What it do...
Hey peeps,
I miss chatting with you and I'm trying to catch up with the comments. One thing I wanted to share was this info I got today from a homey of mine on myspace. We went to school together and he lives in Houston, where coincidentally hip-hop also dwells. It's the birthplace ( I think) of this catchy-ass phrase "What it Do?" Paul Wall says it ALL THE TIME. And now people use it as a greetings, hey, What it Do? So, my buddy asked me this and I was like, "honestly dude, I don't even know how to answer that one." It's the first step into aging, you loose understanding of slang. I'm still cool as a polar bear's toenails, but my little nephew recently pointed out that the only person he knows who says "cool beans" is his Nana. I held back the tears and vowed to never say "cool beans" again. lol.
Anyway, my boy sent me a list of appropriate responses to the burning question "What it do?"
Proper Responses.Now you know.. Another piece of Houston slang that I picked up on recently was keeping it a hunid. That's keeping it real in Houston, one hundred (percent). Used in a sentence: "So, make long story short, I thought dude was gonna keep it a hunid with me, and he just fucked me out of my money." Lil Flip put me up on this in an interview. He also informed me that H-town has upped the percentages because, let's face it people- you have to keep shit EXTRA real these days. If you're not real, you're not even living. Am I right? You're like an inanimate object. lol. So anyway, Flip says that they've changed it to 1000. You have to keep it 1000 with people in Houston these days. FYI..
It's Done
I'm doing it
I'm making it (As in I'mma make it do what it do)
or Not a damn thing
posted by Atsui_Gal @ 11:15 AM
9 Comments:
Yeah.. ummm "Cool Beans"?
Sorry to break it to you Crusty, but I'm almost positive you were supposed to get joked if you used that any time after '93. Some areas of the U.S. missed the memo but, even in those areas, it certainly had been retired by the time people stopped keeping track of their cool points.
i thought u were supposed to get joked for "cool beans" if u were anything but a female middle-aged white school teacher.....
lol cool beans
To keep it 1000 with you homey, I've never said cool beans. BTW can I still say homey?
yo, i honestly was saying cool beans as a joke for years. just to be corny. some how it creeped into my convo, kinda like ebonics. You know if you get carried away with ebonics, it becomes hard to turn it off when it's time. So, please learn from my experience.. be careful. I think homey is still aight. btw
can i still say awesome?
I think awesome is borderline depending on your audience
all-black crowd: It's anything but awesome.
Mixed company: Awesome is OK, but watch your tone or people will think you're "not like the others"...
Yeah. I switched schools in 8th grade and the black kids lit me up for saying "awesome." I learned to use "dope" as a substitute.
hey.. i've been taking a secret survey just listening to people talk. I had one girl say "cool beans" as we got off the phone the other day.. she's a young Black lady. Then, I had my cousin say it to me on the phone or in email.. she's smoking hot and under 40. Then someone else said it to me.. who was it? Damn it just escaped me. Anyway, three people definitely said it this week. I did nothing to make them say it.
Maybe we should say that it's not something you can't say at all. I think there are some cool people who say it, like me. Of course I don't any more.. but I used to.
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