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(Hip Hop) Song Links Saggy Pants to Being Gay
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| October 26, 2007
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Posted on 10/26/2007 8:01:20 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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To: Always Right
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posted on
10/26/2007 8:32:59 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(And the band played on....)
To: DogByte6RER
Dooney explained that saggin' comes from jail, where he argued that showing your boxers has a very particular meaning. "You're letting another man know that you're available
================================= Well I was under the impression that prison sex was not homosexual love it was just part of the power play of livin' like dogs.
To: DogByte6RER
that links so-called saggin' with being gay. If that perspective catches on it's the most sure-fire way to get both the thugs and the wannabes to pull up their pants.
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posted on
10/26/2007 8:37:54 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
(My other Telecaster is a Thinline)
To: All
It’s tough finding ways to encourage good behavior while trying to eliminate the culture that justifies it. Calling people queers to help reduce vulgarity is an interesting approach. Who knows...?
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posted on
10/26/2007 8:40:12 PM PDT
by
pallis
To: DogByte6RER
I actually saw a saggy baggy the other day. Laughed my a$$ off. That had to be the stoopidist example of a waste of intelect I have ever seen.
Who cares if they want to look like what they are showing? Like the Elvis sideburns of the 70's, it'll come back to haunt them.
25
posted on
10/26/2007 8:41:34 PM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(Hey Jessie, how much melanin do you have to have to form a socially acceptable lynch mob?)
To: thefactor
hmmm...i had heard that wearing pants low was, in fact, from prison. but the implication was that you were the property of another inmate. effectively, that you were someone's "bitch". I read the same on FR the other day.
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posted on
10/26/2007 8:41:49 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: NCC-1701
“On the other hand, those wearing saggies would make TERRIBLE chain snatchers and purse theives. Can you see them robbing someone and then trying to run. That would be one of the funniest things you could ever hope to see.”
I saw that happen on COPS...and it was funny, right up there with the shoes with the lights on the back of them every time the “suspect” took a step, the locator beacon activated...
27
posted on
10/26/2007 8:45:57 PM PDT
by
padre35
(Conservative in Exile/ No more miller brewing products, pass it on/Isaiah 3.3)
To: DogByte6RER
“Eazy! Hey Eazy!”
“Whassup?”
“Why you wear your pants like that?”
“I wear my pants like this...for easy access, baby.”
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posted on
10/26/2007 8:47:50 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich!)
To: NCC-1701
There was some police dashcam video that showed two thugs running from a convenience store robbery. Both kept falling down due to their stylish dress. It was hilarious.
To: DogByte6RER
no wonder so many hip hop’n rappers are in jail or the morgue, they can’t run with their pants damn near ‘round their knees
30
posted on
10/26/2007 9:10:46 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
To: Global2010
Well I was under the impression that prison sex was not homosexual love it was just part of the power play of livin' like dogs.What's love got to do with it? You engage in homosexual activities, you are a homosexual.
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posted on
10/26/2007 9:12:47 PM PDT
by
Roy Tucker
("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality"--Ayn Rand)
To: DogByte6RER
When I see some doof with baggy pants I chuckle.
One day I was walking out of a local mall to my car.
I was walking behind and to the side of this kid,
wearing saggy-baggie shorts (crotch between his knees)
with the striped boxers showing 6" above. I chuckled
(quietly) and got into my car.
He approached a car in the next row, and was looking all
around, (suspicious!!) then he unlocked the car door,
opened it (still looking all around) and stepped just
inside the open door, grabbed the waistband of his shorts
and wiggled and pulled the shorts up to his armpits...
so he could get into the car.
I laughed my ass off as I drove away. So if this kid
became a gun-toting drive-by killer, it's all because
some short redheaded chick at the mall damaged his
fragile ego, twisting his mind to embrace a life of crime..
or he could have gone to law school :)
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posted on
10/26/2007 9:31:46 PM PDT
by
Dominnae
("An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." -- Winston Churchill)
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; albee; Alice au Wonderland; Amityschild; andie74; Andy'smom; Augustus McCrae; ...
To: Always Right
This song actually is number one on the charts. While I’m a Christian, I’m young, and I admit listening to rap because I like the beat. There actually is a dance to the Soulja Boy, and the beat of the song is good. I would like it if they cleaned up the lyrics, though. Most songs, while having a different beat, have the same message. The guys are at a club trying to get some girl to come back to their “crib”, sleeping around, pimping, that sort of thing. Women are not portrayed in a good light. I know whites listen to this to, but a lot of young black males look up to these rappers and follow the message these songs portray. It’s not good. Hopefully, at some point, a positive black male role model will move into the hip hop scene, become popular with the kids, and help transform it.
As far as the pants, my cousin works for a politician, and they work with the police sometimes. The reason why a lot of these guys wear baggy pants and long white shirts is because it makes them all look similar in the case of a crime. For example, if a crime is committed, the police will ask a witness who they saw. A witness will say for example, a black male, long white shirt, baggy pants. Well, there are tons of them. Some white guys are wearing the same thing. As far as the pants, apparantly one of the reasons they wear them baggy to be in “solidarity” with their brothers in prison. Prison pants often don’t fit and slide down. They wear their pants that way to show support for them. Another reason is so people will be unable to tell if they have a gun. A gun can be hidden easily in baggy pants. Of course I think it is ridiculous to dress for the possibility that one might be at the center of a crime, to show support for criminals, or to carry a likely illegal weapon. (Sigh) What a world we live in. My cousin did say that one positive thing about the baggy pants (ignoring the fact the police aren’t sure if they have a weapon) is that when they try to run, their pants fall down. They have to keep pulling their pants up while they run. It slows them down.
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posted on
10/27/2007 12:04:52 AM PDT
by
Pinkbell
(Duncan Hunter 2008 - Protecting and Restoring America)
To: Always Right
I hate that song, and I showed my students my 90’s comp. of rap that contrasts with the absolute C-rap that these kids listen to today.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=a-afGGrlmDs
It kills “modern rap.”
I need to be careful though, a couple of girls in my class told me that they got pregnant and didnt know what to do. I said, you could have solved with one action - and then I crossed my legs. These kids dont even know that they don’t NEED TO HAVE SEX. And soulja boy needs to get shot for his crappy music.
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posted on
10/27/2007 12:36:40 AM PDT
by
struggle
((The struggle continues))
To: thefactor
I heard the exact same thing.
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posted on
10/27/2007 4:53:06 AM PDT
by
panthermom
(DUNCAN HUNTER 2008)
To: martin_fierro
And if it's bad
Don't let it get you down, you can take it
And if it hurts
Don't let them see you cry, you can take it
Pull your pants up, Pull your pants up
Pull your pants up, Pull your pants high
And if they stare
Just let them burn their eyes on you moving
And if they shout
Don't let them change a thing what you're doing
Pull your pants up, Pull your pants up
Pull your pants up, Pull your pants high
37
posted on
10/27/2007 7:17:29 AM PDT
by
OSHA
(Liberals will lick the boot on their necks if they think the other boot is on yours and mine.)
To: EveningStar
An accompanying billboard says it's rude to be "walking around showin' your behind to other dudes." The song's refrain is "Be a real man pull your pants up." This is classic!
Pass the popcorn!
38
posted on
10/27/2007 8:50:39 AM PDT
by
FredHead47
(KIMI = World Champion 2007)
To: DogByte6RER
It’s funny how alot black rap songs nowadays sounds alot like an Eminem Song. Whitey used to try to sound black and now the blacks try to sound like whitey.
39
posted on
10/27/2007 9:34:20 AM PDT
by
mowowie
To: EveningStar
Saggin' pants award...
40
posted on
10/27/2007 10:21:35 AM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
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