The Love Circle - "One Day Congote (Congotay)" sound file & lyrics

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases a sound file of "One Day One Day Congote" (Congotay), a song about wife beating by the Trinidadian group "The Love Circle's 2003 album "Home Grown". Information about The Love Circle is included in this post.

This post also includes my attempt at transcribing the lyrics to that song. I made that attempt because I couldn't find lyrics to this song online.

This serves as a companion post to http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/03/what-one-day-congotay-congote-means.html. That post provides information and comments about the meanings of the proverb "One day one day Congotay (Congote)".

This also serves as companion to http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/03/congotay-childrens-game-words-play.html which feature examples of and comments about the Caribbean children's game song "Congotay".

The content of this post is presented for cultural, inspiration, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to The Love Circle for their musical legacy. Thanks also to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOVE CIRCLE
From https://www.gospelreggae.com/browse/artists/the+love+circle/detail.html
Official Bio
"Since their inception in 1981, The Love Circle has earned a reputation as one of the most outstanding musical families in Trinidad and Tobago. The late great Ras Short I (Garfield Blackman), the founder of The Love Circle and father of the musical genres of "Soca" and "Jamoo", has left a legacy of musical creativity that is hard to emulate (on any level). This, combined with the extra-ordinary musical talent of group members, has put The Love Circle on the cutting edge of musical culture in the Caribbean.

Today, the group is made up of the youngest children of the Blackman family, Isaac, Nehilet, Marge, Eldon, Sheldon and their mother Claudette Blackman...

'Jamoo', the musical style performed by the group, delivers a Christian message over Trinidadian, African, Indian, and various other World rhythms. The music seeks to amplify love, to explore the ills of society (drug abuse, AIDS and oppression) and endeavors to provide solutions through meaningful Bible-based lyrics.

Early CDs by the group include "Jamoo Victory", and "Children of the Jamoo Journey". In 2003 the group released "Home Grown". Under the production expertise of Isaac Blackman, this digital masterpiece helped take "Jamoo" to a whole new level.

"Homegrown" is a clever collection of songs written and performed by the sons, daughters and widow of the legendary Ras Shorty I (Garfield Blackman), the inventor of soca music. This rustic compilation combines rootsy, acoustic jamoo sounds with syncopated digital urban beats. Jamoo is the gospel of soca -- a unique blend of calypso, East Indian and African rhythms, with elements of folk, reggae, jazz and blues. Fresh from the backyard of the Blackmans, this labor of love is packed with rich vocal textures and lush harmonies, a showcase of the tremendous talents of this musical family."
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According to this article "Jamoo" means "Jehovah's music".

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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE:
The LOVE Circle [Ms.Claudette Blackman]- One Day Congote (Congotay)



majabsalu, Uploaded on Sep 22, 2008

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LYRICS: ONE DAY CONGOTAY
(Claudette Blackman)

Spoken:
It’s time to stop forever the flow of violence

Sings:
Lead –Mmmm-mmm
Yeah-eah
Group -Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai
Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai
Lead – With some men in the street, women it makes me wonder
If they fall from the sky or if they born from a mother.
They beating their woman as if she’s some beast of burden.
No love, no consideration, no kind of reason.
But I tell you

Lead & Group – One day, one day Congotay.
Lead – Which means one day you will pay.
Lead and group – Even if it is when you will get older, then
What you sow I say one day you will reap one day.
Lead & Group-Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai
Lead- The woman bawling.
Lead & Group-Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai.
Lead –She can’t take the beating..
Lead & Group -Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai.
It’s too much aches and pain.
Lead – Lord, the same from ever since the creation
An eye for an eye and there is no alteration.
So when you treat your woman bad, brother, please remember
The same thing could come and happen to your little daughter.
So I tell you
Lead & Group – One day, one day Congotay
Lead – Which means one day you will pay.
Lead & Group – Even if it is when you will get older, then
What you sow I say one day you will reap one day.
Lead & Group-Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai .
Lead & Group-Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai.
Lead & Group-Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai .

Lead- God made woman from out of man’s body.
So they are no longer two but one flesh in matrimony.
So when you beat your woman it’s only the fool you’re playing
All the beat you are beating is only your own self you are treating
So I tell you
Lead & Group – One day, one day Congotay
Lead – Which means one day you will pay.
Lead & Group-Even if it is when you will get older, then
What you sow I say one day you will reap one day.
Lead- Oh
Group-Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai yai.
Lead -It’s too much too much
Group-Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai yai
She can’t take the beating
Group-Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai yai
Oh God
Oh God
Group-Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai yai
Lead -It’s time to stop the flow of violence
Group: Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai yai.
Lead- Live life [words are indistinguishable]
Group- Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai yai.
Group-Cry-yai-yai-yai-yai yai

[singing fades]
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Transcription by Azizi Powell from the sound file. Additions and corrections are very welcome

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EDITORIAL COMMENT ABOUT THE SAYING "ONE DAY, ONE DAY CONGOTAY" (CONGOTE)
"One day one day Congotay" is a Caribbean (Trinidad & Tobago, and Grenada) proverb that means "One day you will pay for your misdeeds".

A portion of the entry for the word "congotay" in Lise Winer's book Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On Historical Principles [Google Books] suggests that "congotay" came from the words "Congo's Day". "Congo" here is a referent for all people of Black African ancestry and not just people of Bakongo ancestry. My sense is that Lise Winer's conclusion is that "One day Congo's Day" is a shorthand way of saying that one day justice will prevail for all the wrong that has been done to Black people. The proverb "one day one day congotay" extends that core meaning to apply to individuals who do wrong and who will one day (also) have to pay for their misdeeds.

Two pancocojams posts will be published ASAP that continue this exploration into the meaning of the proverb "One day Congotay". The first additional post presents other examples and comments about the Caribbean folk saying "one day one day Congotay" and the second post features examples of the children's line game song "Congotay".

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Videos Of "Pepsi Cola Cheer" (Slide & Slide And Do The Butterfly)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases a video clip from the Hannah Montana television show that features the children's cheer "Slide And Slide" (and do the Butterfly"). In addition, this post also includes 8 videos of girls performing a cheer that includes that same line or a very similar line. The text (words) to these featured videos are also included in this post. Note that this is only a small sample of the YouTube "Pepsi Cola Cheers" that include the words "slide and slide and do the Butterfly".

This is a companion post to http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-butterfly-cabbage-patch-dances-in.html. That post presents information and instructional videos of those two dances and examples of other children's cheers that refer to The Butterfly and/or the Cabbage Patch dances of the late 1980s /early 1990s.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, recreational, and aesthetic purposes.

Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post, including the contributors of these cheer examples. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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EDITOR'S COMMENT
Overview
This sample of those cheers are referred to as the "Pepsi Cola Dance" or the "Pepsi Cola Cheer" because their beginning words repeat the brand name of that carbonated soft drink. However, examples of "Slide And Slide" (and do the Butterfly) may not include the beginning "Pepsi Cola Pepsi Cola" line or lines.

There are also other examples of children's cheers/rhymes that have "Pepsi Cola" in their titles or in their first lines, but don't contain the "slide and slide and do the Butterfly" verse.* There are also a number of children's rhymes and cheers that include the brand name "Coca Cola" in their title or in their words (for example "Coca Cola Came To Town" rhymes and versions of "The Boys Got The Muscles" rhymes)*. However, to date, I've not found any examples of "Slide And Slide" (and do the butterfly) which use the brand name "Coca Cola" (or any other soda brand name) instead of "Pepsi Cola". However, for what it's worth, it seems to me that the brand name "Pepsi Cola" is used more often in English language children's rhymes and cheers than the brand name "Coca Cola" or the brand name of any other carbonated soda.

Structure
Like other playground rhymes and cheers, "Pepsi Cola" (Slide And Slide) is mostly made up of two line rhyming verses. Also, like other playground rhymes and cheers, many versions of "Pepsi Cola" (Slide And Slide) are composed by combining two or more stand alone (independent) rhymes or cheers. The words "Pepsi Cola Pep Pepsi Cola" are introductory lines which are chanted for rhythmic effect and don't have any other connection with the rest of the cheer's words.

My comments after Example #2 provides an example of how introductory lines and two or more independent cheers/rhymes are used to create one cheer.

Why "Pepsi Cola" (Slide And Slide) Is Widely Known In The United States
It's my position that the "Slide And Slide" cheer is well known among children's cheerleading squads in the United States because of its inclusion on the Hannah Montana television show. That video clip & the words to that version of this cheer are given as Example #1 below. It should be noted that on that show the "slide and slide" cheer doesn't include the beginning "Pepsi Cola Pepsi Cola" or "Coca Cola Coca Cola" lines. It's also my position that the way that cheer was performed on the Hannah Montana show greatly influenced the way that girls have performed and continue to perform that cheer, particularly with regards to the wiggly hand movements that are done while saying "and do the Butterfly". In those cheers, "The Butterfly" refers to a Jamaican Dancehall Reggae dance that was adopted by United States Hip-Hop dancers. However, I doubt that girls performing that cheer know that.

More On Cultural Influences
The "Slide And Slide" (and do the Butterfly) cheer is important because it serves as an example of the increasing influence of African American culture on the cheer words and the performance of traditional (mainstream) children's cheerleading.

Traditional cheerleading cheers focus on the athletic team and on the game being played and not on the cheerleading squad as is the case with the "Slide And Slide" cheer. Furthermore, traditional cheerleaders didn't chant about shaking their "little hips" as the "Slide And Slide" cheerleaders do because traditional cheerleaders are prohibited from shaking anything but their pom poms. Yet, it seems to me that the proponents of "old school" traditional cheerleading are fighting a losing battle to retain the old ways of saying and doing cheers, particularly among the pre-high school and university age cheerleaders, in large part due to the influence of the Bring It On cheerleader movie series ** and the inclusion of cheers like "Slide And Slide on popular children's oriented shows such as Hannah Montana.

*Visit my cocojams.com website for examples of contemporary English language children's rhymes and cheers. Among the pages of that website which include examples of children's rhymes & cheers are http://www.cocojams.com/content/childrens-cheerleader-cheers,http://www.cocojams.com/content/handclap-jump-rope-and-elastics-rhymes, and http://www.themoviedb.org/collection/16698-bring-it-on-collection
"The "Bring It On" franchise is a collection of [five] films about two competing high school cheerleading squads.(2000-2009)"
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These cheerleading squads combine acrobatic moves with urban (African American) originated dance style movements.
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"Outside of the United States, American-style cheerleading is sometimes referred to as Bring It On-style cheerleading.[15] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_It_On_(film)

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FEATURED VIDEOS
With the exception of the Hannah Montana video clip, these videos are presented in chronological order based on their YouTube posting date. The videos with the oldest dates are given first.

Example #1: Hannah Montana Lost Episode #5 - Cheerleaders



doublekproductions36 Uploaded on Dec 16, 2007
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The "Slide And Slide" cheerleader routine begins at 1:58 - 2:11 of this clip. The words chanted are:
"And slide and slide and do the Butterfly
And dip and dip and shake my little hips
I want you and you to cheer with me too"
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On the “do the butterfly” line, Miley wiggles her hands which are crossed slightly below her chin while she does the “Butterfly” dance movements.

By the way, judging from the number of examples found online, the "You Might Be Good At __" cheer which "Lily" performed in that clip (2:21 - 2:40) is also quite popular among children's cheerleaders in the United States.

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Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Montana for information about this American television show.

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Example #2: The girls dancing pepsi cola!



ImBeyondBeautifull Uploaded on Jun 29, 2011

Awww so cute Dancing to beyonce having fun
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Here are the words to this example:

Pepsi-cola
Pep Pepsi cola
Pepsi-cola
Pep Pepsi cola
I can slide and slide
and do the Butterfly
I can dip and dip
and shake my little hips
I want you and you
To do it with me too
To the Front [clap clap clap clap)
To the Back (clap clap clap clap)
To the Side
Front
Back
Side side
Let me see you Butterfly
Five six seven eight
Let me see that booty shake
My mother's short and fine
She got a butt like mine
And when she cross the street
The cars go beep, beep, beep
The cars go beep, beep, beep
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This cheer is composed of five different sections, four of which have spoken words.
1. The words "Pepsi Cola" serve as the introduction to the cheer.
2. The words "I can slide and slide" start the beginning of the 2nd section of this cheer.
3. The words "To the front" start the 3rd section of this cheer.
4. The words "My mama's short and fine" start the 4th section of this cheer/
5. The 5th section of this cheer consists of the girls doing a foot stomping routine without words.

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Example #3: Pepsi cola dance


msanagisele1, Uploaded on Jul 26, 2011

Stars are born
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Here are the words to this example:

Pepsi Cola pep Pepsi Cola.
Pepsi Cola pep Pepsi cola.
I can slide and slide and do the Butterfly.
I can dip and dip
And shake my little hips.
I want you and you
To cheer with me too.
Front (clap clap clap clap).
Back(clap clap clap clap).
Side side.
Front.
Back.
Side side.
Watch me do the Butterfly.
Up down, turn around.
Watch me score a touchdown.

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Example #4: Pepsi Cola Cheer



MzMadame, Uploaded on Aug 21, 2011

Kennedi's School Cheer
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Here are the words to those cheers:

pep pepsi cola
I can slide and slide
And do the butterfly
I can dip and dip
and shake my little hips
I want you and you
To do what I do
I say Front [clap clap clap clap)
Back (clap clap clap clap)
Front
Back
Side side
Let me see you Butterfly
Five six seven eight
Let me see your booty shake

A bowl of cereal
A slice of banana
We are the girls from Louisiana
The coach got the brains
The boy got the muscle
The girls got the legs
So hustle hustle
My team got one
dynamite
My team got two
dynamite
My team got three
tick tick tick tick
BOOM dynamite
Psych!
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"Booty" = butt
"Hustle" means "get to work"
“Psych!” means “I’m just kidding
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The "A Bowl Of Cereal" cheer begins at .037 of this video.
The line "My team got one" actually begins a new cheer which might be performed independent of any other cheer.

"Dy- No-Mite" was the signature exclamation of the fictitious character "J.J." in the 1974-1979 American television series Good Times. I believe that this is the source of that word being used so often in children's rhymes and cheers. The word "dynamite" means that something or someone is very good. However, in children's rhymes and cheers that word is also equated with the actual dynamite explosives.

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Example #5: Pepsi-Cola Cheer



chris kozlowski, Published on May 25, 2012
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Here are the words to this example:

Pepsi-cola
Pep pepsi cola
Pepsi-cola
Pep pepsi cola

We slide and slide
We do the butterfly
We dip and dip
And shake our little hips
We want you and you
To do it with us too
I saya to the Front
to the Back
to the Side to Side
Front
Back
Side to side
Criss cross applesauce
But that’s not all
That’s no all
We’re gonna break it down for you**
Go Team!
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**Break it down" means to do your best dance moves.

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Example #6: us dancing pepsi cola



jose cali Published on Jul 25, 2012
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Here are the words to this example:

We stomp our feet
We boogie to the beat
We turn around
We touch the ground
We wiggle it
Just
a little bit
We slide and slide and do the butterfly
We dip and dip
and shake our little hips
I want you and you
to cheer with me too
Front (clap clap clap clap clap)
Back(clap clap clap clap clap)
Side to side
Front,
Back,
Side to side
Let me see you do the Butterfly.
5, 6, 7, 8
Let me see your booty shake.

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Example #7: Cheer, Pepsi Cola



Carla Johnson, Published on Mar 26, 2013

4 out of 7 of my girls doing the pepsi cola cheer, they had an awesome coach for a 7 and under age range
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The words to this example are the same as the words in Example #3 except that the last line is "Let me see a touchdown". Yeah!"

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Example #8: Pepsi-Cola Dance



Cailey19Cailey, Published on Aug 2, 2013

My little sister really likes to do cheers her favorite one is Pepsi-Cola! She 3 years old almost four!
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Here are the words to this example:

Pepsi-cola
pep pepsi cola
pep pepsi cola
pep pepsi cola
So I can slide and slide
And do the butterfly
So I can dip and dip
and shake my little hips
I want you and you
To do what I do
To the Front
To the Back
To the Side
To the Side
Front, Back, Side, Side
Let me see that Butterfly
Five six seven eight
Let me see that booty shake

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The Butterfly & The Cabbage Patch Dances In Children's Cheers

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases the late 1980s and early 1990s Dancehall Reggae originated dance "The Butterfly" which was adopted as a Hip Hop dance. This post also showcases the Hip Hop dance "The Cabbage Patch" that was also from that same time period.

Information and instructional videos of those two dances and seven examples of children's cheers that refer to one or both of these dances are also included in this post.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/03/videos-of-pepsi-cola-cheer-slide-slide.html for the related pancocojams post "Videos Of "Pepsi Cola Cheer" (Slide & Slide And Do The Butterfly)".

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, recreational, and aesthetic purposes.

Thanks to the unknown creators of these dances. Thanks also to all those who are featured in these videos and all those who are quoted in this post, including the contributors of these cheer examples. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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INFORMATION & INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO ABOUT THE BUTTERFY (DANCEHALL REGGAE/HIP-HOP DANCE)
"The Butterfly" is a Dancehall Reggae dance from the late 1980s which was quickly appropriated by American (USA) Hip-Hop dancers. I believe that the earliest recorded song that mentions this dance is Macka B's "Do The Mutterfly" (1986)

Here's an excerpt of the lyrics for that song:
...Do the butterfly
Straight from Jamaica
Dem a do the butterfly.
Fly fly
Do the butterfly...

Yeah, everybody’s doin it
dance come alive
Let me tell you it’s good exercise
But some timin must be applied
Strong legs and the hip on your side
Feet together den take them wide
Move your foot from side to side
Flap your hands just like a butterfly
Whine your waist inside outside
Let the Reggae music be your guide...
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Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macka_B for information about this British/Jamaican rapper. Also, click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/02/do-butterfly-macka-b-lyrics.html for a pancocojams post that includes a video of this song and my transcription of the song's lyrics.

Note that there are "Butterfly" dances in other dance genres.

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How to Do the Butterfly | Hip-Hop Dancing



Howcast, Published on Sep 25, 2012
Watch more How to Do Hip-Hop Dance Moves videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/505209-...

Learn how to do the Butterfly from professional dancer Charlene "Chi-Chi" Smith in this Howcast dance video.

We're taking you back to the island, island breeze, island everything. We're going to show you how to do the Butterfly. Not the swim technique, but the dance, okay?

You're going to start with your feet a little bit wider than your shoulders. You're going to bend your knees, because the motion of the Butterfly, your knees go in, and then they come out. They go in, and then they come out. In, out, in, out.

Now, there's always a waist involved, when it comes to reggae. So, especially since the Butterfly was always done nice and slow, you want to try to wind your waist, which is just taking it in a circle. I'm going to go clockwise, it's the way I like. So, you have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

You can use your arms, if you want. You can hold them up. You can do one leg, same motion, or keep it to two. And the Butterfly used to move.

Let's try some music.
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Other YouTube instructional videos for the Butterfly may slightly differ from this video.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE CABBAGE PATCH (HIP-HOP DANCE)
From http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/archives/2005/04/whats_your_happ.html [Sorry. This website is no longer viable.]
"The cabbage patch dance was introduced to the world courtesy of Gucci Crew II in 1987 but popularized by the San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice in the 1990s. The cabbage patch dance is so simple; all you need to do is stretch out your arms, put your hands together, and move them around a bit on a horizontal plane. It is especially funny when combined with the Roger Rabbit leg motions".
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"Roger Rabbit" is the star of the 1988 animated American movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pua9UszdO24 for an instructional video on "The Roger Rabbit" Hip Hop dance

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How to Do the Cabbage Patch | Hip-Hop Dancing



Howcast Published on Sep 24, 2012

Watch more How to Do Hip-Hop Dance Moves videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/505208-...

Learn how to do the Cabbage Patch from professional dancer Charlene "Chi-Chi" Smith in this Howcast dance video.

We're going to take you to the Cabbage Patch. Not the dolls, but the dance.

We got Tech here. He is going to demonstrate the Cabbage Patch for us. Let's start with the arms. Tech moves his arms in a clockwise motion. Whichever way is easiest for you, counterclockwise or clockwise. You choose.

We're going to start. One, two, three, four. Just circular motions. Five, six, seven, eight. Yes, counterclockwise, that's what I meant. Let's try that again. Six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Those are the arms.

The legs lean with the arms. So let's just do the body without the arms. If you're going counterclockwise, like Tech, you're going to start your lean in the direction where your arms are going to start, which would be on the right side. Let's try slowly with the lean, six, seven, just the lean. You go one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, with a tiny little step. Two, three, four, five, six, let's add the arms. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. That's the Cabbage Patch. That's the Cabbage Patch. In a circle. In a circle.

Let's get some music going. He's ready to party.

Cabbage Patch, y'all.

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FEATURED TEXT EXAMPLES OF CHILDREN'S CHEERS THAT MENTION "THE BUTTERFLY" AND/OR "THE CABBAGE PATCH" DANCES
Note: Many examples of the "Pepsi Cola" children's cheer include a reference to "The Butterfly" (The Dancehall Reggae/Hip-Hop Dance). Examples of that cheer will be featured on a pancocojams post that will be published ASAP.

Example #1:
hening is our name
and football is our game
so hold the sugar
do the freddie cougar
and step on back and do the cabage patch
-talor and leelee; http://www.cocojams.com/content/childrens-cheerleader-cheers , September 24, 2006
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"Hening" is probably the name of the school these girls attended.

"Freddy Cougar" is a folk etymology form of "Freddy Krueger", a fictional character in the popular 1984 American horror movie Nightmare On Elm Street. If I recall correctly, the "Freddy Krueger" Hip-Hop dance imitated that character's arm slashing and stiff walking stalking movements. Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Krueger.
Also, click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP3C0UaD9eI "Tha 4 Horsemen Krump Freddy Kruger Hip Hop Beat" for a video of a Hip-Hop dancer doing some "Freddy Krueger" moves.

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Example #2:
heres a cheer for you

hey yall up in them stands
let me see you clap your hand ( 1 1 1 1 1)
now that you got that beat
let me see you stamp your feet ( 1 1 1 1 1)
now that you got that groove
let me see your body move (cabbage patch)
-brittany b; http://www.cocojams.com/content/childrens-cheerleader-cheers , February 28, 2007
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I believe that the letters in parenthesis indicate the number of times you clap your hands and stamped your feet. Also, I believe that the dance name in parenthesis means that you do that dance, and not that you say that dance's name.)

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Example #3:
hear is a cheer i used to do when I was little:

bang bang choo choo train come
on girls lets do our thang,
i can't why not,
I can't why not,
Because my back is achin and my bra is too tight
my bootie shakin from the left to the right left
right left right. I kick so high I do the butterfly,
I squat down low and do the rodeo,
I step right back and do the cabbage patch,
I stop I drop and do the bootie pop,
boys can't do it
they really want 2 touch my bootie,
they really want 2 spin me around,
they really want 2 criss cross me down,
they really want want 2 swim through my ocean,
hey really want to oosh my body baby
oosh my body ossh ossh ossh.
-Whitney ; http://www.cocojams.com/content/childrens-cheerleader-cheers ,April 29, 2007
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"Bang Bang Choo Choo Train is (or was?) a VERY popular children's taunting hand clap rhyme that is also performed in various ways as a children's cheerleader cheer. Visit this page of my cocojams.com website for numerous examples of that hand clap rhyme: http://www.cocojams.com/content/schoolyard-taunts

The "Bootie (Booty) Pop" (also known as "the Bootie Bounce") is a 1990s butt shaking Hip Hop dance.

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Example #4:
butterfly i learnd it from hannah Montana

"i move i slide i do the butterfly
i dance i twist
i shake my little hips
and i want you and you to cheer it with me to"
-kelsey ; http://www.cocojams.com/content/childrens-cheerleader-cheers , July 7, 2007
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Montana
Hannah Montana, also known as Hannah Montana Forever for the fourth season, is an American musical comedy series created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll, and Barry O'Brien which focused on Miley Stewart (portrayed by Miley Cyrus), a teenager living a double life as an average schoolgirl by day and a famous recording artist Hannah Montana by night. It follows the day-to-day life of Miley"...The series, produced by It's a Laugh Productions and Michael Poryes Productions, premiered on Disney Channel on March 24, 2006 and concluded on January 16, 2011 after airing four seasons and ninety-eight episodes"...

I believe that the "I move I slide" cheer pre-dates* its inclusion on the Hannah Montana show. However, the fact that it was chanted on that show probably undoubtedly greatly contributed to that cheer's popularity.

*This is a presumption on my part. I don't know when this cheer was first chanted.

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Example #5
when i was growing up we said

i like to kick up high
and do the dirty wine
i like to get down low
and do the rolley pole
i like to step right back
and do the cabbet pack
i like to stop drop pop pop pop
shake shake shake viiiiiibrate
my momma short and fine
got a butt like mine
and when she cross the street
then cars go beep beep beep beep
-nana ;http://www.cocojams.com/content/childrens-cheerleader-cheers , November 3, 2007
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The phrase "the "dirty wine" in this example probably comes from the Jamaican dance "the Dutty Wine". Interestingly enough, "dutty" means "dirty" (as in "nasty"; "sexually provocative" in Jamaican patois.

"The rolley pole" is probably the dance "the roly poly". Notice that that this reference to "the roly poly" pre-dates the popular 2014 Soca song “Rolly Polly by Mr Killa.* I don't remember how the "Roly Poly" dance was done (if I ever knew.) But it probably was a "hip and butt shaking" (wining) dance similar to or the same as how the 2014 "Rolly Polly" dance is performed.

"The cabbet pack" mentioned in this cheer is "The Cabbage Patch" dance.

*Warning: Videos of these Caribbean dances are rather risque.)

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Example #6:
My momma's short and fine,
she gotta butt like mine.
And when she crossed the street,
all the cars go beep beep beep.
She likes to kick up high,
and do the butterfly.
She likes to get down low,
and do the rodeo.
She likes to slide and slide
and do the butterfly.
And dip and dip
and shake my little hips
and i want you and you
to do it with me too. Whoo!
-Ally ; http://www.cocojams.com/content/childrens-cheerleader-cheers , November 16, 2008
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The Rodeo" was a Hip Hop dance in which the dancers did rhythmical skipping like movements in a (individual) circle while pretending to twirl a lasso.

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Example #7:
Rock the boat. Don't tip it over.
Rock the boat. Don't tip it over.
Hey, ______. "
Hey what?"
Hey, ______. "
Hey what?"
D'you wanna rock the boat? "
No way."
D'you wanna rock the boat?!
"Ok."
She slides. She slides.
She does the buttafly
She turns around, touchs the ground
And wiggles it just a little bit*
Rock the boat dont tip it over
rock the boat dont tip it over
-Aria StyPayHorLikSon, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9QuTsAtQPY [comment], 2010
[reformatted for this post]
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*Instead of the line "And wiggles it just a little bit", in the 1990s (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) I heard this line “she gets back up and breaks it down” [“Breaks it down” meaning dances really good, does her best dance moves]. That line fits the cheer better because it rhymes.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-hues-corporation-rock-boat-video.html for a pancocojams post on The Hues Corporation's record "Rock The Boat" that includes examples of children's rhymes with that "rock the boat/don't tip it over" lines.

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Chaka Demus - Jump Up (Workie Workie) sound file & lyrics

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases a sound file of Chaka Demus' 1990 Dancehall Reggae hit "Jump Up (Workie Workie)". This post also includes my attempt at transcribing the lyrics to that song. I made that attempt because I was surprised that the lyrics to this Chaka Demus song aren't already online.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Chaka Demus for his musical legacy. Thanks also to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE: Chaka Demus - Jump Up (Workie Workie)



browningbbw, Uploaded on Aug 27, 2008

Chaka Demus - Jump Up (Workie Workie)

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LYRICS
Spoken:
All people
I wanna all of you feel happy
Ah sweetness come down
As long as Chaka Demus is about
Hear this!

Jump around say you know say you ready
Workie Workie Workie Workie
Watch me now
Every posse come listen me now
Watch out!
Pick up your foot
Say you know say you sexy.
Workie Workie Workie Workie
Don’t worry
Cause everything’s down
and everything’s irie
Hear the DJ in a dancehall party
Watch out the young girl and back her up steady
And bob her on the left
And bob her on the right
And listen Chaka Demus
So you to dynamite
Me no wan another fuss
Me no wan another fight
Every posse come and dance
And listen me tonight, tonight tonight tonight

Jump around
Say you know say you ready
Workie Workie Workie Workie
Watch me now
Every posse come listen me now
Watch out!
Pick up your foot
Say you know say you sexy.
Workie Workie Workie Workie

Hear me now tell the world that me name is Chaka
Hear me now jump around cause you love the Chaka
See how me rub her into the corner
Hear me now cause it’s the true Imma a master blaster

Put up your hand if you know say you sexy
Workie Workie Workie Workie
And your posse now
Jump around cause you know say you sexy
Workie Workie Workie Workie
Hear me now
So if you rub it and you love it
Clap your hand
If you rub it and you love it
Clap your hand
If you rub it and you love it
Than you really want to shove it
If you rub it and you love it-
Hear me now!

So if you rub it and you love it
Stomp your feet
If you rub it and you love it
Stomp your feet
If you rub it and you love it
Than you really want to shove it
If you rub it and you love it-
Watch me now

Don’t worry
Cause everything’s down
and everything’s irie
Hear the DJ in a dancehall party
Watch out the young girl and back her up steady
And bob her on the left
And bob her on the right
And listen Chaka Demus
So you too dynamite
Me no wanna fuss
Me no wanna fight
Every posse come and dance
Get a young girl and get her down and turn out the light
and bob her real tighta tighta tighta
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Transcription by Azizi Powell from the sound file. Italics mean that I'm not certain about my transcription of those words. Additions and corrections are very welcome

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Editorial Comments About Several Words In The Song:
The word "workie" is a form of the English word "work". This Dancehall Reggae song uses the African American Vernacular English meaning of the word "work" = "to do something (such as dance) very well".

posse - a Hip Hop term for "close friends, people you "hang around with".

If the transcription "So you to dynamite" is correct, I think it means "so you to can be dynamite"(very good).

"master blaster" - a referent from the early Hip-Hop days meaning "a very good DJ"

The verse toward the end of Chaka Demus' "Jump Around" that includes the line "clap your hand" and the verse of that song that includes the line "stomp your feet" are modeled after the children's movement song "If You're Happy And You Know It".

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Machel Montano - "Ministry Of The Road" (videos & lyrics)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases three videos of and lyrics for Machel Montano's song "Ministry Of The Road". "Ministry Of The Road" (M.O.R) is the 2014 Trinidad & Tobago Carnival's Soca Road March Song.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composers of this song. Thanks also to Machel Montano for performing this song and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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FEATURED VIDEOS
Video #1: Machel Montano: Ministry Of The Road”

Machel Montano - Ministry Of Road (M.O.R.) | Official Music Video | Soca 2014| Trinidad Carnival


Machelmontanomusic Published on Feb 21, 2014

Song Written by Jelani "Pops" Shaw, Kasey Phillips, Nikholai Greene & Machel Montano
Produced & Mixed by P.A.G.E., Precision Productions & Machel Montano
Background Vocals by Nikita Browne, Jenna De Leon & Jelani Shaw
Mastered by Mike Wells, CA

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Video #2: MACHEL MONTANO | MINISTRY OF ROAD (M.O.R) | LYRICS



MrCaribKaraoke, Published on Jan 20, 2014

Lyrics video for Machel Montano's MOR ( Ministry of Work ), written by Jelani Shaw, Machel Montano and Kasey Phillips, produced by Precision Productions

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Video #3: Machel Montano - "Ministry of Roads" Winning Performance Power Soca Monarch 2014 [HD]



Mike Sam, Published on Mar 1, 2014

Power Soca Monarch Results
1. Machel Montano - "Ministry Of The Road"
2. Hollice "Mr Kill@" Mapp - "Rolly Polly"
2. Neil Iwer George - "Mama Oye"
2. Destra Garcia - "Mash Up"

2014 International Soca Monarch Finals (Power & Groovy Categories) at Haseley Crawford Stadium
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Notice the three way tie for second place.
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LYRICS*
(Jelani "Pops" Shaw, Kasey Phillips, Nikholai Greene & Machel Montano)

Work! Work! Work Work!
Down on de ground (3x)
So giwwe more
We wa more
Giwwe more
We wa more!
And giwwe stage
We wa staaaage
Down on de ground (3x)
We wa staaaage
Down on de ground (4x)

See for dis carnival
Nobody waiting long
Cya stay in a traffic jam
Or wait by de hospital
We ready to make a mas
Trucks dem line up in town
People ready to run
One million coming down
Or wait by de hospital
We ready to make a mas
Trucks dem line up in town
People ready to run
One million coming down
Ah say

On de road or in a party
We come to work!
When you jamming on somebody
Ah say
On de road or in a party
We come to work!
When you jamming on somebody
We come to work!
Make a decision
Work!
To mash up every ground
Work!
When yuhsee carnival come

Giwwe a Ministry a’ Rooooad
More road
To build when we mash up on de road
More road.
Fix up when we movin to de stage
More stage
Nobody cya stop we
If iz lock up, charge or pay money

Giwwe road
We have authority now to…
Work! [3x]
We have authority now to…
Work [4x]
Down on de ground! [4x]
Jump on de ground now
Work!
Mash up de ground now
Work!
Jump on de ground now
Work!
Mash up de ground now
Work!
Say, mash it up now
Work!
Yah, mash it up now
Work!
Hey, mash it up now
Work!
Say, mash it up now
Work!

Say giwwe more
We wa more
Giwwe more
We wa more!
And giwwe stage
We wa stage
Down on de ground [3x]
We wa stage
Down on de ground [4x]
As we come off de stage
Dey say dat we break it down
Yes, we mash up d place
To build it back up in town.

Coming round de savannah
Heading down by de square
We building up everything
When we done mash up everywhere
To build it back up in town
Ah saaaay-aaa

Look at all the 18-wheelers rollin’
We come to work!
Watch material they totin’
We come to work!
Make a decision
Work!
To mash up every ground
Work!
When you see carnival come

Giwwe a Ministry a' Roooad
More road
To build when we mash up on de road
More road.
Fix up when we movin to de stage
More stage
Nobody cya stop we
If iz lock up, charge or pay money
Giwwe road
We have authority now to…
Work! [4x]
Down on de ground! [4x]
Jump on de ground now [etc]
[repeat “We want more etc]

We want more! [7x]
Giwwe a Minstry a’ Road
More road
To build when we mash up on de road
We want more!
Giwwe a Minstry a’ Road
More road
To build when we mash up on de road
We want more!
Fix up when we moving to de stage
More stage
More road
Fix up when we moving to de stage
More stage
Nobody cya stop we [etc]
[continue repeating previous lyrics]

*These are partial lyrics that I transcribed from the words given in the video that is presented above as Example #2.
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One of the reasons why the song "Ministry Of The Road" is so creative is the dual meanings for certain of its words. Besides it's standard English meaning, in this song the word "work" and the phrase "work it" means "to do something (such as dance) very well".

The word "mash up" in this song is another example of the songwriters' creativity. I'm presuming that "mash up" has the same meaning in this Trini song as it does in the definition given in this online Jamaican dictionary: http://niceup.com/patois.html "Mash up"/"Mash down" means "destroy" and "Mash it up" means "a huge success". "Destroy" here probably has the same meaning as "killed it" in African American slang (to do something exceptionally well, in this case, performing very well.) Notice that "Mash Up" is the title for one of the three songs that tied for second place in the Soca Monarch Finals given above.
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Here are standard English words for a few other words from the "Ministry Of The Road" song:
giwwe - give us
wa - want
cya - can't

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Ten Examples Of Haitian Kanaval (Carnival) 2014 Songs

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post presents ten videos of songs from the Haitian carnival that was held on March 2, 3, and 4th, 2014. These videos are just a small sample of the numerous Haitian kanaval 2014 songs that were posted on YouTube.

I selected these examples from the Haitian carnival 2014 that I watched* because they met my aesthetic taste for sound, beat, and video content. Unfortunately, I don't speak or read Haitian Creole, the language I think was used for these songs, their titles, the publisher's summaries and most of their viewers' comments. Consequently, I don't know what is being sung. I hope that it's something good. :o)

* I viewed & listened to about 25 videos, but this website that I found listed 65 Haitian carnival 2014 songs: http://haitianmyspace.com/index.php?view=display&id=219&option=com_music. That website also listed the number of times that the songs were downloaded. I didn't do a thorough check to verify that all of the songs featured in this pancocojams post are included in that list, but I assume that they are.

http://www.haitiopen.com/haiti-news/haiti-carnival-2014/ indicates that "Music is one of the most important ingredients of the Haiti Kanaval. Musicians generally engage in a wide range of genres, including Haitian rap, zouk, Compas music, and mizik rasin." [snip] I'm not sure about what the music genres are for the examples that are featured in this post. I would appreciate learning any information about these songs and their performers.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.

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FEATURED VIDEOS
These examples are presented in chronological order based on their YouTube posting dates with the oldest examples given first. When two or more videos were posted on the same date, the videos are posted in alphabetical order based on the first letter of their titles. No editorial comments or viewer comments are posted with these examples.

Video #1: Olivier Martelly [Kanaval 2014 Official Video] "kase Le Zo" Ft. Roodboy & Top Adlerman



FredAccess kompa, Published on Feb 1, 2014

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Video #2: Anbyans - Pran Lari A Kanaval 2014 [Official Video]



plezikanaval, Published on Feb 8, 2014

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Video #3: C KANS - MATE LI TET KALE - HAITI KANAVAL 2014



Kale Pwa TV, Published on Feb 8, 2014

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Video #4: Scandal Mizik -'' Perle des Antilles'' (kanaval 2014)



Emmanuel V, Published on Feb 8, 2014

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Video #5: Chalè "Fè Bagay" [Kanaval 2014]



Evens Siméon, Published on Feb 9, 2014

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Video #6: Chachou Boyz - Chachou Refel Anko [Haiti Carnaval 2014 Video]



Kale Pwa, Published on Feb 14, 2014

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Video #7: Vwadezil - N'ap Koupe Yo Fache Kanaval 2014 Official Video



plezikanaval, Published on Feb 20, 2014

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Video #8: Brothers Posse [Kanaval 2014 Haiti] Chochonet



Kale Pwa, Published on Feb 21, 2014

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Video #9: Koudjay & King Kessy [Kanaval 2014] Beton An Pou Nou 2



Kale Pwa, Published on Feb 23, 2014

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Video #10: T-VICE SKANDAL Kanaval 2014 OFFICIAL VIDEO


Roberto Martino, Published on Feb 24, 2014

Produced by: Lux Media & Marketing
DP: Dalex St Juste, Abdias Laguerre
Editor :Oriol Vatelia

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What "Reading Someone", "Throwing Shade", & "No Tea No Shade" Mean

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post provides information & comments about the vernacular terms "reading someone", "throwing shade", and the vernacular saying "no tea no shade". One video blog on this subject with a partial transcription is included in this post.

The content of this post is provided for cultural and educational purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of this video on YouTube.

WARNING: Most YouTube videos & viewer comment threads about reading and throwing shade contain profanity and other content that may be considered objectionable.

I consider the examples of profanity in this post, including in the featured video, to be mild profanity, i.e. the words "bitch" and "ass". Another somewhat mild "curse word" is given with partial spelling. (Remember I'm a grandmother. So give me some slack, okay? Thanks.)

AND AS A BONUS - a video of Reading Is Fundamental from RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4 along with a few comments from that video's viewer comment thread

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WHAT "READING" MEANS
From http://www.waywordradio.org/throw_shade/
"Reading, Reading to filth — To really let someone have it; to insult or criticize.

Ex: Well, if I see her out tonight, I will read her to filth. I will tear her sh&& up like newspaper.

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From http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=read
"Read
To tell someone about themself, mostly used by gay black men.

"That was a read honey!"
"Don't do it honet,* I will read your ass"
by Darren December 03, 2004
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"honet" may be a typo for "honey" or "hunty" . Click http://www.buzzfeed.com/saeedjones/a-beginners-guide-to-drag-speak for information about that word.

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Read
"n. a taunt or mockery. A phrase or word used to mock someone in a humorous way.

When she said that you should have taken the receipt with your haircut, that was a read."

by Xing Shuay June 06, 2009

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From http://www.buzzfeed.com/saeedjones/a-beginners-guide-to-drag-speak
"verb: to insult someone ruthlessly without breaking a sweat; see: Mariah Carey every time she refers to Nicki Minaj.

“Oh, miss thing. You don’t want it. I will read you six feet under and then twerk on your grave.”

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[Addition April 8, 2014]
Example of the use of "reading for filth"
"I am so tired of Courtney reading Joslyn for filth. I was rooting for her at the beginning, but her attitude is starting to turn me off. She just seems really pretentious and honestly I'm surprised the judges aren't reading her for her consistent middle-of-the-road performances. Ugh. /rant" http://www.reddit.com/r/rupaulsdragrace/comments/22hnsr/season_6_episodes_7_8_rupersized_postepisode/ "RuPaul Drag Race's discussion- season 6,episodes 7 & 8"
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Another commenter said that Laganja knew the difference between those two words, but she was just being clever.

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WHAT "THROWING SHADE" MEANS
From http://gawker.com/5980303/go-ahead-and-throw-all-the-shade-you-want-straight-people
Rich Juzwiak "Go Ahead and Throw All the Shade You Want, Straight People (1/30/13)

"When I want to explain exactly what shade (as in "throwing shade") is, I refer back to the expert words of Dorian Corey in Jennie Livingston's Paris Is Burning: "Shade is, ‘I don't tell you you're ugly, but I don't have to tell you because you know you're ugly.' And that's shade."...

The subtle shade that Corey speaks of is a rarity. ....Subtlety is a dying art, which you understand if you've ever been misunderstood on the Internet. Shade is a form of expression, and expression must shift to accommodate modern media. The form and understanding of it was bound to water down...

We remember the queens of Paris Is Burning; we remember how they lived and most of us do so in admiration. The proliferation of "throwing shade" is a small victory for them, a happy ending of sorts for people who thought a lot about the mark they were leaving, a realization of what was once all a dream. When we use it, we are saying "hooray for them," and we are serious, no tea no shade.

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From http://www.waywordradio.org/throw_shade/
Posted by Grant Barrett on January 4, 2006
"throw shade
throw shade v. phr. to take a superior attitude; to criticize, demean, or insult; to diss or derogate. Editorial Note: This term has is most often associated with Black English, but it is also said to be used among gay and cross-dressing performers and club-goers. Etymological Note: Probably related to shade, v., which means “to defeat, to outdo” and dates to at least as early as 1925 and also to the far more common put in/throw in the shade with the same meaning. A mild form of the term was popularized during the late 1980s and early 1990s when the much-hyped dance and peformance style of “voguing” came to widespread attention. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)"

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WHAT "NO TEA NO SHADE" MEANS
From http://www.realitynation.com/tv-shows/rupauls-drag-race/drag-queen-lingo-dictionary/23856/#_is=1p3t37yfyodshywg1vwh3pbgmh

"No T, No Shade — No disrespect. According to RuPaul herself via Twitter: “No T No Shade = I’m not trying to come for you or offend you, but this is what its really like.”

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From http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=No%20Tea%20No%20Shade
"No Tea No Shade
A phrase meaning:
I'm not trying to come for you or offend you, but this is what its really like.

A phrase you add at the beginning or the end of a sentence that can be seen as negative to somebody, but its not supposed to be, and just stating the obvious.

Ex. 1 - Girl! No Tea No Shade, but you need to fix your hair.

Ex. 2 - Girl please! I can't get with some one I'm not attracted to, No Tea No Shade!
by <3qaadir September 12, 2009

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From http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120510161850AAa6f98
What does no tea no shade mean from RuPaul show?

Neil answered 2011
"As you wrote, it is 'no tea no shade'.

It is used at the beginning of a sentence and means, "I'm not trying to offend you..." and then they go right ahead and offend you."

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SHOWCASE VIDEO : Welcome To Reading and Shade 101



Will Howard, Published on Jan 6, 2014

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am here today to give you lessons in reading and throwing shade, along with history and tips. This is Reading and Shade 101! Class is in session!

Credits: Music "Throwing Shade" - Shaun Bentley
Movie Clips: "Paris Is Burning"

For more references on reading and throwing shade, check these YouTube Videos and Accounts out:
Got To Be Real Parody (LaBelleOfTheBall2)
Hater's Mansion (Phabian Mitchell)
The Legends Panel (ithl123)

Take Care everyone!!!
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Excerpts from that video:
"Reading (v) to insult
(looking for a flaw and then making it bigger)"...

“If you can’t read, stay out of the library.” [Don’t attempt to give a person an insult if you don’t know how to read]...

"Shade – (n) a subtle insult in the form of a question/statement.
Basically I’m insulting you, but at the same time I’m not.

Throwing shade (v) – the act of shading.
Two ways that you can throw shade
1. Non-verbal (for instance, give a side eye, look a person up and down, flip their hair to insult someone elses’ hair)
2. Verbal:
Example:
First person -"Hey you looked good in that movie I seen last night.
Second person- Movie? What movie? I was never in no movie. What movie could you be talking about?
First person – Planet of the Apes.

Tips:
1. Be creative [Throwing shade is a art form, a skill, a mindset]
2. Have the right poise [look confident and relaxed. The last thing you want to look like is intimidated]
3. Tone and Expression (Delivery is EVERYTHING)

...Don’t forget, “reading is fundamental”."
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"Reading Is Fundamental" is the name of a widely known in the USA reading (books) readiness program.

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BONUS: RuPaul's Drag Race: Reading is Fundamental - Season 4 - LogoTV



Logo TV, Published on Sep 11, 2013
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Explanation of Sharon Needle's read on Dida Ritz, and African American contestant:
inasexymood, 2013
"I was inspired by your knees." lmaoooooooooooooooooo!

Reply
Dadacomero, 2014
"l didn't get it ? can u explain it ,please?
(l'm italian)"

Reply
inasexymood, 2014
"+Dadacomero Sharon is saying her spooky 'gray' drag aesthetic was inspired by Dida's ashy knees (dry skin, especially around knees and elbows, tend to look grayish, 'ashy'. Everyone can have it, but on darker skin it's more obvious). Exquisite read."

Reply
Dadacomero, 2014
"loooooooooooooooooool
X'D thank u!"
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Additional comments from that video's viewer comment thread:
Taose HunHan, 2013
"Phi Phi can dish it but she can't take it. She was THE WORST and how rude of her to say that Sharon was weak when all she did was call people names. Shade is about insulting without being to obvious or in your face Phi Phi."

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Anthony DeVeaux, 2014
"There's a difference between reading and offending people, Phi Phi. Take notes."

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Chris Horn, 2013
"Why is it that the girls who throw the most shade throughout the competition (Tati, Phi Phi, Roxxxy) are always the ones who 1) Are crap at the reading mini-challenge and 2) Always make a narky comment when their "enemy" reads them?
I mean the nerve of Phi Phi saying "That was a weak one" when all of her reads were pathetic and tryhard."

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OrangeXenon54, 2013
"No offense to Latrice, who I LOVEEEEEEEEEE, but Sharon obv won that one, especially when he turned Phi Phi's joke on her during his time."

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Tony Lewis Williams, 2013
"Sharon, I love how you rocked the Party City!" "That's where I got your Lady Gaga wig!" LIVE FOR SHARON! xD"

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timemonkey, 2013
"You know a queen is crap at reading when the person they're trying to read reads them better with their own material."

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WaterElementall, 2013
"Everyone was reading except phi phi. Reading isn't trying to embarrass the person. Everyone else was HILARIOUS and in no hostile way what so ever. I love it! "

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Frederica Bimble, 2013
"I like Latrice's laugh when Dida says, 'you don't have to rock the prison yard look anymore'."

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BONUS 2: March 7, 2014
Here's a comment from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Zt8Z5B8Eo "RuPaul's Drag Race - Dragged to the Dark Side - LogoTV" about throwing shade and Gia, a contestant from Season 6:
Misterms Reason, 2014
..."Gia does not understand the foundation of throwing shade and just uses cliches like a parrot with zero understanding . A ladyboy mincing around a room being rude is no more throwing shade, than Susan Boyle in a bikini is being a Sports Illustrated model. Shade is a form of satire a word Gia clearly does not understand as it possess more than 2 letters. Now that is shade,"

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