Another Edition of Parenting Tips From the Childless: Do You Know What Your Kiddies are Listening to?

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Now another edition of “Parenting Tips From the Childless”...

Do You Know Where Your Children Are?

Well I certainly hope they were not at THIS RAP CONCERT:

He was looking for a shot at fame. Instead, police in Conyers are looking for the man who shot up a night club. Police say the gunman opened fire after he was booed on stage during a rap music contest. SOURCE

Yes folks, he got mad at them because they booed him and then opened fire. Next time your kiddies head to a rap concert, sent them along with a bullet proof vest, or teach them to stay near the exits. Hat Tip to JD from The Smak.

Do you Know Who Your Kiddies Know?

When the kiddies get home, ask them if they know who Deelishis is. (yes, that is the way they spell it these days—NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND) . Then ask them if they know who Angel Lola Luv is. Be slick about it. Y'all are parents afterall. Y'all are supposed to be smarter than them.

Then ask them about Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, or Fannie Lou Hamer. If they can tell you who the first two are and not the last three, then STOP, do not pass GO.

If they happen to know who Deelishis ( yes, that is how they spell it people) or Angel Lola Luv is, then you must strap them down and force them to watch this YouTube clip as part of the “Parenting Tips From the Childless” deprogramming protocol. Thanks to Tami from the blog, What Tami Said for the clip:

I have previously written about Sara Baartman in this piece.

Do You Know What Your Kiddies Are Listening To?

Since we're already handing out “Parenting Tips From the Childless”, let's play another edition of....”Do you know what your kiddies are listening to?”

I hope after our post on Souljah Boy and the meaning of “superman that hoe” that you are still not letting your five year old dance to a song called “Crank That.”

So I reviewed the Billboard and the i-tunes charts ( don't slip on those i-tunes) and have come up with a list of songs your tots might be listening to on the radio, in their mp3 players or watching the videos on television. Here we go:

The number one download in the USA is “Low” by Flo Rida (clever the way he chopped up the state of Florida to come up with his name... at least he didn't add additional letters like Deelishis) Of course this song features T Pain, the Nate Dog of the 21st century.

Make it rain, I'm makin it snow
Work the pole, I got the bank roll
Imma say that I prefer them no clothes
I'm into that, I love women exposed

For those of you unfamiliar with “make it rain” I direct you to to our untrustworthy friend, The Urban Dictionary. Yes, Mr. Flo Rida. LOW indeed. Next.

Oh next we have the cherubic Chis Brown with T Pain on the song “Kiss Kiss” lets have a look shall we?

Teddy Penderazzdown is in the spot spot spot spot
(YEAAH) I got money on me
(YEAAH) baby girl no problem
(YEAAH) you rollin shawty
(YEAAH) let's hit MacDonalds (ruff)

I mean seriously Teddy Pendergrass need to sue SOMEBODY! ANYBODY! It is nice to know that he will take you to McDonald's maybe he will spring for a full value meal instead of the Dollar menu.

We're skipping Timberland's "Appologize" and Kanye's “Good Life”

Ah yes, "Cyclone " by Baby Bash and.... wait for it...wait for it... You got it.. T Pain! Yessir, he is everywhere.

The way she move her body
She might see the Maserati
She wanna put it on me
Tryna show me her tsunami

Aren't you just mad that they managed to work “tsunami” up in the song?


“Playaz Circle: Little Duffle bag Boy” feat Lil' Wayne

Need A Hoe Break A Hoe Never Nuthin New To Us
Turnin Hoes To House Wives Never Been Cool With Us

It's Lil' Wayne so I have absolutely no idea what the heck he is saying.


“I'm So Hood” – DJ Kahled

I Like P#ssy Handy I Want That Boogie B!tch
I Never Buy A Phantom 28's Can't Fit

Again another song they are playing into the ground in my tiny backwater. I thought “Crank That” had to be the most annoying song on the face of the planet, but every time I hear the first strains of this foolishness here, it is over to the AM dial.


Cassidy Feat. Swizz Beatz -"My Drink N' My 2 Step"

I got my drink and my dutchie
...
get stoned
It's on, it's on, it's on and get home
get the patron and tell them that it's on
put the smoke in the air and get stoned

Yes, and apparently Patron is also a permanent part of the rap lyric lexicon.
For those of you who don't know what “dutchie "is, lets refer to our friend, The Urban Dictionary.


Gucci Mane - “Freaky Girl”

She A Very Freaky Girl Dont Bring Her To Mamma
First You Get Her Name Then You Get Her Number
Then You Get Some Brain In The Front Seat Of
The Hummer Then You Get Some Brain In The Front
Seat Of The Hummer

This song made it to our backwater about three weeks ago and they play it into the ground. Great message for the kids on the way to school. For those of you who cant figure out from the context clues what “brain” is you can go to our favorite slightly reliable friend, The Urban Dictionary.

This concludes this edition of "Parenting Tips From the Childless." If you have a song you think other parents should not have their five year old dancing to, hit up the gmail.

Comments

[Miss Issues]

The new one by Bow Wow and Omarion. I cringe everytime he says "she got a body like a stripper, man." I think back to Angla Luv and Deelishis. Are young daughters are being told they must look like strippers or me a 'dime' piece when all these brothers look like penny candy. I have a fifteen year old and we have this discussion everytime she turns on the radio in my car.

[wisdomteachesme]

thank you for this post!
i have been saying these things for years. i cannot stand the sounds that they call music and the people they call musicians. they are not musicians-nor are they talented in my book.

thanks again, for posting this-i've spread it around to those in my address book.

[Randi523]

Just like all of the songs that almost pay homage to strippers, i.e. Akon's Smack That and I Wanna "Love" You, saying the stripper was the kind he'd wanna marry. And T-Pain being in love with a stripper. I don't want to call strippers bad or anything, but can the other fully clothed sisters in the world get some love??!!
BTW, excellent video about Sara. Of course, a lot of our people don't even know about her.

[christopherlee]

Youth music and culture is always by definition frivolous and juvenile. The difference though in the cultural tastes of the better educated classes is the ability and responsibility of the adult network (esp the parents) to turn kids on to arts of a more serious nature, AS WELL as the pop culture of their peers.

[Randi523]

"Are young daughters are being told they must look like strippers or me a 'dime' piece when all these brothers look like penny candy."

LOL! They all do look a mess, but want "dimes" on their arms, and they'll get 'em, only because they have $$$$.

[e]

I laughed so hard at this post. I'm not old but I had no idea what in the world these rappers were talking about. it's just gross - superman that hoe?! the problem is that kids know exactly what all this mess means and parents are usually clueless. my mom always looks for swears or outward violence, but it's these metaphors (can i call them that?) that fly over her head. I'm going to forward this to my mom.

thanks!

[Regina]

a lot of the time the kids don't even know what they are listening to because some radio stations are playing the "clean" (if you can call it that) version and in the videos they play the clean version. but downloads and stores sell the "raw" or uncut versions. I have 5 kids between the ages of 13-22 so when new songs come out they pretty much keep me in the loop and we discuss the lyrics (the raw version). I don't want my 13 year old learning crap on the street so we discuss almost everything.
We are disgusted that Soulja boy was all over the media & performed that garbage he calls a song on BET! (not that we were surprised, just diegusted!!)

Blessings,
Regina

[BLKSeaGoat]

Youth music culture and class determines who listens to filth and who doesn't? Poppycock! I know plenty of upwardly mobile blacks who listen to this music while they are out at their R&B radio station sponsored "professional" networking events. They play the same garbage at First Friday Events and similar events that promise to cater to a more professional crowd. These people have children and they ALLOW their kids to be inundated with trash.

It has little to do with class, being cultured (whatever that means), or being offered other expressions in the arts. Parents need to be parents, not just semen and egg donors. My parents listened to Millie Jackson, who by today's standards would be considered Lil' Kim; we sure weren't allowed to dance to it and the only time we heard it was muffeled through the walls of our bedrooms because we had to go upstairs when my mom had adult (mature NOT porno) parties.

My parents were also clear about about us NOT using entertainers or athletes as role models, mainly because my mother though the majority of them were morally bankrupt. Again, parents and parents-to-be, rear your dayum kids and stop being so trifling!

[health watch center]

Hi http://whataboutourdaughters.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">g-e-m2001

"I laughed so hard at this post. I'm not old but I had no idea what in the world these rappers were talking about."

I totally agree with her... what our kids like? Music? or Lyrics? :)

http://www.theparentszone.com/" REL="nofollow">The Parents Zone

[Brother OMi]

wow i am so behind the times... lol

my 13 year old is way nerdy. but he knows about his Jimmy Castor Bunch, Arturo Schomburg, and Ida B Wells. as well as my 6, 4 , and 1 year old.

and we don't listen to the radio (unless its NPR)

[rikyrah]

I feel so old. Has it really gotten from,
' Girl, I gave you the money. Show me what you bought with it?'

My parents used to ask me this all the time.

[SheCodes]

Angry Independent,

I believe that I am the one that you are referring to at the Congressional Hearings.

First let me make it clear that when I called David Banner out in front of reporters, it wasn't an attempt to 'negotiate' with him. It was a defense of black women, in response to the trash that he was feeding the reporters.

Whether or not I believe that he is 'an animal that can not be saved' is not material. People like this should be challenged, rebuked, and even mocked every time that they open their mouths... publicly.

And I would do it again.

[g-e-m2001]

Angry Independent,

You dislike for Black culture is duly noted as you have stated such in these comments thousands of times before.

Yes, it would be nice into deluding ourselves that as long as we don't claim the Hip Hop industrial complex we can distance ourselves from its consequences. That is a lie.

The truth is AI that when they come around and start throwing us on the back of a truck, they gone throw you in with the rest of us.

The truth is that you can ignore it. Move away. Raise your kids in the wilderness, but eventually your kids will be standing face to face with the progeny of the Hip Hop Industrial Complex.

Secondly, you may have very valid points, but I couldn't get past the part where you wanted to exterminate other human beings. It sounded too much like the FINAL SOLUTION to me.

You seem to come up with lots of solutions and have an opinion on what folks need to do. So share with us your most recent campaign since you know better than all the rest of us.

The point of the post is to encourage people to listen to what the heck is being pumped into the minds of their children by alerting them to the lyrics and images currently prevailing in the HIC

But your sanctimony is, again, duly noted.

[La ~ msviswan]

Thank you for putting up that Youtube about Sarah. That broke my heart. I had no idea, and I won't forget her either.

[The Angry Independent]

I was kidding Gina!

I didn't mean that in the literal sense.

I'm not in favor of the kind of "Final Solution" that you were thinking of.

And I plan on escaping if the round-ups start.

[beemer]

interesting how angry independant's comment was removed but all the counter-attacks were not.
i can't say I'm in favor of either party because i was not able to read angry's position,
but this censorship (and it most certainly is censorship) has actually biased me against the author of this page.

This blatant disregard for basic first amendment rights (freedom of expression if you don't know) is not the only reason i disapprove of this website. I have never seen a more narrow minded view of culture in my life. Is it actually fair to believe that little kids know what any of these sexual terms mean? or to think that each child who is exposed to music other than that of Beethoven,Mozart, and church hymns will think that life is about acting like a stripper and doing drugs? ever listened to spice girls? that was all i sang and danced to when they were big! Only after hearing the lyrics again, many years later, do i understand the lyrics. it's like every song is about sex! but was I a little stripper to be when i was 6? no. as a matter of fact i have made the decision to wait for marriage to have sex and not a single rap song has altered my choice.
I am an Unitarian Universalist, rap listening, AP class taking, drug and sex free teenage girl. I think i would know better than any of you the effects of todays pop culture on youth.

I hope that you will let your blog gain a smidgen of journalistic-or any kind of-merit by letting your readers read and react to my oppinions. I can take a dozen rebuttals gracefully, and i will consider each one separately. I make an effort to understand and include all sides of a story before I make a judgment. Now obviously a teenager won't sway the opinions of so many angry mother. I can only hope that i have inspired you to take a less critical look at those around you.

My final word on the subject is that you should all keep in mind the fact that rap is not the only style of music that does not meet your standards. You should also consider the fact that many of these musicians have functional and happy families; the media only covers the taboo and exciting, unfortunately.

sincerely, a pretty darn respectable girl with wide horizons

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