can you help me with a song in ebonics

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October 9th, 2005, 09:21 PM
Ustas

can you help me with a song in ebonics

can you , guys, explain to me a few things from this song.

*i put a question mark after words which i don't underdstand*

what do this lines mean?
With my thang cocked(?) possibly sittin' on a drop(?) (Now)
'Cuz I'm a rida(?) (Yeah)
Tryin' to make it to the top for your ass get popped(?) (Now)

So when it's time to re-up, I'm knee deep in the cane (Damn)
i don't understand the whole sentence.
does "cane" mean cocaine?

Real G--therobred from the streets
Pants saggin' with my gun in my draws
?

here is the song i took thise lines from.

"Soul Survivor"
(feat. Akon)

[Intro:]
Convict
Akon and Young Jeezy
Tryin' to take it easy
Only way to go
And So...

[Chorus (Akon):]
If you lookin' for me I'll be on the block
With my thang cocked possibly sittin' on a drop (Now)
'Cuz I'm a rida (Yeah)
I'm just a Soul Survivor

'Cuz er'body know the game don't stop
Tryin' to make it to the top for your ass get popped (Now)
If you a rida (Yeah)
Or just a Soul Survivor

[Verse 1 (Young Jeezy):]
(Let's get it) Tonight I can't sleep--we livin' in Hell (Yeah)
First they, give us the work then they throw us in jail (Ayy)
Road Trip ya--I'm trafficing in the white
Please Lord don't let me go to jail tonight (Yeah)
Who Me?? I'm a Soul Survivor
Ask about 'em in the street, the boy Jeez a rida (Jeez a rida)
A hundred grand on my wrist, yeah life sucks
Fuck the club, dawg, I rather count a million bucks (Ayy)

[Chorus (Akon):]
If you lookin' for me I'll be on the block
With my thang cocked possibly sittin' on a drop (Now)
'Cuz I'm a rida (Yeah)
I'm just a Soul Survivor

'Cuz er'body know the game don't stop
Tryin' to make it to the top for your ass get popped (Now)
If you a rida (Yeah)
Or just a Soul Survivor

[Verse 2 (Young Jeezy):]
Another day, another dolla (dolla)-same block, same nigga, same part, same green
I guess we got the same dreams (Ayy)
Or is it the same nightmares (nightmares)
We let the doves do it for us -- we don't cry tears (That's right)
Real niggaz don't budge
When Mail Man got his time he shot birds at the judge (Yeah)
I'm knee deep in the game
So when it's time to re-up, I'm knee deep in the cane (Damn)
Real talk, Look, I'm tellin' you mayne (tellin' you mayne)
If you get jammed up don't mention my name
Forgive me Lord--I know I aint livin' right
Gotta feed the block, niggaz starvin', they got appitites (Ayy)
And this is er'day, it never gets old (Old)
Thought I was a juvenile stuck to the G-Code (Yeah)
This aint a rap song, nigga this is my life (this is my life)
And if the hood was a battlefield then I'd earn stripes (Yeah)

[Chorus (Akon):]
If you lookin' for me I'll be on the block
With my thang cocked possibly sittin' on a drop (Now)
'Cuz I'm a rida (Yeah)
I'm just a Soul Survivor

'Cuz er'body know the game don't stop
Tryin' to make it to the top for your ass get popped (Now)
If you a rida (Yeah)
Or just a Soul Survivor

[Verse 3 (Young Jeezy):]
Gotta watch er' move 'cuz them eyes be on you (eyes be on you)
Gotta drive real cool when them pies be on you (pies be on you)
Just because we stack paper and we ball outrageous (ball outrageous)
Them alphabet boys gotta us under survalence (Ayy)
(Like animals) They lock us in cages
The same nigga that's a star when you put 'em on stages
I aint cheat--played the hand I was dealt
Tried to tax the grand pearl when I got it myself
(Let's Get It) No nuts, no glory (no glory)
My biography, you damn right, the true story (Yeah)
Set the city on fire, and I didn't even try (try)
Run these streets all day, I can sleep when I die (Ayy)

[Bridge (Akon):]
'Cuz if you lookin' for me you you can find me
On the block disobeyin' the law
Real G--therobred from the streets
Pants saggin' with my gun in my draws
Just to keep on movin' now
Just to keep on movin' now
Just to keep on movin' now
Just to keep on movin' now

[Chorus (Akon) 2x:]
If you lookin' for me I'll be on the block
With my thang cocked possibly sittin' on a drop (Now)
'Cuz I'm a rida (Yeah)
I'm just a Soul Survivor

'Cuz er'body know the game don't stop
Tryin' to make it to the top for your ass get popped (Now)
If you a rida (Yeah)
Or just a Soul Survivor
October 10th, 2005, 12:36 AM
saibot

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With my thang cocked(?) possibly sittin' on a drop

I can't make much of this sentence...

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Tryin' to make it to the top for your ass get popped

To get popped, i think, means to get shot

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So when it's time to re-up, I'm knee deep in the cane

When it's time for him to get high (do drugs), he has plenty of cocaine to use

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Real G--therobred from the streets
Pants saggin' with my gun in my draws

He's "from the streets", meaning he had a hard life, and spent alot of time out in the streets

Draws, aka drawers, is another name for pants. So his pants are sagging because of the gun in his pants.
October 10th, 2005, 01:14 AM
Dogboy182

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With my thang cocked(?)

His gun is cocked, or loaded.

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'Cuz I'm a rida(?)

Rida = Rider. Someone who rides around in cars and shoots people.
October 10th, 2005, 04:17 AM
Spiderkat

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Originally Posted by Dogboy182

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With my thang cocked(?)

His gun is cocked, or loaded.
...

I think it means the cock or the hammer is up ready to be pulled down to hit the back of the cardridge case when the weapon fires.
October 10th, 2005, 05:42 PM
Tom

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With my thang cocked(?) possibly sittin' on a drop(?)

My gun is cocked, and I'm possibly waiting to make a drug deal. (Or possibly waiting for a person that I'm going to drop (kill).)

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Tryin' to make it to the top 'for your ass get popped(?) (Now)

(The "for" is short for "before". So....)

I'm trying to make it to the top (become a leader of a gang) before I get killed.
October 10th, 2005, 11:33 PM
TATY

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Originally Posted by Spiderkat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Quote:

With my thang cocked(?)

His gun is cocked, or loaded.
...

I think it means the cock or the hammer is up ready to be pulled down to hit the back of the cardridge case when the weapon fires.

That's what he said fool!

Where do these people come from?

And don't get me started on that fuскеr Akon.
October 11th, 2005, 12:06 AM
kalinka_vinnie

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Originally Posted by TATY

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Originally Posted by Spiderkat

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Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Quote:

With my thang cocked(?)

His gun is cocked, or loaded.
...

I think it means the cock or the hammer is up ready to be pulled down to hit the back of the cardridge case when the weapon fires.

That's what he said fool!

Mr. T, I think spider the kat wanted to point out that a cocked gun isn't synonymous to a loaded gun. A gun can be cocked and not loaded, and vice versa.
October 11th, 2005, 12:46 AM
Spiderkat

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Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Mr. T, I think spider the kat wanted to point out that a cocked gun isn't synonymous to a loaded gun. A gun can be cocked and not loaded, and vice versa.

Who? :wink:
I just wanted to describe it so people could visualize the whole thing.
October 11th, 2005, 02:10 AM
Dogboy182

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Originally Posted by TATY

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Originally Posted by Spiderkat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Quote:

With my thang cocked(?)

His gun is cocked, or loaded.
...

I think it means the cock or the hammer is up ready to be pulled down to hit the back of the cardridge case when the weapon fires.

That's what he said fool!

What comes around goes around.

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I'm trying to make it to the top (become a leader of a gang) before I get killed.

It doesnt mean a gang. It could be the top of anything. Probly TRL since we know that most real thugs dont have enough money to be recording in a studio, this guy is probly fake.
October 11th, 2005, 03:40 AM
kwatts59

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Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Quote:

Originally Posted by TATY

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spiderkat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Quote:

With my thang cocked(?)

His gun is cocked, or loaded.
...

I think it means the cock or the hammer is up ready to be pulled down to hit the back of the cardridge case when the weapon fires.

That's what he said fool!

What comes around goes around.

It happens all too often that 3 or 4 people post the same answer to the question. Then the original poster thanks the last person. :D
October 11th, 2005, 03:46 PM
Dogboy182

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Originally Posted by kwatts59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Quote:

Originally Posted by TATY

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spiderkat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dogboy182

Quote:

With my thang cocked(?)

His gun is cocked, or loaded.
...

I think it means the cock or the hammer is up ready to be pulled down to hit the back of the cardridge case when the weapon fires.

That's what he said fool!

What comes around goes around.

It happens all too often that 3 or 4 people post the same answer to the question. Then the original poster thanks the last person. :D

Yay! Finally, someone who understand me. Kwatts i love you.
October 12th, 2005, 05:17 PM
mp510

I think gun in the first part is making a sexual reference as opposed to a piece of military hardware (ie: pistolet).
October 21st, 2005, 06:14 PM
leslie_

:o Just as a culture note..many people (blacks) are offended by the term "ebonics". I would avoid such a term. :idea: A better way to describe this song is street talk. I hope I have helped you avoid a fight :wink: