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3. DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS
3.1 Data Analysis The steps are as follow:
1. The lyrics which browsed from the internet will be read comprehensibly.
2. Every slang words which found in the lyric will be shown as italics.
3. The meaning of slang words will be described based on in the slang
dictionary. 4.
The slang words will be tabulated in tabulation data. 5.
Dominant slang words will be identified in the lyrics. 6.
The dominant slang will be calculated based on the following formula Bungin, 2005: 171-172:
Note: n
= The percentage of the dominant slang ∑
X
= The dominant slang N
= The total number of slang 7.
The slang will be classified based on Partridge’s classification.
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17 After reading comprehensibly all the words of Warren G’s lyric entitled
Get You Down , which browsed and printed from the internet website
www.azlyrics.com and found out the slang in the lyric of Warren G’s song, I tabulated the slang in tabulation data as follow:
Get U Down – Warren G, Snoop Dogg, B-Real, Side Effect Ice Cube
[Intro: Warren G] This song is dedicated to all my people
That was caught up in hurricane Katrina Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
We ridin with yall You know what Im sayin
? I feel your pain
We gon make it through this yall Yeah
Come on [Verse 1: Warren G]
We here today, then gone tomorrow Its got me singin a Marvin Gaye song
It made me wanna holla So I hop in my Impala
Just to cruise , shake my blues Its hard to follow
Hard to swallow
what they sayin on the news Good Lord, its a crazy world
Watchin cops puttin cuffs on a five year old girl
Racism, racism, got our babies in the system Mom and daddies in the prison
Thats intention, no division They the ones thats all you got
They keep the families divided Keep it gangsta, keep it real
Thats all I hear, but I dont buy
it When its Revolution time, all these fools will keep quiet
Like shhhh, you can-you can hear a pin drop Cant go to one-ten cause I might get popped
People shootin on the freeway, when will it stop?
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18 But stay strong, cause the rain dont last
And push the war up in em, will fix the price on gas [Verse 2: Ice Cube]
Why the black and the brown got to fight in the Pen The black and the brown, they squabbin again
Them God damned sheriffs, is laughin again It all stink, keep ya ass out the wind
See the black
and the brown, we can share the same land When I was a slave, where the hell did I ran?
California man, it was full of mexicans Look mu-fasa, this is they casa
Just, kick back and enjoy the sunshine Live ya life, stay away from one-time
Getcha
money man, find the lunch line This aint a joke, homie wheres the punch line?
The ghetto is a trap homie , take the cheese Soon as you do it, here come the police
Invented and designed for us to fail Homie
, dont you end up dead or in jail [Verse 3: B-Real]
Whats really good? Whats really hood?
Whats really goin on? Open your eyes and ears
Wipin
your eyes from tears From all the lies and fears
People get blinded here Let me define it clear
You gotta cross
the bed Tell em some thoughts, oppressed
Someone who flosses there You gettin lost in there
Homie
they cost they fares Niggas
get bought and passed Tell us, get caught somewhere
Never get tortured, kid I heard the shot from there
Hit on the spot, from where Right on the street, prepared
Levels
of heat, you there Spit at my feet, I swear
I will retreat, for years People deceive the peers
Make you believe the cheers
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19 But underneath the smears
I keep switchin gears Fall in my sleep, I wear
For all the seekin shake You got a dime to spare?
You sound so sincere Youre bottom line bitch yea
You sound so sincere [Verse 4: Snoop Dogg]
I try to do right I dont wanna do wrong
Im doin better things Man, I wanna live long
Aint
too many fools out there harder than me I love football so much, man I started a league
Oh what a pity, is made for the inner city Used to be dark, but now the parks real pretty
Lil
boys outside, throwin footballs In the hood
yall Hey Snoop Dogg, how could yall?
Let em pass instead of blast
The football field is a class And Im a teach ya, teach ya
my lesson Shotgun formation, no Smithson, no Wesson
The haters keep stressin And everybody wanna ask me the question
Hey Boss Dogg, how you feel now? You helpin out the kids, and they still hatin on ya, wow
[Outro: Warren G]
You know what Im sayin Theres a lot goin on in this world
But we gotta keep on pushin and movin and groovin You know what Im sayin?
Yea, even though we got these hard times We still gotta keep it steady, ya know?
Keep pushin So I want yall to ride
with me and cha-cha to this Dedicated to my people out there strugglin Stay strong
Single parents, nine-to-five, steady hustlin Stay strong College students workin hard to be somethin Stay strong
Anybody makin somethin out of nothin Stay strong Dedicated to my people on lock down Stay strong
Anybody lost somebody, wish they still around Stay strong
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20 To all the soldiers fighting for us on foreign ground Stay strong
To one and all, turn them frowns updside down
Table 1: Slang Found in “Get You Down” Lyric No.
SLANG OCCURANCE
MEANING
1. 1
Ridin Participate, Empathize
2. 5
Y’all You all
3. 4
Sayin
Saying
4. 1
Gon’
Gonna, Will
5. 1
Singin
Singing
6. 1
Holla A word used to acknowledge the
presence of a fellow companion, For a man to express interest in a
particularly impressive female specimen, To contact via
telephone
7. 1
Hop Come over or climb or jump
over, Get into
8. 1
Cruise Drive arround pointlessly with a
load of mates for hours, To leave, To go; To drive
9. 1
Blues State of dejection or gloom,
Sadness feeling
10. 1
Swallow Believe what you see, accept
something, believe a lie 11.
1 Watchin
Watching 12.
1 Puttin
Putting 13.
1 Cuffs
Abbreviation of ‘handcuffs’
14. 1
Gangsta A member of an urban street
gang, In real street slang the word Gangsta refers to any
cold blooded act of violence commited by someone for the
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or as a threat 15.
1 Buy
To be convinced to believe something
16. 1
One-ten Curfew, Going far beyond what
is neccesary. doing more than needed
17. 1
Popped To arrest, To get hit up by the
police 18.
1 Shootin
Shooting, War 19.
3 ‘em
Abbreviation of ‘them’ 20.
3 Black
Afro American, African that live in America
21. 3
Brown Latin American, Latin people
that live in America 22.
1 Pen
Abbreviation of ‘penitentiary’, jail
23. 1
Laughin laughing
24. 1
Squabbin Mock each other, To press
25. 1
Ass The buttocks, An objectionable
person, A mistake, A poor job, Expressing anger or frustration
26. 1
Hell Expressing anger or frustration
27. 1
Mu-fasa White american, Immigrant,
Newcomer
28. 1
Cassa Home
29. 1
Kick back To relax, Small gathering
between group of friends, more than a get together, less than a
party, Tell someone to chill out
30. 6
Ya You
31. 1
One-time The police. So called because
you look one time at them, as doing a double-take might attract
attention
32. 1
‘cha You
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1 Lunch line
Own bussines
34. 2
Ain’t Is not, Am not, Are not, Do not,
Have not, Will not, etc. Typically used in the double
negative, as the example sentences show
35. 4
Homie Family, Close person for you,
Friend
36. 1
Ghetto Classless, Old, Broken, Worn
out, Poor quality or poor looking 37.
1 Cheese
Money 38.
2 Hood
Derived from ‘neighborhood’, An area which one liveslived
or is in
39. 1
Wipin Wiping
40 1
Cross To betray, Wake up, Get away
from 41.
1 Flosses
Show off, Stop 42.
1 Gettin
Getting 43.
1 Cost
An event or occurrance that is detrimental or unfavorable.
44. 1
Niggas Afro American, Family, Close
person to you 45.
1 Bought
To believe a lie, Take care of something, Involved
46. 1
Passed Die, Disappeared
47. 1
Levels Gain, Increase
48. 1
Heat Tension, Gun
49. 1
Retreat A movement away from danger
or a confrontation, back along the original route, A period of
quiet rest and contemplation in a secluded place
50. 1
Peers People in the same group as you
51. 1
Smears Rotten
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1 Switchin
Switching 53.
1 Seekin
Seeking
54. 1
Dime Ten dollars worth of drugs, Ten
dollars
55. 1
Bottom line Important, The main or essential
point,The most important or fundamental aspect of a
situation, The final outcome of a process, discussion, etc
56. 1
Bitch A contemptible woman, A
girlfriend, expression of anger, Whore
57. 4
Wanna Want to
58. 1
Doin Doing
59. 1
Lil’ Little, Tiny
60. 1
Throwin Throwing
61. 1
Blast Something very fun
62. 1
Class Excellent, Cool, Smooth
63. 1
I’m a I will
64. 1
No smithson no wesson
Guns, Firearms, Smithson Wesson is a gun manufacturing
company in America
65. 1
Stressin To pester someone about
something, To worry exessively about something that is
insignificant
66. 1
Helpin Helping
67. 1
Hatin Hating
68. 2
Goin Going
69. 3
Gotta Have to, Must to, Willing to
70. 2
Pushin Pushing
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1 Movin
Moving 72.
1 Groovin
Grooving, Also means chill out 73.
1 Ride
Participate, Empathize
74. 1
Strugglin Struggling
75. 1
Nine to five Working time, A job
76. 1
Hustlin Hustling, Also means struggling
77. 1
Workin Working
78. 1
Somethin Something
79. 1
Makin Making
80. 1
Nothin Nothing
81. 1
Lock down Imprisoned, In jail
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3.2 Findings