyrone" for their sons because that actor's physical appearance was the closest that Black (and Brown) people had in those days to an on-screen romantic hero.

To that point, I've found several online comments in which Tyrone Power is described as having Black Irish looks. For example, read this comment exchange from http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2012/08/remembering-tyrone-power.html
Saturday, August 25, 2012, "Remembering Tyrone Power" by Lady Eve
“There he was, dark-looking with black hair and eyebrows, and no man had a right to be that handsome.” ...

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whistlingypsy, August 25, 2012 at 1:23 PM
..."I suspect it is a near impossibility to write about Tyrone Power and not mention his alluringly dark looks, but it is equally impossible to deny it was part of his legacy. My heritage is somewhat similar to his, in that I have French and Irish ancestry, and I can remember growing up hearing about “the Black Irish”. The term meant little to me until I learned more about Power, and I can almost imagine one of the crew of the Spanish Armada in Power’s lineage. I had a bit of “a Ty moment” this past week when, during a bit of a reunion, we began looking at family photos. We were looking at a particular photo of my grandfather and I remarked how he reminded me of a “matinee idol” with his dark wavy hair and blue eyes evident even in the black and white photo. My father responded, in what was a bit of synchronicity for me, “He looks like Tyrone Power”, which, with respect to my father and grandfather, wasn’t the actor I would have guessed, but there is that French connection. My attempt to make a personal connection aside, Tyrone Power’s life and career were fascinating and equally full of contradictions (can you tell I’m rather fond of him?). "

REPLY
"The Lady Eve, August 25, 2012 at 3:18 PM
"Gypsy, I was thrilled to see that TCM was honoring Tyrone Power with a day this year - giving me the opportunity to finally write something about him (having been mad for him since about age 7). So, yes, we are sharing the Ty-love. As for "Black Irish," I've always thought him the epitome of the description (as well as "tall, dark and handsome")."...
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That same blog post also mentions Tyrone Power's flight on a private airplane around the world, including to Africa, and his starring role in the stage production of the poetry reading "John Brown's Body".

"[aviator Bob] Buck, enlisted by his boss Howard Hughes, the owner of TWA, to pilot Power on a tour of South America, Africa and Europe, would spend three months with the actor and a small retinue on a trip that was set to begin in September 1947. The group would travel in Power’s plane, The Geek, named after a character in his latest film, Nightmare Alley. At the time, at age 33, Tyrone Power was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, an adored “matinee idol,” but his straightforward, unassuming manner instantly disarmed the skeptical Buck....

Wherever The Geek landed, they were mobbed and sometimes pursued. Even landing in a jungle in Liberia and greeted by only two natives, one of the two pointed to Tyrone Power and said, “I know him.” When they arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa, Power’s group was welcomed by a crowd so large and enthusiastic that their driver commented, “they didn’t do this for the king and queen.”...

He [Tyrone Power] toured the U.S. very successfully in John Brown’s Body and took it to Broadway in 1953 with Raymond Massey and Judith Anderson....

Tyrone Power, Jr. died in November 15, 1958 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Power.]
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My guess is that African Americans liked the name "Tyrone" because of the strong, manly, swashbuckler roles that actor Tyrone Power played (for instance: the character "Zorro"). In addition to those positive connotations that became associated with the name "Tyrone", I believe that Tyrone Power's "Black Irish" physical appearance, his apparent non-racist attitude [judging by his travels to Africa and his "John Brown's Body" performances] added to his popularity among Black Americans. Given the prominence of Black American newspapers such as the Pittsburgh Courier in the 1940s, it would be surprising if that paper didn't publish any articles about Power's trip to Africa or any reviews of the highly successful "John Brown's Body" stage productions. However, I haven't found any such articles online.
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Read additional comments below about the belief among a number of Americans that "Tyrone" is a "Black name".

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REASON #2- THE TYRONE DAVIS EFFECT
https://names.mongabay.com/baby-names/application/rank-M-US-tyrone.html uses United States demographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, Population Analysis & Evaluation to document the popularity of names from year to year (up to 2011). The more children who are given a particular name, the higher the rank that name has, with #1 being the highest ranking.

According to that website, in 1968 the name "Tyrone" was ranked #181 for male names in the United States. However, in 1969 the name "Tyrone" ranked #137 and in 1970 the name "Tyrone" ranked #132. #132 is the highest is the highest ranking for the name "Tyrone" on that chart which goes up to 2011.

I believe that the reason the number of male babies in the United States who were given the name "Tyrone" increased in 1969 and 1970 was because African Americans were reminded of the name "Tyrone" as a result of two hit R&B records by Tyrone Davis.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Davis
"Tyrone Davis (born Tyrone Fettson;[1] May 4, 1938 – February 9, 2005) was a leading American blues and soul singer with a distinctive style, recording a long list of hit records over a period of more than 20 years. He had three no. 1 hits on the Billboard R&B chart: "Can I Change My Mind" (1968), "Turn Back The Hands Of Time" (1970), and "Turning Point" (1975)."
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For most of the 1970s, the name "Tyrone" ranked in the #140s and #150s. Unlike in 1969, there wasn't any real bump in that name's popularity as a result of Tyrone Davis' 1970 hit record. In 1971, the name "Tyrone" was ranked #142 in popularity. In 1972 it was ranked #144. In 1973 & 1974 the name "Tyrone" was ranked #139. In 1975 "Tyrone" was ranked #145' and in 1976 it was ranked #146. By 1980, "Tyrone" was ranked #204 in popularity and by 2011 "Tyrone" was ranked #809. My position is that negative or belittling cultural associations with the name Tyrone are partly the reason for the decrease in popularity of the name "Tyrone".

Perhaps because of Tyrone Power and Tyrone Davis, some African Americans have developed an aesthetic preference for the sound "Ty" (pronounced the same as the English word "tie") in male names (and to a much lesser extent female names such as "Tyra", "Tyla", and "Tyreese" -a name which is also given to males). Other than the name "Tyrone", some male names that begin with "ty" which are associated with African Americans are "Tyree", "Tyquan", "Tyrell" and "Tyrick". That last name is an adaptation of the Arabic male name "Tariq".

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REASON #3: SELF FULFILLING PROPHECY
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-fulfilling_prophecy
"Self-fulfilling prophecy" refers to the socio-psychological phenomenon of someone "predicting" or expecting something, and this “prediction” or expectation comes true simply because one believes it will,[1] and their resulting behaviors align to fulfil those beliefs. This suggests peoples' beliefs influence their actions. The principle behind this phenomenon is people create consequences regarding people or events, based on their previous knowledge toward that specific subject. Additionally, self-fulfilling prophecy is applicable to negative and positive outcomes.self-forfulling prophecy"
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In the context of this subject, given the racism that is prevalent and deeply embedded in the United States, if non-Black people think that a name is a "Black name" that in and of itself would deter non-Black people from choosing that name for their children.

Here's a comment about this subject:
From https://www.quora.com/How-did-certain-first-names-that-are-not-African-in-origin-become-associated-with-African-American-culture-in-the-United-States-E-g-Tyrone-Tyrell-Antoine-Jerome
"How did certain first names that are not African in origin become associated with African American culture in the United States? E.g. Tyrone, Tyrell, Antoine, Jerome?

Reply

Adrian Marshall, My most knowledgeable subject, ironically not my most up voted or viewed.
Updated Nov 4 [year not given]
"I'll be my normal unpopular self on Quora. The answer is simply racism (I'm not saying overt bigotry). Most of the older names like the names you mentioned are European names. They became popular with black people and once that happened, they fell out of favor with whites.

It's the same reason why GM is currently struggling with the Cadillac brand. When black people like something in the US it becomes a stereotype for some reason. Cadillac is now a "black man's" car and whites have stopped buying them. White guys with the name Tyrone invariably go by "Ty" because otherwise they get chided sometimes even by their black friends. I went to school with a white guy named Malcolm, guess what, he went by his middle name and in no way was anyone to call him Malcolm. (I went to a backward, rural southern highschool by the way).

You've heard of "white flight". Well when blacks moved closer to whites, the whites moved away. That seems to be true for housing, name trends, and automobile status symbols."

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AN AESTHETIC PREFERENCE FOR THE BEGINNING SOUND "TY" IN THE NAME "TYRONE" AND OTHER NAMES LIKELY DOESN'T COME FROM AFRICAN AMERICAN'S AFRICAN ANCESTRY
From Proud Heritage: 11001 Names for Your African-American Baby by Elza Dinwiddie, first published
March 1, 1994
Chapter: African Names: Male, p. 201
Tyehimba – Tiv: We stand as a nation

"Tyehimba" is the only traditional African language name beginning in "Ty" that is included in that book. That is also the only name beginning with "Ty" that was included in the 1972 book Names From Africa, Their Origin, Meaning, and Pronunciation (Johnson Publishing Company). In that book the male name "Tyehimba - tah-ee-heem-BAH – we stand as a nation" is found on page 73 and is said to come from the Tiv language of Nigeria.

This definitely doesn't mean that there are no other traditional African names that begin with "Ty" (or "Ti"), but it does suggests that the "Tyr" and "Ty" sound preference that some African Americans appear to have didn't originated in Africa.

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NEGATIVE CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF THE NAME "TYRONE" DECREASING THE SELECTION OF THAT NAME SINCE 1981
Over time, negative depictions of fictitious characters and negative publicity about real life males named "Tyrone" decrease the number of people of any race who would give that name to their sons.

In 1981, Eddie Murphy performed what many consider a very funny segment on the television show Saturday Night Live about the winner of a maximum prison's annual poetry festival. That winner was "Tyrone Green" who was described as "the occupant of the maximum security cell: Tyrone Green, psychotic young African-American male." Source: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/81/81aprose.phtm"Saturday Night Live transcript:"Prose and Cons".

In 1980 the name "Tyrone" was ranked #204 and in #1981, the name "Tyrone" was ranked #206. In 1982, that name was ranked #195, but by 1983 it was ranked #207. [All of the rankings in this section are according to https://names.mongabay.com/baby-names/application/rank-M-US-tyrone.html. Remember, the lower the ranking number, the higher the name's rank is- with #1 being the most popular name by gender for that year.]

The years 1991 [#281], 1993 [#305] and 1994 [#312] were the highest rankings for the name "Tyrone" in the 1990s. After those years, "Tyrone" was ranked in the middle to high #300s and the middle #400s.

In 1997, the name "Tyrone" was ranked #365. However, in 1998, that name was ranked #399, and in 1999, "Tyrone" was ranked #424. My position is that the song "Tyrone" by Neo-Soul singer Eyrkah Badu negatively influenced the selection of the name "Tyrone" in the United States. Here's information about that song from https://genius.com/Erykah-badu-tyrone-lyrics"About 'Tyrone'
..."Erykah has had enough with her no-good, do-nothing man and is kicking him out of the house. Tyrone isn’t actually the boyfriend here: Tyrone is the boyfriend’s homeboy, and Erykah suggests that he “call up Tyrone” to help him move his sh&t* out of her house.

The boyfriend put his friends above her, disrespected her, and basically acted like a scrub. Since he loves Tyrone so much, maybe Tyrone can help him carry his things out: but he can’t call Tyrone on Erykah’s phone, because he never helped her with the bill."...
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*This word is fully spelled out in this sentence.

Reading several YouTube comment threads about Erykah Badu's song, a number of people think that Tyrone is the no-good boyfriend and therefore have negative associations with that name. The negative associations with this name aren't limited to this hit song. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_(song)
...The song ["Tyrone"] i has been referenced in other media, most notably in the film Next Friday (1999), when Tyrone (Deebo's accomplice/younger sibling) is making a fake call at a restaurant. The song title is also referenced by Beyoncé in the song "Kitty Kat" off her second album B'Day and in the rap of 3LW's hit single "No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)," as well as R. Kelly in the song "When a Woman's Fed Up" from its 1998 double album R.

I believe that the use of the name "Tyrone" by Eddie Murphy's "Prose And Con" sketch, by Next Friday, and Erykah Badu have reinforced the image among non-African Americans that "Tyrone" is a Black name. However, instead of the name "Tyrone" being positively associated with an actor (Tyrone Power) and a singer (Tyrone Davis), Erykah Badu's dissing use of that name and Eddie Murphy's and Next Friday's use of that name to refer to criminals or other men in the "hood" would decrease the number of people of any race who would give their child that name.

According to mongabay.com/baby-names, in 2000, the name Tyrone was ranked out #410 out of 1000. In 2001, that ranking was #460, in 2002, it was #507, and the name "Tyrone" never regained its former popularity. In 2014, the name "Tyrone" ranked #844 of of 1000 male names.

Instead of the name "Tyrone", (mostly) African Americans who like the "Ty" beginning sound in names, have selected other names with that beginning. Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/07/old-and-new-american-names-beginning-in.html for the pancocojams post entitled "Old And New American Names Beginning In "Tyr" and "Ty" Besides "Tyrone"."

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ADDENDUM: SELECTED COMMENTS ABOUT THE NAME "TYRONE
From http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-581528.html"Origin of American names twofer: Lori and Tyrone?"
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1. An Gadaí10-11-2010, 08:20 PM
..."He [Tyrone Power] died in the late '50s and it [the name Tyrone] reached its peak in the '70s. Could that one celebrity count for every Tyrone born since 1950? Am I right in my perception of Tyrone as a predominantly African-American name?"

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2. Thudlow Boink10-11-2010, 11:05 PM
"The first "Tyrone" I thought of was Tyrone Green, Eddie Murphy's "C-I-L-L my landlord" character on Saturday Night Live."

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3. ruadh10-12-2010, 12:41 AM
"Am I right in my perception of Tyrone as a predominantly African-American name?
Well, you're not alone in that perception. I can't find a link now, but I remember reading a few years ago that Irish immigrants to the US were being warned not to name their child Tyrone because he would be likely to face discrimination from potential employers who would assume he was black.

(That's what the article said. Don't shoot the messenger.)"

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4. Wendell Wagner10-12-2010, 02:46 AM
"I suspect that what happened was this:

Tyrone Power became famous. Tyrone was a somewhat rare first name in Ireland that was traditional in his Irish-American family.

Americans started naming their babies Tyrone because of the actor Tyrone Power.
The name became moderately common in the U.S., even among those who didn't much care about Tyrone Power.

It became particularly common among African-Americans for some reason.

At that point other Americans quit naming their babies Tyrone.

There are other cases of this happening where a name that has no long tradition among a particular ethnic group in the U.S. for some odd reason suddenly becomes particularly popular in that ethnic group. Other Americans then quit using that name for their babies. Often then the members of that ethnic group later quit using that name themselves for their babies also because it now seems too obviously tied to that ethnic group."

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5. Nzinga, Seated10-13-2010, 02:49 PM
"All the Tyrones I know pronounce it tie-RONE, with the emphasis on the second syllable.
I am 36. Most of the Tyrones I know are about 10 years older than me at least. I guess many of the black community has abondoned the name. Kids of my own generation were more likely to be named Tywan or Tyquan or Tyrell or some other such made up name."

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6. foolsguinea10-14-2010, 06:24 AM
..."And I'm about the same age as Nzinga & agree that Tyrone is pronounced "tie-RONE.""
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These comments were partly in response to comments posted by "Irishgirl" and "ruadh" that the American pronunciation of "Tyrone" is different from the Irish pronuciation:

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7. irishgirl10-12-2010, 03:29 AM
"There is a pronunciation difference.
The name "Tyrone" seems to be pronounced "TIE-rone", while the county name is always pronounced "tuh-RONE or "t'RONE" with the stress firmly on the second syllable.
First generation Irish immigrants might call their son Tyrone if they were especially patriotic- but they wouldn't prononce it the same as most Americans."

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8. Wendell Wagner10-12-2010, 04:06 AM
"It used to be fairly standard in the U.S. to pronounce it like this:
>"tuh-RONE or "t'RONE" with the stress firmly on the second syllable
It's only in more recent years, and it's mostly among African Americans, that it has been more common to pronouce it like this:
"TIE-rone""
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Note: As an African American, I agree with Nzinga and foolsguinea10 (both of whose names suggest that they are Black, particularly "Nzinga") that Tyrone is pronounced "tie-RONE" and not "TIE-rone" as irishgirl and Wendell Wagner indicated above.

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From https://www.behindthename.com/name/tyrone/comments
"My name is Tyrone Smith and being a white male in the south (Atlanta, Ga) hasn't been easy and I say that because the whites think you're black before meeting you and the blacks feel like you're trying to trick them when they do meet you. But I love my name, its meaning is strong and powerful- absolute ruler or tyrant/(sovereign). It's also been a great tool to sort out and avoid the racists. The name was passed down through the Irish side of my Irish/Cherokee family.
― Tyrone smith 1/11/2018

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Erykah Badu has a song called "Call Tyrone". It is essentially about Erykah having a boyfriend who always hangs out with his friends, including one called Tyrone. She is dumping him and tells him to 'call Tyrone' to take him somewhere other than her house.
― bibi66 3/6/2009

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From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY2-mrsXgMM
Erykah Badu - Tyrone (Live)

1. Raymel Shaw, 2014
"My middle name is Tyrone and my mom never let this go smh! lol"

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2. Ana Nabi, 2014
"It's a good thing it's just your middle name.. hehehe. :)"

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3. Angie B, 2014
"I think guys name Tyrone still get flashbacks from this classic song!!..LOL"

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4. Harold Wright, 2014
"This was a bad year for dudes name Tyrone!"

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5. Freuds Frills, 2016
"Most women have been with a tyrone at some point!"

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6. IFYOULETGINATELLIT!!!, 2016
"Most of yall are missing the point of the song.... TYRONE is not her man he is the FRIEND of her man.... Her boyfriend is the loser and she is telling him ( her man) she tired of his mess and she wants him to call his friend TYRONE to come and get him...

Alot of yall keep referring to Tyrone in this song as if that is who she is talking to in the song... Uh No...."

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7. BlaqueViolet, 2017
"I thought everyone BEEN known that since the song first came out. R. Kelly even references it in a later song: "Now I'm on this telephone, calling Tyrone.""

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8. Jennai Shirow, 2015
"tyrone and his boys disliked this video!"

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9. Tyrone Williams, 2019
"This Tyrone LOVES this song...cause it ain't really about Tyrone if you hear the lyrics."

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10. Tyrone Pauline, 2016
"Every day I go to work I have at least one customer that sees my name and has the urge to sing part of this sone lol."

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11. Sharon Haywood, 2019
"I feel sorry for the men named Tyrone"

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This pancocojams post presents information about Erykah Badu's song "Tyrone" and includes my comments about the names Erykah Badu used in that song.

This post also presents YouTube commenters playful suggestions of names that could be used if this song was specifically directed to Latinos or White people, or Haitians.

The content of this post is presented for cultural and entertainment purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Erykah Badu for her musical legacy and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/01/erykah-badu-tyrone-live-1997-concert.html for the pancocojams post entitled "Erykah Badu - "Tyrone" (Live 1997 concert -YouTube video & lyrics)".

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "CALL TYRONE"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_(song)
"Tyrone" is a song by singer Erykah Badu. It was released as the lead single in support of her album Live and does not feature on her debut album Baduizm. The song was recorded professionally during a Badu concert and is the version sent to radio. The song has been referenced in other media, most notably in the film Next Friday (1999), when Tyrone (Deebo's accomplice/younger sibling) is making a fake call at a restaurant. The song title is also referenced by Beyoncé in the song "Kitty Kat" off her second album B'Day and in the rap of 3LW's hit single "No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)," as well as R. Kelly in the song "When a Woman's Fed Up" from its 1998 double album R.

Release and reception
Tyrone was played in heavy rotation on radio, although the song failed to chart on either Billboard's R&B or pop singles chart. The song reached #1 on R&B's airplay chart.[1]"...

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From https://genius.com/Erykah-badu-tyrone-lyrics
"About 'Tyrone'
Erykah told the Power 105 Breakfast Club that her most famous song was “a total freestyle” that she made up on the spot and just happened to record.

Erykah has had enough with her no-good, do-nothing man and is kicking him out of the house. Tyrone isn’t actually the boyfriend here: Tyrone is the boyfriend’s homeboy, and Erykah suggests that he “call up Tyrone” to help him move his sh&t* out of her house.

The boyfriend put his friends above her, disrespected her, and basically acted like a scrub. Since he loves Tyrone so much, maybe Tyrone can help him carry his things out: but he can’t call Tyrone on Erykah’s phone, because he never helped her with the bill.

Some have suggested that this song is about Andre 3000 of Outkast, an allegation that he vehemently denies in his song “A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre.”
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*This word is fully spelled out in this article.

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S COMMENT
In her 1997 hit song "Tyrone", the boyfriends' hanging buddies Jim, James*, Paul, and Tyrone are named but not the boyfriend himself. (The name "James" was changed to "John" in one recorded version).

I've read most of the comments on three YouTube discussion threads for this song and it's interesting that with the probably exception of one commenter (given below as #30), it appears that no one has written that the only so-called "Black name" that Erykah Badu used in that song is "Tyrone" - "Jim", "John", and "Paul" aren't categorized as "Black names". I wonder why Erykah Badu chose those particular names. Maybe she just came up with one syllable names and the ending two syllable name "Tyrone" because those names were easy to remember.

In 2017 Erika Kane, a commenter in the discussion thread for Erykah Badu Live [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=erykah+badu+tyrone, the 1997 concert where she first sang "Tyrone" wrote:
"I JUST got it...
"Jim" Jim Beam
"Paul"
Paul Mason"
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I suppose that commenters is suggesting that Erykah Badu's man and his hanging partners were straight out alcoholics. I never thought of that.[??!]

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If Erykah Badu would have used one syllable so-called "Black" (African American) names, instead of "Jim, James< and Paul", what names would she have used? I think "Dre" would have been a good possibility, but since she was involved (or had recently been) involved with André 3000 (part of the Hip Hop duo Outkast along with Big Boi), she couldn't use that name unless she really wanted people to believe that song was about him. Maybe Badu didn't use any so-called "Black names" besides "Tyrone" because most male names and nicknames that are categorized as distinctly Black names have two syllables and that line in Erykah's song calls for one syllable names except for the ending two syllable name. To demonstrate this point, here's a list of late 20th century African American male names and early 20th century African American male names from the November 13, 2019 online article entitled "Black names: Past, present, and future" by Lisa Cook, Trevon Logan, and John Parman https://voxeu.org/article/black-names-past-present-and-future
"Late 20th century Distinctly Black Names
Darnell
Hakim
Jamal
Jermaine
Kareem
Leroy
Rasheed
Tremayne
Tyrone

Faction of Black male births-3.1%

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Early 20th century Distinctly Black Names
Abe, Abraham
Alonzo
Ambrose
Booker
Elijah
Freeman
Isaac
Isaiah
Israel
King
Master
Moses
Percy
Perlie, Purlie, Pearlie
Presley
Prince
Titus

Faction of Black male births-2.3%"
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My list of late 20th century and early 20th century distinctive male names would be significantly different from those list. However, those list reinforce my point that most African American male names have two syllables. And that line in Erykah Badu's "Tyrone" song flows because the first three names she listed were one syllable. Can you think of any one syllable distinctly Black names Erykah Badu could have used to replace the names "Jim", "James", and "Paul"?

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PLAYFUL YOUTUBE COMMENT EXCHANGES ABOUT ALTERNATIVE RACIAL OR ETHNIC NAMES INSTEAD OF THE NAMES ERYKAH BADU LISTED IN HER SONG "TYRONE"

These comments are numbered for referencing purposes only.

In addition to being playful, these comments document how people consider specific names as being associated with a particular race, ethnicity, or nationality.

Notice that these names don't necessarily adhere to the beat pattern the Erykah Badu had of listing one syllable names except for the two syllable ending name.

"Erykah Badu Live"https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=erykah+badu+tyrone

1. Vince Cruize, 2018
"white version: See everytime you come around, you got to bring Josh, Ryan,Bryson & Logan.

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3. Because Iknow, 2019
"Henry Cruize For the older generation ... John, Bob, Walt and Harv"

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4. arrian998, 2019
"Henry Cruize 😂 too funny"

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5. jeleah swan, 2019
"Vince Cruize 😂😂😂😂💀💀💀"

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6. Jaden DuBois, 2019
"AND BILLIE"

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7. Derrick Crawford, 2019
"The way I just hollered 😂😂😂"

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8. Cheetah, 2019
"Jeremiah Anthony Bryson’s a black name tho but bryce is"
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"Jeremiah Anthony" appears to be an earlier screen name for "Vince Cruize"/"Henry Cruise".

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9. Velvet Rose, 2019
"OMG......I want ready, SO funny!
Music brings people TOGETHER!
For the Latino listeners: See every time you come around, you got to bring.......Luis, Juan, Jose & Carlos."

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10. GB MD, 2019
"😂😂😂😂😂"

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11. MrBdubsr, 2019
"And where the heck has Chet been lately!!"

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12. GB MD, 2019
"@MrBdubsr LMAO at Chet!"

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13. Agent Smidt, 2019
"Cody up in there too."

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14. Jamie Cox, 2019
"And Kyle"

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15. Van Wheeze, 2019
"You forgot Kyle. There is always a Kyle."

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16. Jazz Echols, 2019
"Tyler, Logan, John and Ryan"

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17. she snappin, 2019
"Lmaooooo"

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18. Jacqueline Magdaleno, 2019
"@Velvet Rose don't forget angel"

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19. Jacqueline Magdaleno, 2019
"@Velvet Rose and Jesus"

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20. SiSi, 2019
"You got to call Bryce, Leif, Jebediah, & Tanner"

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21. Mo Minor, 2019
"Lol"

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22. Ascary Navarro, 2019
"Latino versión: See every time you come around
You got to bring Juan, Jose, Carlos, and Ramón"

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23. Singh. H, 2019
"Ascary Navarro lol 😂"

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24. Nathalie Joseph, 2019
"😂😂😂😂😂 I’m dead"

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25. Emy C, 2019
"HOLLERIN😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏"

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26. SoLo_Revenge, 2020
"Lmao and Diego"

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27. no one, 2020
"I love it! I needed that laugh!"

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28. JJ CZ, 2020
"I think I better call Ramon! Lol"

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29. J Douce, 2020
"Haitian version-
You gotta bring Duclot, Makout, Vacabon ak Jean-Jaques"

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30. Amityville M., 2020
"Jerome is next lol tyrone"

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This pancocojams post presents five additional* examples of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. chant "This Is A Serious Matter".

Selected comments from some of these showcased videos are also included in this post, including a comment about fraternity and sorority calls that I posted in response to a question in the discussion thread for the video given as #3).

The content of this post is presented for cultural, folkloric, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all past and present member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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*Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/08/alpha-kappa-alpha-sorority-inc-this-is.html for the 2012 pancocojams post entitled "Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. "This Is A Serious Matter" (Text Examples & Videos)". As indicated by that title, that post includes text (words) for those showcased examples of "This Is A Serious Matter".

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. is a historically Black Greek letter sorority and is a member of The National Pan-Hellenic Council (informally known as "The Divine Nine").

I consider fraternity & sorority chants to be cultural artifacts which deserve to be collected, preserved, and studied. I also believe that fraternity & sorority songs and chants should only be recited and/or performed by those persons who are affiliated with the specific organization that is associated with that particular chant.

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CHANT
"This Is A Serious Matter" appears to be the most widely known traditional Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. (AKA) chant. This chant and its accompanying step routine have become signature parts of the culture of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. A signature movement in that routine is to step from left to right while both hands are held palm up close to the steppers' waist.

The lyrics to "This is a Serious Matter" may differ among various Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority chapters or within the same chapter at different points in time. "This is a Serious Matter" is usually composed of two line rhyming verses that state the history of the sorority, praise the sorority and its members, and/or diss (insult) other sororities. This chant always includes the line "this is a serious matter".

Many versions of this chant start with the step team saying "1 9 0 8". This is the date that Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. was founded. Most versions of "This Is A Serious Matter" include a reference to the fact that Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc was the first Black sorority. Each version of this chant includes the refrain "This Is a SERIOUS matter". However, a step team may only repeated the words "This is a serious matter; this is a serious, serious, serious matter". My sense is that what "is a serious matter" is the sorority itself- its history, its ideals, its present activities, and its members' commitment to that organization.

Thanks to Anonymous, May 30, 2014 for publishing these comments in the discussion thread for the 2012 post on this subject whose link is given above:
"Serious Matter was authored and first performed at Langston University, Langston Oklahoma in 1986 by the Ivy line lovingly named '15 Girls in Search of 20 Pearls"
-The Author-"

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"The chant was performed at the Langston University Homecoming Event..."
-Anonymous, May 30, 2014
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If anyone remembers the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. chant from the late 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s please share that information with me and other blog readers in the comment section below.
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For the record, I "went over" (became a member of AKA Sorority, Inc) in 1967-Gamma Zeta chapter, New Jersey. Members of the state's graduate chapter pledged my line. We only stepped a couple of times, and I don't remember learning "This is a Serious Matter".

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SHOWCASE VIDEO EXAMPLES
Example #1: Greekster.tv - Serious Matter AKA




greekstertv, Dec 28, 2009

Interviewing the sisters of AKA at the Rutgers 10th Annual LTA Step, Stroll and Salute Exhibition
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Rutgers University is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey USA (and two other campuses in New Jersey]
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Here are some comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only)
1. Atiba Sonnebeyatta, 2009
"im just wondering why they spelled IOTA in the beginning?"

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2. Kiera Walker, 2011
"@aksonnebeyatta theyre i think theyre iota psi chapter"

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3. Artrez Johnson, 2012
"umm i think thats their chapter #representing"

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4. KaekaiTV, 2010
"1:25 delta diss! HAHA!"
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is another historically Black Greek letter sorority. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc has some "serious" history with that organization....

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6. comments431, 2013
"That Delta shade. LOL"

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Example #2: AKA Probate (This is a Serious Matter)



16GPS, Apr 28, 2012
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Here are three comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only)
1. Kahlyn Ward, 2014
"What school was this?"

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2. 16GPS, 2015
"Alabama State University"
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Alabama State University is located in Montgomery, Alabama [USA]

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3. Nunya Biznazz, 2018
"My...what a large line."
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"line"= referent for the group of probates (new members of the sorority or the fraternity)

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Example #3: Beta Psi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Yard Show Spring 2014



Human Jukebox Media, Mar 26, 2014

Southern University
Beta Psi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha
AKA Week 2014
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Here are some comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only)
1. Tony Tone, 2014
"Y'all did that ..."

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2. Coco Nut, 2014
"SU solidified my love for this lovely sorority yearsssss ago"
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Southern University is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana [USA]

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3. blackgreekhelp.com, 2014
"one of the best alpha kappa alpha yard shows!"

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4. Justin Cartwright, 2014
"Did y'all catch the diss at 2:34?!"

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5. Bizzy Sea, 2015

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6. Bizzy Sea, 2015
"What was the diss? I couldn't hear anything"

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7. Justin Cartwright, 2015
"A diss to the Deltas"

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8. Justin Cartwright, 2015
"@Deborah Dieudonne "So while you waddle around, in your crimson and cream (The Deltas), don't forget that these Ivys put you ducks on the scene." Since the 22 founders of DST were originally AKAs. Lol"

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9. Bizzy Sea, 2015
"Ohhh, I didn't hear them. Thanks for replying."

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10. Dominique Burton, 2014
"Does anyone know the name of the song that they're strolling to at the end?"

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11. Erin Watson, 2014
"Choppa- Lonely"

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12. Dominique Burton, 2014
"@Erin Watson Thank you!"

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13. jarvaris greene, 2017
"They throwing shade like a palm tree"

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14. ZuZu RayRay, 2017
"These Beta Psi girls are some of the best here in Youtube"

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15. Rhandi Ferguson, 2017
"I'm all for sororities especially African American ones but aren't sororities supposed to be about sister hood all over? So what's the point if in every step and chat there's hate and shade thrown towards the other ladies? If you ask me this just brings even more hate in our African society that's already being torn down by the whites"

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16. Sydnee Jackson, 2018
"Baha Beauty it’s just for entertainment they lots of community service on the back end"

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17. Jahslyn k, 2015
"why do they do that high pitch voice thing SSSKKKKWWEETT i think thats what they are saying. Is that something all sororities do??"

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18. TIFFANYBUTTERFLY, 2016
"Yes every sorority has a call

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19. Jahslyn k, 2016
"@TIFFANYBUTTERFLY a call? But why whats the point?"

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20. Azizi Powell, 2020
"@@Jahslyn k, I'm an inactive member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (Gamma Zeta chapter). I pledged waaaay back in 1967. Here's a portion of what I wrote about historically Black fraternity & sorority calls on my cultural blog: http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/09/black-fraternity-sorority-calls.html
"Historically Black Greek lettered organization calls are signature sounds that members of an organization make to get the attention of another member or members of their organization who is some distance away. Calls can also be used to greet another member or member of that organization, and calls can also be used to "represent" (promote, "big up") their organization during public events. I would also add that out of respect, people who aren't members of a particular organization should not use that organization's call.

A fraternity or sorority might have more than one signature call. These calls are usually informal (i.e. not recognized as an official part of that organization by that organization's governing body.) Non-members of a specific organization are strictly prohibited from verbally or in writing using that organization's call in public or in private....

Calls are part of Black history and culture" - extending back to field hollers (arwhoolie) and perhaps even extending back to African musical traditions"....

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21. Jada Farmer, 2020
"Two of the prettiest dolls said the infamous line “you better watch you man, because your man be watching me” miss April and Melody okay baby"

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Example #4: AKA Serious Matter



Alexis Delgado, Mar 9, 2019
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This Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. chapter is located at Monmouth University. West Long Branch, New Jersey [USA].

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Example #5: AKA 2019 Probate : Serious Matter - Pi Mu Chapter



pearlfection16, Apr 16, 2019

Pi Mu Chapter - Baylor University [Waco, Texas USA]
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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This pancocojams post presents information about Stella Mwangi and showcases a November 2019 Just Dance YouTube video of Stella Mwangi singing her song "Ma Itu".

Information about this song is also included in this post.

The lyrics to that song are included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyright remains with their owners.

Thanks to Stella Mwangi for her musical legacy and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to Just Dance for sharing this video on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT STELLA MWANGI
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Mwangi
"Stella Nyambura Mwangi (born 1 September 1986),[1] also known by the stage name STL, is a Kenyan-Norwegian singer,[2] songwriter and rapper. Mwangi writes a lot of her music about the situation in her home country Kenya, and about discrimination both Stella and her family had to go through after moving to Norway in 1991.[3] Her work has been used in films such as American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile and Save the Last Dance 2, and also in TV-series such as CSI: NY and Scrubs.[4] She has won several awards including; the Kisima Awards, Clops Awards and Jeermaan Awards, she is one of the most popular singers in Norway after winning the Melodi Grand Prix 2011.

Mwangi represented Norway at The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, one year after her country hosted the event, and was eliminated in the first semi-final.

Mwangi has had hit songs in Kenya, Senegal, and Gambia.[3] Mwangi's 2018 single "No Games" featured on a TV advertisement by Samsung for their Galaxy S9 smartphone.[5]"...

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "MA ITU"
From https://genius.com/Stella-mwangi-ma-itu-lyrics
On “Ma Itù,” Stella Mwangi flexes about her pop star life and praises her own background. The song combines traditional Swahili instruments with pop and synthesizer sounds.

With “Ma Itù” appearing in Just Dance 2020, Mwangi and video game company Ubisoft teamed up to make a music video four days after the game’s release. This song marks Mwangi’s second collaboration with Ubisoft on the Just Dance franchise, the first being “Not Your Ordinary” in Just Dance 2019.

What have the artists said about the song?
The title is in Kikuyu, my native language, and it means “our truth.” This is an Afro-centric type of futuristic African vibe going on. It’s very important to call on the truth. So this [is] actually a spiritual dance song. Good for the soul, good to dance to. The spirit feels good.
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I added italics to highlight this sentence.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO-Just Dance 2020 presents MA ITŪ by Stella Mwangi | Official Music Video | Ubisoft [US]



Just Dance, Nov 8, 2019

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LYRICS: MA ITU
(Stella Mwangi)

[Chorus]
Ma itū, ma itū, ma itū, ma itū
Oka haha, oka haha, oka haha, ma itū

[Refrain]
Eh Bwana, wafalme wote wa dunia
Watakushukuru, watakushukuru
Eh Bwana, wafalme wote wa dunia
Watakushukuru, watakushukuru

[Verse 1]
Keep your head boppin', I get it poppin'
Hip-hop adopting, my blade choppin'
No way I'm stoppin', this chart toppin'
I got the flavor, tell your neighbor
Hii ni moto
Holy fire moto
Freeze 'em like a photo
See me hop on a space auto, woo

[Chorus]
Ma itū, ma itū, ma itū, ma itū
Oka haha, oka haha, oka haha, ma itū

[Refrain]
Eh Bwana, wafalme wote wa dunia
Watakushukuru, watakushukuru
Eh Bwana, wafalme wote wa dunia
Watakushukuru, watakushukuru
[Verse 2]
I conquer any obstacles
They melt like popsicles
Everything possible, I'ma hit the pinnacle
Kill 'em metaphorical, no emcee identical
My birth place tropical, got triple optical
Lyrical mystical, flow symbolical
Afro artistical, not physical, it's spiritual

[Chorus]
Ma itū, ma itū, ma itū, ma itū
Oka haha, oka haha, oka haha, ma itū

[Verse 1]
Keep your head boppin', I get it poppin'
Hip-hop adopting, my blade choppin'
No way I'm stoppin', this chart toppin'
I got the flavor, tell your neighbor
Hii ni moto
Holy fire moto
Freeze 'em like a photo
See me hop on a space auto, woo

[Refrain]
Eh Bwana, wafalme wote wa dunia
Watakushukuru, watakushukuru
Eh Bwana, wafalme wote wa dunia
Watakushukuru, watakushukuru

[Chorus]
Ma itū, ma itū, ma itū, ma itū
Oka haha, oka haha, oka haha, ma itū
Ma itū, ma itū, ma itū, ma itū
Oka haha, oka haha, oka haha, ma itū

Source: https://genius.com/Stella-mwangi-ma-itu-lyrics

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Information about this song is also included in this post.

The lyrics to that song are included in this post.

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INFORMATION ABOUT FATOUMATA DIAWARA
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatoumata_Diawara_Diawara
"Fatoumata Diawara (born 1982 in Ivory Coast) is a Malian actor, singer-songwriter and multiple Grammy Award nominee currently living in France. She received two nominations at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for Best World Music Album for her album Fenfo and Best Dance Recording for Ultimatum featuring the English band Disclosure.

[...]

Biography
Born in the Ivory Coast to Malian parents, Diawara moved to France to pursue acting, appearing in Cheick Oumar Sissoko's 1999 feature film Genesis, Dani Kouyaté's popular 2001 film Sia, le rêve du python, in the internationally renowned street theatre troupe Royal de Luxe, and played a leading role in the musical Kirikou et Karaba.[1] She later took up the guitar and began composing her own material, writing songs that blend Wassoulou traditions of southern Mali with international influences.[2] Noted for her "sensuous voice,"[3] she has performed or recorded with Malian and international greats such as Cheick Tidiane Seck, Oumou Sangaré,[4] AfroCubism,[5] Dee Dee Bridgewater (on Red Earth: A Malian Journey),[6] and the Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou."....

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INFORMATION ABOUT FATOUMATA DIAWARA's SONG "NTERINI"
From https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/03/07/591512856/fatoumata-diawaras-stirring-reminder-of-the-global-migrant-crisis Fatoumata Diawara's Stirring Reminder Of The Global Migrant Crisis; published by Robin Hilton, March 7, 2018
"The latest video from Malian singer and guitarist Fatoumata Diawara, for the song "Nterini," opens with a simple but stark reminder: "In a world of seven billion people, one billion are migrants." The Pew Research Center puts the number at a quarter of a billion — a figure that's still shockingly high.

"My love has gone far away and may never come back," Diawara sings. "He has left his family and friends behind and gone away / He may never come back / What am I to do? He was my friend and my confidant."

The video, directed by the Ethiopian artist Aïda Muluneh, follows a young man as he crosses the desert, a single bag of belongings slung over his shoulder. Though he's left behind a woman he loves and his family, he's gone in search of a better life. By the end, his family receives news of his journey — it isn't good. It's a subtle, affecting reminder of the global migration crisis.

"Nterini," which means "My Love/Confidant," is from Diawara's just-announced album FENFO, due out May 18 on Shanachie. It's her followup to 2011's debut full-length Fatou."...

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Fatoumata Diawara - Nterini



Fatoumata, Mar 9, 2018
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Statistics as of January 18, 2020 as of 9:10 PM ET
total # of views - 2,162,709 views
total likes- 27K
total dislikes - 480
total comments - 1,093

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS EMBEDDED VIDEP
(with numbers added for referencing purposes only)

1. Method Man, 2018
"Mali music underrate in Africa, I love Mali music, Ali farka toure, salifu keita, oumu sangare, ami koita, hawa doumbia, Habib koita etc,"

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2. Pan African 571, 2018
"From mali to somalia we are one"

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3. kayaga sid, 2019
"Let me reassure you Brother, we lean on the Music of Mali, you represent Afrika well with pride and Grace!
Much Love from Rwanda"

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4. inesita365, 2019
"I'm from Morocco and I love malian music 💜"

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5. hey hey ningen sucker, 2019
"From South Africa, love west african music"

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6. slybear525, 2019
"I have been listening to music from Mali since I was 14 years old. It is a beautiful music. The foundation of the Blues in American seems to have come from Mali in my opinion."

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7. D D, 2019
"It's why we are the champion in Africa. We got the most Grammy Awards in Africa : Ali Farka Toure & Toumany Diabate, Oumou Sangare, Mamadou Diabate"

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8. Fabio Cappello, 2019
"Amadou e Mariam also!"

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REPLY
9. Skin EyemIn, 2019
"it's the cradle of the blues."

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REPLY
10. leemsy lazy, 2019
"Mali music is for connoisseurs. This tune is on Barack Obama's 2019 playlist"

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11. lenny xiang, 2020
"no mali no jazz"

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12. Skin EyemIn, 2020
"@lenny xiang No blues, no jazz."

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13. César Astudillo, 2019
"These are the lyrics:

This song is about the heartache felt by two lovers separated by distance. My love and my confidant has gone far away and has not sent any news back to me. I love him despite everything and I miss him every day. I want to hear from my darling; otherwise I cannot sleep well at night.

My love has gone far away and may never come back
He has left his family and friends behind and gone away
He may never come back
What am I to do? He was my friend and my confidant
How is he? Just let me know how you are
You have gone to a faraway land
I miss you greatly
You have always been my guide
And I love you with all my heart

My love has taken off
Who knows when he will come back?
My darling has gone far away
And may never come back again

He has gone to live in a faraway country
He has not told me anything
It was not the rough morning weather
That prevented me from seeing him
Nor the heat of the midday sun
Not even the dangers of going out at dusk
Because I could not sleep well if I didn’t see you"

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14. hello 10, 2019
"César Astudillo thank you!!"

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REPLY
15. Amran Sandhu, 2019
"Do you know what language it is in?"

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REPLY
16. FatAlbert1882, 2019
"@Amran Sandhu The language is Bambara"

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This pancocojams post presents information Lizzo and showcases her 2016 YouTube video of her song "Good As Hell" which features Black women's hair styles.

Information about this song is also included in this post along with the song's lyrics.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyright remains with their owners.

Thanks to Lizzo for her musical legacy and thanks to Ricky Reed, the producer of this song and all those who are associated with this video/song. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to Lizzo for publishing this video on YouTube.
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NOTE: This song contains two curse words which are given with modified spelling since pancocojams is a family friendly blog.

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INFORMATION ABOUT LIZZO
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzo
"Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and flutist.[3] Born in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Houston, Texas where she began performing, before moving to Minneapolis, where she began her recording career. Before signing with Nice Life and Atlantic Records, Lizzo released two studio albums—Lizzobangers (2013), and Big Grrrl Small World (2015). In 2014, Time named her one of fourteen music artists to watch. Lizzo's first major-label EP, Coconut Oil, was released in 2016.

In 2019, she attained mainstream success with the release of her third studio album, Cuz I Love You, which peaked inside the top five of the Billboard 200. The album spawned two singles: "Juice" and "Tempo". The deluxe version of the album included Lizzo's 2017 single "Truth Hurts", which became a viral sleeper hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 two years after its initial release. Around this time, her 2016 single "Good as Hell" also climbed the charts, reaching the top ten of the UK Singles Chart and the Billboard Hot 100. Lizzo has been nominated for Best New Artist and received eight nominations at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for the deluxe version of Cuz I Love You and Song of the Year and Record of the Year for "Truth Hurts"."...

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INFORMATION ABOUT LIZZO'S SONG "GOOD AS HELL" [and its 2016 YouTube video]
From published by Hanif Abdurraqib, November 28, 2018
..."Lizzo's "Good as Hell" was first released in the spring of 2016, ahead of the rapper and singer's stellar EP Coconut Oil. It is the kind of song that crawls into the body, becoming one with all its good joints and best nerves, and by now it has found a life of its own — not only in film but in clubs, jukeboxes, house parties, road trips, RuPaul's Drag Race, anywhere that signifies escape.
Like most great anthems, it is a communal exercise. In place of a hand over her heart, Lizzo opens with, "I do my hair toss." The line will return over and over, eventually shifting into a direct invitation to the listener: "And do your hair toss." Then comes the central thesis, issued in the chorus as a call and response. Marching through the wreckage wrought by shaky self-confidence, Lizzo shouts a question into the void — "Baby, how you feelin'?"— and waits as a choir of voices replies, "Feelin' good as hell."

[...]

Like the dirt on Jay-Z's shoulder before it, the collective hair toss is a shaking off of weight, emotional or mental, the action that allows a recontextualizing of the self before the night ahead calls to us….
"Good as Hell" is the rare song that can play at any point in a night out and resonate in each: the getting ready, the going out, the rallying while the hours dwindle, the affirmation in a car home. It is the song that first says, "We're going to do it," and then says, "You are doing it better than anyone ever has," and then, "You did it. Thank you."

The empowerment of women is at the heart of this particular anthem, a fact that deserves not to be erased. The
music video is packed with women of color, doing the work of preparing themselves for the world, and then feeling themselves in the most glorious sense….

Tucked between the verse and chorus are the lines, "If he don't love you anymore / Just walk your fine ass out the door." It is a conceit that has shown up in American pop music — particularly that made by women — for decades now, the idea of leaving some no-good man who doesn't see the best angles you have to offer.

But there is also a doorway here for anyone to step through a find a room of their own, if one can zoom out and imagine that all kinds of leaving are honored between the song's opening and crescendo — a bad relationship, or a bad job, or a bad meal or, even if just for a moment, a bad world. Without erasing the unique specifics of the song's message, there is another message rattling below: Anyone who desires wings can go out and get them.”...
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“The dirt on Jay-Z’s shoulder” is hyperlinked to Jay¬Z’s 2003 YouTube video “Dirt Off Your Shoulder”. Here’s an urban dictionary meaning for that phrase which is more commonly known as “brushing the dirt off your shoulder”:

From https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=get%20that%20dirt%20off%20your%20shoulder

get that dirt off your shoulder
Shaking them haters off. In other words it means to brush off negative energy of statements made about you.
Brandon hates on me all day. Man I gotta get all this dirt of my shoulder.

by Nikky March 01, 2004

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From https://genius.com/Lizzo-good-as-hell-lyrics
"What has the media said about the song?
In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #44 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:

A self-care anthem for the ages, Lizzo’s ‘Good as Hell’ probably would have sounded just as satisfying had it come out a year earlier — but damn if it wasn’t the exact salve we all needed in 2016. As the presidential campaign bent reality and the national conversation turned toxic, Lizzo blasted through our speakers to remind us that turning inward and taking the time to treat yo' self isn’t selfish: In this climate, it’s survival, and something worth celebrating. Boss up, as Lizzo says, and change your life."...

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Lizzo - Good As Hell (Video)



Lizzo Music, May 11, 2016

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Statistics as of January 18, 2020 as of 12:41 PM ET
total # of views - 61,566,352
total likes- 759K
total dislikes - 19K
total comments - 20,766

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LYRICS: GOOD AS HELL
(composer Lizzo, producer Rick Reed)

[Chorus]
I do my hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell)
Hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell)

[Verse 1]
Woo, child, tired of the bullsh&t*
Go on, dust your shoulders off, keep it moving
Yes, Lord, tryna get some new sh&t*
In there, swimwear, going-to-the-pool sh&t*
Come now, come dry your eyes
You know you a star, you can touch the sky
I know that it's hard, but you have to try
If you need advice, let me simplify

[Pre-Chorus]
If he don't love you anymore
Just walk your fine ass out the door

[Chorus]
I do my hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell)
Hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell)
(Feeling good as hell)
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell)

[Verse 2]
Woo, girl, need to kick off your shoes
Gotta take a deep breath, time to focus on you
All the big fights, long nights that you been through
I got a bottle of tequila I been saving for you
Boss up and change your life
You can have it all, no sacrifice
I know he did you wrong, we can make it right
So go and let it all hang out tonight

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause he don't love you anymore
So walk your fine ass out the door

[Chorus]
And do your hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell)
Hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell) (Show it off tonight)
Hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell) (And we gon' be alright)
Hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell)

[Pre-Chorus]
Mmm, yeah, alright
Listen, if he don't love you anymore
Then walk your fine ass out the door

[Chorus]
And do your hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell) (Woo-hoo)
Hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell) (Show it off tonight)
Hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell) (And we gon' make it right)
Hair toss, check my nails
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell)
(Feelin' good as hell)
Baby, how you feelin'? (Feelin' good as hell)

Source: https://genius.com/Lizzo-good-as-hell-lyrics

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This pancocojams post showcases Lizzo's 2019 YouTube video of her song "Good As Hell" which features Southern University's Human Jukebox marching band and that band's dance auxiliary, The Fabulous Dancing Dolls.

This post also includes some comments from this video's discussion thread about Southern University's marching band and the Fabulous Dancing Dolls as well as selected comments about being in marching bands.

The content of this post is presented for cultural purposes.

All copyright remains with their owners.

Thanks to Lizzo for her musical legacy and thanks to Ricky Reed, the producer of this song and all those who are associated with this video/song. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to Lizzo for publishing this video on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/01/lizzo-good-as-hell-information-lyrics.html for the pancocojams post entitled "Lizzo - "Good As Hell" (information, lyrics, & the 2016 video of this song that features multiple Black women's hair styles)". That post includes information about Lizzo as well as the lyrics to her song "Good As Hell".

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
Lizzo's song "Good As Hell" was first released in 2016. The video embedded in this pancocojams post is the second official video for Lizzo's song "Good As Hell". The 2016 official YouTube video featured multiple Black women's hairstyles. This second 2019 video features Southern University's marching band and that band's dance troupe.

In part I'm highlighting some of the comments about bands in this 2019 video to document the differences between the dominant mainstream American perception of band member as geeks and nerds and the African American perception of band members-and in particular marching band members and their auxiliary dance members-as popular people on campus.

Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_University for information about Southern University and its Human Jukebox marching band. Also, click https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/article_88bcedb0-f59a-11e9-ad69-c7e95ab7289f.html and https://webuyblack.com/blog/southern-universitys-fabulous-dancing-dolls-not-just-pretty-faces-ceos-bosses/ for information about Southern University's Dancing Dolls majorette dance troupe.

Other pancocojams posts that feature Southern University's Human Jukebox and the Dancing Dolls can be visited by clicking the tags that are given below.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Lizzo - Good As Hell (Official Music Video)



Lizzo Music, Premiered Dec 9, 2019

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Statistics as of January 19, 2020 as of 6:50 PM ET
total # of views - 15,455,700
total likes- 420K
total dislikes - 19K
total comments –21,016

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
(with numbers added for referencing purposes only and brief explanations after some of these comments)

December 2019
1. Ashanti Decosta
"Yes the Fabulous Dancing Dolls and Southern Human jukebox, I love them"

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2. Jason Wright
"Way to go Lizzo and the Southern University Marching Band aka the "Human Jukebox! This makes me even more proud that I graduated from SU 28 years ago this month!"

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3. TJ6
"As a band nerd, this video made me feel seen in the realest possible way 😭😭😭👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾"

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4. M Hall
"She has the Southern University Dancing Dolls In this and I am not mistaken they are my girls.... I am in love. That band is so bomb 🤩"

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5. Renleigh B
"Yes she got the whole band and dolls 🥰"

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6. Delia Vela
"Is Camryn from DD4L there?"
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"DD4L" [Dancing Dolls for life"] is a support slogan/rallying cry for the Jackson, Mississippi children to pre-university age majorette dance squad that is featured in the American television series Bring It!. Camryn Harris was one of the dancers who was featured in that series since its inception in 2014. The Jackson, Mississippi majorette dance squad shouldn't be confused with (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Southern University's Fabulous Dancing Dolls dance troupe which is an auxiliary of that university's marching band. Camryn is now a student at Southern University and is a member of that dance troupe. Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_It!_(TV_series) for information about the Bring It television series.

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7. Renleigh B
"Delia Vela yes"

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8. orionh3000
"it's ok not as good as Alabama state, and the stingettes."
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Alabama State University (ASU) is a public historically black university in Montgomery, Alabama. The Stingettes are their marching band's dance auxiliary.

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9. Miahope
"Yes I’m so happy for the SU Dolls & Jukes💛💙Great way to end their season. Here’s to 50 more years of being the epitome of style & grace 🔥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B91plWPTWI"
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The title of this video is "Southern University Fabulous Dancing Dolls Highlights | SWAC Championship 2019"

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10. Ladii Different Kind 91
"Hell yeah! They're so smooth! Esp the Dolls & their walk! ❤💚🧡"

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11. bre bre
"orionh3000 Did you say Alabama is better than SU 💀💀, okay..."

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12. buck
"as someone who was in marching band this made me tear up 😭"

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13. Zombalaya Q
"Same sis! I was like, "My people 😭😭""

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14. Eileen Carrasco
"I love the representation of all the “geeky” clubs I was in choir all throughout middle school and highs school and it was such an amazing experience. Made the meaning of this song completely change by saying to never give up on yourself no matter what everyone else thinks not just within a relationship"

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15. S Alexander
"There is no such thing as a geek in Louisiana! The kids in the band and the choir are more popular than the kids on the football team or any sports! Southern University marching band AKA human jukebox is the number one band in the world!"

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16. Gordon Clark II
"@S Alexander exactly. I was reading that and was like whoever wrote this has NO idea of the HBCU culture calling the band a geek club. That PWI sh&t*. The band is THE sh&t* at HBCUs. No geeks."
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"PWI"= predominately White institution [meaning, American universities whose students historically were and currently still are predominately White], in contrast to HBCU-historically Black colleges and universities. "PWI" is also used in reference to university based Greek letter fraternities and sororities, in contrast to BGLOs (historically Black Greek letter organizations)

*This word is fully spelled out in this comment. Modified spelling for curse words and racially derogatory references are used in this blog because pancocojams is a family friendly blog.

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17. Z Walker
"Bands are not considered geeky at HBCUs at all lol."

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18. ANICIA
"Them: no one likes band nerds.

Lizzo: Hold my flute!


❤️"

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19. Nini Mf
"ANICIA black bands are a whole different ball game."

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20. Sparkling Powerberries
"My friends are "band nerds "

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21. erika0182
"This an HBCU band! Ain't no band nerds, bih!*"
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"bih" is a currently found modified spelling that the commenter used for the word "bi&ch".

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22. joseph morris
"Southern University is the best band in the land"

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23. Alex R
"Uhm no... that belongs to THE Ohio State University [I deleted derogatory words that are directed toward the previous commenter.]"

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24. TXGAMER7
"Alex R ohio cant even last versus an HBCU band in a battle lol sit yo headass down somewhere

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25. James Brooke
"Love the trumpets"

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26. schnauzer mom
"marching band forever! Piccolos rule!"

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27. LORD Drag1 SAMA
"@schnauzer mom Trumpet section BADDEST SECTION"

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28. schnauzer mom
"@LORD Drag1 SAMA LOL! Woodwind/brass rivalry never stops, does it?"

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29. LORD Drag1 SAMA
"@schnauzer mom Never lol!"

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30. Jailine Artz
"This makes me feel a little bit more proud about being a slightly chubby band kid"

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31. XxFire_ BlazxX
"Jailine Artz same!"

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32. William Smith
"I love how Lizzo actually comes from being a music kid in high school. Even though some musicians didn’t even think about being involved in music in school. Band kids Unite."

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33. Starbound
"Flutist! ✌"

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34. Ruby - San
"Flutist!!!"

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35. Percy Jackson is Best Disney Princess
"Can orchestra kids join, Violinist 😅👋🏻"

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36. Angee Love
"William Smith clarinetist 🙃🙃"

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37. kaitlin soldan
"Cellist! 🙋🏼‍♀‍"

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38. Slippery Snake
"Go clarinets!"

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39. Cousin Chloe
"Trumpeter here 🎺"

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40. Farida Is An Attack Helicopter for Dahnj
"Guitars...? Ik no one cares about guitars..."

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41. J P
"Bari Sax🤩"

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42. The man 7
"Trombone"

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43. Nightmaregirl89
"Oboe:)"

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44. _b0op _
"Cymbals babyyy I got so excited seeing the flips people were doing lol

(Oboe for concert season)"

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45. Killadoy46
"Band isn’t a sport 🤣"

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46. panem
"@Killadoy46 that doesn’t make it easy 🤷🏽‍♂‍"

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47. panem
"🎺 trumpeter🎺(sorry for your ears lmao)"

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48. Killadoy46
"panem I just said it because it gets hard core band idiots mad."

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49. Animal Master
"I play flute!"

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50. Jirokoda Potato
"Do choir kids count
Because I do choir"

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51. Jennifer Painter
"As a former bus driver and band mom, I can say this video is 100% accurate. I am blessed to have witnessed a large group of very different young people support each other unconditionally. Marching band is always there for each other.💚💛"

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52. Jennifer Painter
"@Percy Jackson is Best Disney Princess Talk to the marching band director. They are pros at finding places for everyone regardless of skill level or instrument of choice."

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53. ZacharyRWhite
"Tuba gangggg!!!"

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54. Me_zelina J.S
"Bass Clarinet gang !!"

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55. Larry
"Alto Saxophone 🎷"

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56. Beeboisgod_ 21
"Where my clarinetists at"

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57. Angelstr 13
"percussionist"

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58. Starbound
"@Killadoy46 Nah, marching band is not a sport. It is a physical activity. Same goes for cheer. 🙉"

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59. Darian Richan
"This was made at southern university in Louisiana YESSSSSSSSSSSSS"

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60. Donald Malone
"Darian Richan best part to me. #GoJags"

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61. Cal Brown
"Yes indeed💖💛💙"

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62. Kylan Edwards
"Imma Louisiana child"

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63. Enchanted Star Goddess
"Ayyyyye SU Jags 💙💛💙💛"

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64. Jackie
"I love how she’s involving marching band. I stan so hard and thats how my class is when we go to marching or music events🤧"

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65. Ashtonk47
"YO FACTS"

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66. Calvin Stineman
"Yeah, even though it isn't DCI and that type, it's still cool.
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"DCI= "Drum Corp International"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_Corps_International. Also, click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marching_band for information about military style, corps style, and Historically Black Colleges & Universities' high stepping show styles. An excerpt about HBCU marching bands from that Wikipedia page is found in the comment section below.

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67. Miss Linh
"She literally was in marching band , why wouldn’t she?"

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68. Ashtonk47
"Miss Linh oh dang, I didn’t know that, that’s epic!"

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69. Miss Linh
"Ashtonk47 yeah she’s been playing the flute since middle school"

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70. Darrick White
"Not just any marching band (DCI) will do! --Southern University is an HBCU, and she knew to get it right!!!"

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71. Max_20048 _
"Ok but like why don’t the saxophones have neckstraps on"

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72. Bri Andoll
"Cuz those aren’t the really big ones that are heavy"

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73. Isabella Martinez
"Bri Andoll all saxes are supposed to have neckstraps"

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74. Max_20048 _
"Bri Andoll I play the same instrument as the girl at 0:23 and I wear a neckstrap"

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75. Green Hornet
"They dont march with neck straps because of how intense their horns swings are when they march. They use them in the stands"

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76. Heather Mayeux
"they are SU and have a reputation. look them up and watch. they don't walk around. they WORK."

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77. DarkForests
"Max_20048 _ Lol only a band kid would be able to point that out"

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78. F.B.I.
"Fr even for being small those are not easy to carry with no neck strap"

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79. Hedwig K
"I play saxophone (alto) and honestly, I am glad when I can hold it for more than two minutes without a neck strap. Playing on it for more than two minutes? Marching while playing? Hell no."

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80. Evan Christman
"Bri Andoll what do you mean? All the saxophones have neck straps"

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81. Rias gremory
"Its a black school thing to not have them on. And they'll throw them in the air."

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82. Ruth Bernardo
"Bri Andoll ALL saxes require neck straps. Even some normal clarinets use neck straps but are more common in marching band."

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83. Ruth Bernardo
"Green Hornet ohhhhh ok that makes sense. My marching band doesn’t require doing any type of movements like that. I only see those movements in DCI, though but then again, DCI is only horn instruments."

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84. Practically Seth
"Green Hornet no matter what type of sax you have and what you’re doing a neck strap is required. I did march band and I played an alto sax and used a neck strap"

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85. Inside an Aliens mind
"In a lot of marching bands you dont wear them cause it pulls pulls at your uniforms"

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86. HufflePuffleKnightOfRage
"Yeah its really weirding me out. I have a strap specifically for marching alto..."

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87. Jordan B
"First of all on any sax u need a neck strap you definitely need one for marching if they were really marching and really doing intense movements they would need a neck strap"

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88. David Ballard
"Cause they can't do the choreo with a neckstrap on. Not too complicated."

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89. Årctič
"Alto,tenor and bari saxophones weigh a lot so props to the people playing without neck straps"

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90. ACE ZILLA
"@Green Hornet no .... It might fall without neck strap while Marching ... And u must still hold properly the saxophone even it has a neck strap .

It happened to me ... while Marching I almost drop my alto saxophone(I'm using neck strap)...... And I-Oop

Worst nightmare of any saxophone player"

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91. Deadly Chicken
"I play alto sax. One time at a game my tenor sax friend accidentally dropped her neck strap underneath the bleachers before we had to play the Alma Mater so we didn't have time to get it so I made her use my neck strap and even the alto is heavy without a neck strap. It felt like my arm was about to fall off after the first minute. I'd hate to have to do that for a whole halftime show."

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92. Green Hornet
"Rias gremory no it’s only southern that does this. As far as I know all HBCUs march with neckstraps"

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93. Jordan Washington
"Any sax should have a neck strap. I play many different instruments and it is possible to play sax without a neck strap, but it is difficult and a little painful on the thumbs"

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94. Ruth Bernardo
"Green Hornet So you’re saying you aren’t exactly a direct source. A lot of us here are marching students even me. I know that even our clarinets have neck straps while marching if they have the money for it."

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95. Sean White
"Matt Blatt it’s like having a driving scene and no key in the ignition, it looks wrong to anyone who knows slightly anything about it"

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96. Sir Breakablesh
"@Bri Andoll we still have to wear a neck strap because they do get heavy and we cant get a good grip with just the thumb rest and at a vertical angle"

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97. gtfobre
"probably bc they’re not really playing the saxophone and they’re just acting for a music video"

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98. Karter Mobley
"Max_20048 _ it’s a music video shut up nerd"

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99. Cougar Lady1
"I came back to this video after Southern University tore up the Rose Parade today! They were amazing!!"

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100. PuffyUntold
"This Brings So Much Attention To The Band Side. When We're Known As The Nerds Who Can't Have Fun😍🙌"

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101. Nallely Flores-Garcia
"band geeks represent😤"

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102. Vicki Tavarez
"I play 4th base for my band I can truly relate to the girl that didnt feel confident on her playing beacuse I felt the same I'm glad she made a music video about the band and band girls and the color guard girls"

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103. Satori Raye
"Put Southern in the spotlight, Lizzo you gotta do Grambling now, otherwise Southern will think they are boss at the Bayou classic! Lol"
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104. Mayra Flo
"Who here is in Marching Band and just feels proud that there is a marching band in this video!!"

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105. Jared Flores
"My marching band self is freaking out"

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106. Patrick Clarke
"This is bringing back some serious marching band memories."

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107. Lea Animates
"I feel proud to be a band kid✋🏼😌"

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108. Angelina Johnson
"the formation at 2:13 looked dope"

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109. Julie Chavez
"Flutes holding it down!! First chair. Second chair. All the chairs!!"

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110. Donna Cunningham
"I love Lizzo just because she’s so Lizzo! But this video is the best with the human jukebox and dancing dolls 😊"

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111. Evelym Leiticia
"Dencing Dolls I love you 😍😙😘😚❤💙💚💛💜💓💕💖💗💞💟"

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112. VideoGamesAreCool
"That drum set tho 👌 spicy"

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113. Clarissa Delgado
"I love the majorette dancing"

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114. Karina M Gomes
"Omg look at Camryn in the back! DD4L!!!! So proud of her as a Southern University Fabulous Dancing Doll YOU GO CAM!!!"

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases song "I Know Who I Am" by Sinach. This song is sung entirely in English.

Information about Sinach is included in this video along with the official video of this song and this song's lyrics.

The content of this post is presented for religious, cultural, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyright remains with their owners.

Thanks to for her musical legacy and thanks to all those who are associated with this video/song. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to for publishing this video on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT SINACH
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinach
"Osinachi Joseph (née Kalu)[1][2] popularly known by the mononym Sinach, is a Nigerian-born gospel music singer, songwriter, and senior worship leader at Loveworld. She is known globally for several gospel hits songs which include, "Way Maker", "I Know Who I Am", "Great Are You Lord", "Rejoice", "He Did It Again", "Precious Jesus", "The Name of Jesus", "This Is my Season", "Awesome God", "For This", "I Stand Amazed", "Simply Devoted" and "Jesus is Alive".[3][4] In 2017, she was inducted into the Bethlehem Hall of Fame, joining Dwayne Johnson, Pope Benedict XVI and a host of other internationally recognized celebrities on the listed.[5]

On 7 March 2019, Sinach became the first Gospel singer from Nigeria to obtain over 100 million views of a single video on YouTube, and the third Nigerian to achieve that feat, next to Davido and Yemi Alade, who achieved the same feat in December, 2018. She achieved this with her song, Way Maker.[6]

[...]

Sinach hails from Ebonyi State, Eastern Nigeria,

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Speaking on how she came by her stage name Sinach, she said: “I chose that from my name Osinachi because it is easy to pronounce and catchy”. [14]

In 2016, Sinach was the first recipient of the LIMA Songwriter of the Decade Award, recognizing her contribution to gospel music in the previous decade. Her songs were being sung in many countries, [15] translated to many languages, around the world.[16] That same year, she received the African Achievers' Award for Global Excellence.[17] Also that same year, for the second time in a row,[18] she won the Western Africa Artist Of The Year by Groove Awards in Kenya, and was listed by YNaija alongside Chris Oyakhilome, Enoch Adeboye as one of the Top 100 Influential Christians in Nigeria.[19]

As a songwriter, Sinach has written over 200 songs and won several awards. Her song ‘This Is Your Season' won the Song of the Year award in 2008. One of her most popular songs is 'I Know Who I Am'.[20]

Sinach has performed and headlined concerts in over 50 countries [21] including Kenya, Dominica, South Africa, United States, Canada, Antigua & Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Grenada, Uganda, Barbados, The British Virgin Islands, Zambia, Saint Maarten, the United Kingdom and India [22]"...
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Here's some information about the name "Osinachi" from https://onlinenigeria.com/nigeriannames/ad.php?topic=OSINACHI&blurb=468
"OSINACHI translates to "COMES FROM GOD" in English. It is common with the IGBO tribe in Nigeria and primarily used by Males."
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The element "chi" is found in many Igbo names. Click https://youngafrikanpioneers.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/chi-in-igbo-cosmology/ for an article by Nigerian novelist/writer Chinua Achebe entitled "Chi in Igbo cosmology".

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: SINACH - I KNOW WHO I AM (official video)



Sinach, Oct 7, 2015
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Statistics as of January 20, 2020 as of 8:38 AM ET
total # of views -69,496,700
total likes- 253K
total dislikes - 21K
total comments – 11,648

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LYRICS: I KNOW WHO I AM
(Sinach)

We are a chosen generation
We've been called forth to show His excellence
All I require for life, God has given me
And I know who I am

[2x]
I know who God says I am
What He says I am
Where He says I'm at
I know who I am

[2x]
I'm walking in power,
I'm working miracles
I live a life of favor,
For I know who I am

[Repeat from the top]

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
I know who I am
[Repeat]

I am holy,
I am righteous oh…
I am so rich,
I am beautiful

[2x]
I'm walking in power,
I'm working miracles
I live a life of favor,
For I know who I am

Take a look at me. I'm a wonder
It doesn't matter what you see now
Can you see His glory?
For I know who I am
[Repeat]

[2x]
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
I know who I am


These lyrics were posted in the embedded video's discussion thread by Letícia Sales, 2017

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