Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Why YouTube is better than television

Reason #23: Cockney rappers.

11 comments:

  1. I think that guy is a cousin of the banjo picker in "Deliverance". Brooke Shield would kill for eyebrows like his...

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  2. Great. We have successfully imported American teenage asshole culture to the U.K. My initial thought/fantasy would be to take some of the assholes I teach to this clown's town and let 'em fight.

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  3. Somehow I'm not sure that the US has cornered the market on asshole kids. The UK had that whole "film people with your cellphones while you assault them" thing a bit back...that's pretty damn asshole.

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  4. Yeah, they're chavs alright.

    onefinemess - that charming little youth trend is referred to as "happy slapping."

    Terrible track and video. Smiley Culture did it so much better.

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  5. Chavs!?
    Saw that the other day on Andrew Sullivan's blog. Here's what he linked to.
    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2114862.ece

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  6. This is the perfect time for Smiley Culture to make a comeback explaining exactly what these guys are rhyming about!

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  7. Smiley Culture - Cockney Translation.

    11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
    It's I Smiley Cuulture with the mike in a me hand
    Me come to teach you right and not the wrong
    In a de Cockney Translation

    Cockney's not a Language it is only a slang
    And was originated yah so inna England
    The first place it was used was over East London
    It was respect for the different style pronunciation
    But it wasn't really used by any and any man
    Me say strictly con-man also the villain
    But through me full up of lyrics and education
    Right here now you a go get a little translation

    Cockney have name like Treey, Arthur and del-boy
    We have name like Winston, Lloyd and Leroy
    We bawl out YOW! While cockneys say OI!
    What cockney call a Jack's we call a Blue Bwoy
    Say cockney have mates while we have spar
    Cockneylive in a brum while we live in a yard
    Say we nyam while cockney gwt capture
    Cockney say guv'nor. We say Big Bout ya
    In a de Cockney Translation!
    In a de Cockney Translation!


    Well watch a man....................................
    The translation of cockney to understand is easy
    So long as you don't deaf and you listen me keenly
    You should pick it up likea youth who find some money
    Go tell it to your friends also your family
    No matter if a English or a Yardy
    Ca' you never when them might buck up a cockney
    Remember warm dem dem deh man dem don't easy
    Dem no fire sling shot a me say strictly double B
    Dem run protection racket and control 'nuff C.I.D.

    Say cockney fire shooter, We bus' gun
    Cockney say tea leaf, We say sticks man
    You know dem have wedge while we have corn
    Say cockney say be first, my son! We just say Gwan!
    Cockney say grass, We say outformer man
    When dem talk 'bout iron dem really meam batty man
    Rope chain and choparita me say cockney call tom
    Say cockney say Old Bill, We dutty Babylon
    In a de Cockney Translation!
    In a de Cockney Translation!

    Well watch a man........................
    Slam bam
    Jah man
    Hear dam
    Fashion
    Smiley
    Culture
    Origiantion


    But first let me tell you more about thr cockney
    Who live comfortably and have yacht by the sea
    And when it come to monry most of then have plenty
    But where dum spend it? In de bookie
    Lose it all on the dogs or on the gee gees
    Or paying off fe dem bribes to the Sweeney
    So dem nah go do no time fe no armed robbery
    Or catching antthing that fell off the back of a lorry


    Slam bam
    Jah man
    Hear dem
    Fashion
    Me strong
    Me long
    Me at the mike stand
    More time
    In a dance
    Me chat
    'Pon a sound


    But sometimes me shake out and leave me home town
    And that's when me travel a East London
    Where I have to speak as a different man
    So that the cockney can understand
    So black man and white man hear dem fashion


    Cockney say scarper, We say scatter
    Cockney say rabbit, We chatter
    We say bleach, Cockney Knackered!
    Cockney say triffic, We say waaacked!


    Cockney say blokes, We say guys
    Cockney say Alright? We say Ites!
    we say pants, Cockney say strides
    Sweet as a nut...................... just level vibes. Seen?

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