On the Chalk Side

[ink_ling]

On the way to work today, I am absent-mindedly resting on radio channels, let it sit for a bit on the hip-hop station. The hip, deep-voiced dj says, "You know? Every now and then I have to break it down for all you white people out there." Slight, silent pause

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[dodgingwndshlds]

I'm coming to get ya, coming to get ya
Spitting out lyrics homie I'm witcha

I came to get down.

[ink_ling]

Hahahaha! OK: We're really gonna have to put together some oldie goldie rap compilation for one of our daytrips!

[dodgingwndshlds]

Two words:

Arrested Development

[ink_ling]

De La Soul?

[dodgingwndshlds]

Digital Underground

[ink_ling]

Oooh! I forgot about them!

I take care of my moms, you get sued by yours

[kookbox]

Okay, I'm not sure why I'm bothering to point this out, but I'm pretty sure the lyric is:

"Spittin' out lyrics homey I'll wet ya."

Note the dual meanings of 'wet' here, referring both to Everlast's metaphorical saliva and to the supposed deadliness of his mediocre rhymes (well, mediocre in 'Jump Around' anyway--by the time he recorded 'Whitey's Revenge,' a response to Eminem's 'Quitter,' which was in turn a response to a few lines from Everlast's verse on a Dilated Peoples posse-cut remix, his skills had improved considerably) ('wet' as 'kill' is also used to good effect in Ice Cube's 'Now I Gotta Wet Ya,' which, if memory serves, was produced by DJ Muggs--slightly noteworthy, maybe, because House of Pain and Cypress Hill were both part of the Soul Assassins crew).

I spent a huge chunk of the '90s listening to hip-hop and explicating poetry. Does it show?

Re: I take care of my moms, you get sued by yours

[dodgingwndshlds]

The website said it was "I'll wet ya" too... I, however, chose not to believe it in favor of "I'm witcha" which communicated a certain message that I was going for better.

I choose not to belive you either. Despite your compelling and interesting analysis of the lyric.

Denial works for me.

So there.