Data Analysis The steps are as follow:

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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. Universitas Sumatera Utara 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? Universitas Sumatera Utara 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 Universitas Sumatera Utara 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 Universitas Sumatera Utara 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 Universitas Sumatera Utara 21 purpose of either revenge, spite, 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 Universitas Sumatera Utara 22 33. 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 Universitas Sumatera Utara 23 52. 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 Universitas Sumatera Utara 24 71. 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 Universitas Sumatera Utara 25

3.2 Findings