Today in class we read the essays from Sept.10, Total Chaos pp. 33-51. Only two students did their homework, other students went to the book store to buy the book. It's out, now students have to wait. You can check the libraries and other books stores.
I passed out several chapters from Felicia Pride's book "The Message."
Wear Clean Drawers
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You know you're my cookie baby and you're too smart
I can see it in the lines of your school art
True heart
I mean courage
Expressed with care
Go on draw them superheroes with the curly hair
You're my daughter
My love
More than kin to me
This for you and the woman that you finna be
Tell that boy he's wrong
Girls are strong
Next time at show and tell play him our song
Tell your teacher I said princesses are evil
How they got all they money was they killed people
If somebody hits you
Hit 'em back
Then negotiate a peace contract
Life if a challenge and you gotta team up
If you play house pretend that the man clean up
You too busy with the other things you gotta do
If you start something, now
Remember, follow through
Later on you gon' blossom like a lotus
You'll get into boys and the boys gon' notice
It don't matter who you do it with
Just remember when I tell you baby you the shit
Handshakes are promises
Lies can spoil it
Words should be bond and seal
Wash you hands after using the toilet
Brush after every meal
And also
*Chorus*
Wear clean draws
Everyday
'cuz things may fall
The wrong way
You'll be lying there
Waiting' for the ambulance
And your underwear
Got holes and shit
Wear clean draws
Everyday
'cuz things may fall
The wrong way
You'll be lying there
Waiting' for the ambulance
And your underwear
Got holes and shit
Pam can I get a little scratch right here?
(yeeah)
Pam can I get a little scratch right here?
(oh yeah)
Pam can I get a little scratch right here?
(yeeah)
Pam can I get a little scratch right there?
(oh yeah)
My boogie baby now
The world ain't no fairy tale
And it's ran by some rich white scary males
To make it simple for you let's call 'em the bosses
They take money while the people take losses
Stole Black folds from Africa
To work for free
And we still barely get paid enough to eat
That's what I told you
I be saying in my vocals
That's why the woman got the gun on the logo
The star is the future
That we gon' create
Where nobody steal money from the things we make
The revolution takes time and space
But you as a woman gotta know you're place
That's in the front baby
I'm being blunt baby
If the get mad say it's they time of the month baby
Your face is just like the sun when it raises
Thank you for adding beauty to my phrases
Handshakes are promises
Lies can spoil it
Words should be bond and seal
Wash your hands after using the toilet
Brush after every meal
And also
*Chorus*
Wear clean draws
Everyday
'cuz things may fall
The wrong way
You'll be lying there
Waiting' for the ambulance
And your underwear
Got holes and shit
Wear clean draws
Everyday
'cuz things may fall
The wrong way
You'll be lying there
Waiting' for the ambulance
And your underwear
Got holes and shit
Pam can I get a little scratch right here?
(yeeah)
Pam can I get a little scratch right here?
(oh yeah)
Pam can I get a little scratch right here?
(yeeah)
Pam can I get a little scratch right there?
(oh yeah)
Clap yo hands
Clap yo hands
Clap yo hands
Clap yo hands
Clap yo hands
Clap yo hands
The Coup Wear Clean Draws lyrics
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9 comments:
Ilene Lee
English 1B
Professor Sabir
TTH 9-10:50
The song “Wear Clean Draws” illustrates a father’s advice towards his daughter. It is able to show the importance of parenthood and the need to provide guidance for one’s child. The lyrics are comical but useful to the minds of adolescents that are growing up. The advice that is given prepares one for the future and allows a child to improve their knowledge of common sense. In addition to the life lessons provided in this hip hop song, there is also an underlying theme over feminism. There are many instances where the father of the song advices his daughter to fight for justice and defend what she feels is right. There is a sense of radical behavior for a female; for one to stand firm against their beliefs and question others who are unjust. This song was motivational and hopeful towards those who may have felt confused. Although the title may seem silly, there is an important message that needs to be learned. It is good for young girls to learn the values of being courageous and bold. It motivates and promotes strength and determination to the minds of female youths. Once these values and life lessons are instilled into the minds of these young girls, they will have the power to persist in the real world and be prepared for the unexpected situations that lie ahead.
A parent is one of the most influential people in a child's life. What they say and do can influence a child very greatly. "Wear Clean Draws" is an example of one father's advice to his daughter.
Though he jokes about silly little tasks like brushing teeth, the writer of this song wants his daughter to gain more importance from his advice. This father speaks out for his daughter, in sort of a feminists point of view. He tells her how strong she is going to be, and that she is strong, and boys can be wrong.
Kwan, Eugene
English 1B
10771699
The title of the song “wear clean draws” is a catch phrase that has a very deep meaning coming from the context of the song. The lyrics is beautifully written in a way that makes it sound like a lullaby from a wise parent towards the child that will soon grow up in a blink of the eye. The reason behind the lyrics is because there is far too many females that sell their place in this world short because of what a male asserts upon them. The message guides the listener, who is suppose to be the artist’s daughter, that the world is a cruel place run by crueler bosses, and there are many lessons not to forget as time goes on. It continues with describing where her place should be, which is in front, because people need to stand up for themselves. The only promotion of violence is self defense by stating, “if someone hits you, hit them back, then negotiate a peace contract”.
Ilene lee's essay had a flow of ideas that was easy to follow because it goes from the surface, which is how comical the song is, to the message, which is instilling courage and determination, and finally the context of the message, and that is placing value upon yourself so you can face the real world.
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Kwan,Eugene
Sushil Pathak
English 1B
TTH 9-10:50
The song is basically a suggesion of the parents to their children.Though it seems quite funny, this is realistic issue and one should always be observative and reactive to the world for not everyone are helping and "Good." The song reflects the suggetion of a father to her dauthter. It also shows the care of parents and gives an idea that our parents are really serious and concerned about us and are helping us face the real world.
Itzel Diaz
English 1B
The song “Wear Clean Draws” is the expression of how parents take care of their children; the song talks about the everyday advice that parents give to their kids, and also the realities their kids are going to face once they grow up. The phrase “Wear Clean Draws” refers to more than just wearing clean underwear; it refers to being honest and to always have pride. “Wear Clean Draws” is also a reminder of all the things that our parents teach us throughout our childhood. As a woman I can interpret the song as an invitation to woman to be strong and to understand that we have to give our self the place that we deserve in life, not the place that somebody else wants to give us.
Munkhjin Munkhbaatar
English 1B
Professor Sabir
Wear clean draws
The song “Wear clean draws” is about the parenthood. Parents are the people who give us guidance to everything and the most precious people in our life. It is about everyday advices that our parents say. By saying “wear clean draw” they mean we should listen to our parents advices and lessons because they are never wrong and they have already been through what we have been through, they’re saying it so we don’t make same mistakes they did and we could be successful. Parents always care about us and whatever happens to us parents always will be there for us no matter what.
Erica Williams
English 1B
Assignment:” Wear clean drawers”
In the song wear clean drawers, it took me back to things my grandmother taught me as a child. I take my hat off to the artist because he shows his love for his daughter by giving her warning about what life has to offer. Looking deeper into the lyrics I find that he giving his daughter the basic knowledge of being a woman was very touching. I think that is important send messages to people through music. It is the perfect opportunity to formulate something that you want to be heard.
Jose Vasquez
9/17/09
English 1B
Freewrite “Wear Clean Draws”
The song “Wear Clean Draws” is about a father giving advice to his little girl. The father is talking to his daughter about how she is supposed to grow up and the manners that she has to learn. The lyrics in the song ate kind of funny because the father talks about easy chores that her little girl does such as brushing her teeth’s but in reality he wants her to realized that the easy chores that he is teaching her are important because she is going to need to know how to do them by herself for her future. The author of the song use the phrase “Wear Clean Draws” because he wants to make a reference to growing up with good manners and knowing who you are. He wants people to realize that the manners that our parents teach us during our childhood are important because someday we are going to have children of our own and it’s our responsibility to teach them good manners. The father in the song wants his daughter to become anything that she wants to be no matter what people say.
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