What About Our Daughters

WOWWWW...I so did not think "Supaman that _ _ _" meant that at all. Isn't that AWFUL? Who comes up with this crap? I do listen to good HIP-HOP, not RAP, for this reason.
I'm childless as well, but I do have a 10 month old nephew. He's going to grow up listening/watching stuff like this (and worse, I'm sure, b/c I know how his mother, my younger sister is). Sad.

I've heard this song plenty of times and I never knew the meaning. Know that I know, I'm completely disgusted.
It baffle me that this song, along with other songs, that degrade black women and girls continue to get numerous spins on hip-hop radio stations.

I KNEW that song was hiding something dirty! Blech!
L

It’s really frightening how this “street” vernacular has made its way into the mainstream. Since I stopped watching music videos and only listen to satellite radio, I have completely lost touch with popular music today. The snippets I do here (not by my choice) I find to be complete trash for the most part. Anyhoooo…I didn’t know who Souljah Boy was until I popped over to Bossip. Now I have to say, my own ignorance of what is “hot” today bothered me, so I have been regularly visiting Bossip to get the skinny on who / what is “hot” in the bc and I’ll just say I have gotten a REAL education. A very disturbing one.

I’m deeply offended that this trash is “mainstream” and it happened on Gen X’s watch. I need to really get down to the grass roots business of finding a way to “do something” and get off the sidelines.

pinky

If you watch the video and see the dance, you know exactly what he is talking about. I got it when I first heard the song. If you think that's bad, listen to the lyrics of Plie and T-Pain 'Shawnty'. It's straight vulgar

Gina,

Thanks for giving us some practical and empowering advice about what to do. The problem for most of us is that we probably stopped listening to radio stations that play offensive music a long time ago. I know I did. In order to police it, we'd have to listen to it, which for me means my mind and heart have to be vulnerable to it. Don't want that. I'm too sensitive. However, should I be in a car with someone who listens to this music (as I am from time to time) I'll try to take note and act.

I hate this song. Thanks for the info. I hate the song even the more.

Sigh. I'm gonna say it's not that serious. And I'm gonna say that b/c of all the vulgar songs I can think of that play on the radio (rock, hip hop, hell R&B...I heard Barry White on the radio talking about how he was going to snatch some panties off.

It's just not that serious.

And to be honest most folk don't know what the hell the boy is saying...it's the dance that made the song hot.

JJ are you comparing Barry White with Souljah Boy?

I mean really, when did Barry talk about ejaculation?

No, I'm making a point that dirty things get on the radio all of the time.

And Soulja Boy isn't hte first song to talk about ejaculation in recent times. I can name of few.

And it's not the first to talk about other naughty things as well. Very naughty.

It's not htat serious.

I like the song. I like that the boy who made it produced it himself, cranking the beat out on his home computer.

I have no problem with people discussing sexual/raunchy stuff in thier songs. Whatever floats your boat. Moreover, I have a 15 year-old brother who has not even heard the song, BECAUSE HE HAS NO ACCESS TO BET OR MTV. His television watching is closely monitored. (If I had my way, he would not be able to watch wrestling, either-- but I digress)

JJ-- I agree. I would be equally distressed if my brother were singing along with Barry White, or to "Let's Get On" or "Sexual Healing." These songs are regarded as classics, but they are really quite vulgar. And unlike "Crank That," there is absolutely no doubting the subject matter.

However, I do NOT like that a 16/17 year old kid is discussing sexual stuff in his song. Isn't it a bit like child pornography?

When I watched the video in Canada I didn't get that at all. It seemed to me to be just about a dance. Whenever they said Superman I think that it was edited so I didn't hear the "hoe" part. They would put their arms out like superman. I thought, "this is a song with nothing offensive in it and its just about a dance". I can't believe it! Just like that song where they go "skeet, skeet, skeet" and you don't realize it means to ejaculate in a woman's face. They make up all these weird usages of words so you don't even know what you are listening to. This is crap! Why would you want to write a song about something like that? These are artists who need to be free to express themselves? These are the people others are fighting to protect from censorship because they make such a valuable contribution to society???

vol de nuit said,
"Moreover, I have a 15 year-old brother who has not even heard the song, BECAUSE HE HAS NO ACCESS TO BET OR MTV. His television watching is closely monitored."

I have a nine year old. We do not watch videos, BET, MTV nor do we listen to secular radio. But guess what she knows this song and dance and a lot of other songs and dances. I found out by surprise one day when she heard it at a party and she just started doing it with everybody else. My daughter learns the songs and dances on the school bus and on the play ground and there is not a thing I can do about it. I just saturate her with enough Word and teaching her the right thing to combat what she is learning outside of our home. And just for the record, Barry White and Marvin Gaye did not refer to women on their songs as Bs and Hos and promoting doing things to degregate them. I do not want my daughter referring to herself as a ho!

I think the difference between Barry White and Marvin Gaye or any number of blues songs is that his music was for grown folks and NOT marketed to kids. When you do a Sponge Bob video you are appealing to children.

As for hearing filth on the bus, you most certainly can do something about it. I'd go directly to the school and have them ban music devices on the playground and on the bus, period. All you'd have to do is play this song in one schoolboard meeting.

I have to play devil's advocate here because people about to call the FCC for nothing. While that phrase might mean that description to some, that is NOT what he is talking about here. Please, don't use the Urban Dictionary as your bible.

Superman that hoe, in this sense, is just him saying he's about to take off in a big way. He's been underground, and now he's going mainstream. That's about it.

Thanks Kim for your perspective. I hope you are right, but the FCC info is useful for future reference.

Lets just say that there are competing definitions, and I didn't just rely on the dictionary.

And another thing, why are so many people concerned with other people wasting their time? It is THEIR time.

Kim how do you know that that's what he means? I think that the definition you are giving is quite a stretch. I would be more likely to believe definitions that are written somewhere or the definition of someone who has actually heard the term used. Either way, the term superman that hoe is offensive anyway.

I've listened to the song, and I didn't think that the message in the song was particularly horrible. Compared to hip hop on the radio where most of the messages promote denigration, misogyny, and violence, this song is ok. Honestly this song would seem decent compared to everything else on the radio. I would not dare allow my kids to listen to hip hop in my home b/c of the plethora of filth flarn filth it spews. However I just wanted to point out that I find it interesting how people are quick to look for the most vile or basest meaning to phrases and take it as the gospel truth. I understand that we have to be extremely discerning and critical about what we allow our children to hear. However, sometimes I feel that we as intelligent individuals who want the best for our society will go to an extreme to prove something , that perhaps is not even the intention to begin with. I mean the song could really be about this boy trying to rise to the top and peeping out cute and ugly girls and making sure his bathing ape sneakers are on point. I mean is that not what teenagers are concerned about? Does it really have to be about skeeting and other sexually based trash? I know it seems far fetched now-a-days to find a popular song that does not have some disgusting meaning behind it but sometimes it is what it is a harmless stupid song that neither enlightens us or disgusts us. If anything I would urge people to contact Soulja boy and his people and find out from them about what this song means. Also I encourage parents to talk to their kids and ask them how they understand this song and what the song means to them. Making assumptions will make an ass out of u and me...

Wow. I love that song and the spongebob video. I hope my children, and all children of the world, see this video, along with listen to the song (as well as know the dance). This is an educational experiance.

The song became popular because of the dance.
The dance is an easy to learn face pased routine.
It was a great combination, besides, half the people who listen to it don't know what supaman that hoe means...I didn't until I ran across this.
And I still don't care. I am not going to suddenly let people call me hoe because of it. I know better than that. If you raise a child right it almost doesn't matter what music they like, so long as they know the message in it isn't one to protray, as long as they know not to call women bitches and hoes.
I was raised that way and my morals were not compromised. I sing the songs, I enjoy them. But I know that that is not a way I will allow myself to be treated.
I hate how so many parents blame the media solely on the corruption of their children, yes, if you hav enot taught your child right from wrong, and that stars are not always right, it is the medias fault, AS WELL as your own for not following up and teaching your children that the celebs arent always right.

How about this? If you don't like it , turn it off! Do you people have nothing better to do than rip on everything that "you" find offensive.

Try this Game:

1.) Make up different meanings for words to which no one will find offensive.

2.) Freak out as someone tells you a made up meaning to a group of said harmless words.

Here's one I made up a few moments ago.

"Apple in a brown jug."

Guess what it means? It means you like apples shoved up your ass!

Spread the word, blow hard, and take the apple out of your ass.

How about this one?

You know how to superman your ho, but what about Spiderman?

You "skeet" (did you freak out about this one a couple years ago) on your hand, and fling it at your girl's face.

soulja boy f____ing sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dont let your kids listen to that mainstream sh*t. I have my kids listening to some classic hip hop tracks. Hey, the old school stuff is my life. If u think soulja boy is this bad, you have no idea what else there is... MTV, BET, all that sucks! Trust me. Todays society, smh.