The Analysis Of Slang Words In Selected Hip Hop Songs

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THE ANALYSIS OF SLANG WORDS IN SELECTED HIP HOP

SONGS

A PAPER

BY

SADRAKH ANTHONY MANALU

REG. NO. 102202060

DIPLOMA-III ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM

FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES

UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA

MEDAN

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It has been proved by Supervisor,

Drs. Chairul Husni, M.Ed. TESOL. NIP. 19570803198404 1 004

Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Study, University of North Sumatera in partial fulfillment of the requirements for DIPLOMA (D-III) in English

Approved by

Head of Diploma III English Study Program,

Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. NIP. 19521126198112 1 001

Approved by the Diploma III English Study Program Faculty of Cultural Study, University of North Sumatra

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Accepted by :

The Board of Examiners in Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the D-III Examination of the Diploma III English Study Program, Faculty of

Cultural Studies, University of North Sumatera.

The examination is held on June 2013

Faculty of Cultural Studies, University of North Sumatera

Dean,

Dr. Syahron Lubis, M.A. NIP. 19511013197603 1 001

Board of Examiners

No. Name Signature

1. Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. (Head of ESP) 2. Dr. Chairul Husni, M.Ed. TESOL (Supervisor)

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AUTHOR'S DECLARATION

I, SADRAKH ANTHONY MANALU declare that I am the sole author of this paper. Except where the reference is made in the text of this paper, this paper contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a paper by which I have qualified for or awarded another degree.

No other person’s work has been used without due acknowledgement in the main text of this paper. This paper has not been submitted for the award of another degree in any tertiary education.

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COPYRIGHT DECLARATION

Name : SADRAKH ANTHONY MANALU

Title of Paper : The Analysis of Slang Words Used In Selected Hip Hop Song

Qualification : D-III / Ahli Madya Study Program : English

I am willing that my paper should be available for reproduction at the discretionof the Librarian of the Diploma III English Department Faculty of Cultural Study USU on the understanding that users are made aware of their obligation under law of the Republic of Indonesia.

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ABSTRAK

Slang adalah suatu struktur bahasa yang berkembang di zaman modern yang digunakan khususnya oleh kawula muda. Slang berkembang selaras dengan berkembangnya budaya yang ada dilingkungan tersebut sehingga slang tidak mempunyai batas waktu, tempat atau pun latar belakang masyarakat. Slang juga dapat kita temukan dihampir semua bahasa yang ada didunia ini, dalam hal ini penulis membahas penggunaan kata kata slang yang terdapat dalam bahasa inggris khususnya didalam budaya Hip Hop Afro Amerika. Didalam kertas karya yang berjudul “The Analysis Of Slang Words Used In Selected Hip Hop Song” ini, penulis akan mengulas penggunaan kata kata slang yang terdapat didalam lagu yang telah dipilih sebagai batasan masalah untuk dibahas didalam kertas karya ini. Kertas karya ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah kata kata slang ditemukan didalam lagu yang berjudul “Get You Down”, mencari kata slang yang paling sering digunakan didalam lagu ini, serta mengklasifikasikan kata kata slang yang terdapat dilagu ini berdasarkan klasifikasi Partridge. Metode yang digunakan oleh penulis adalah metode perpustakaan, yaitu menggunakan buku buku yang berhubungan dengan judul yang menjadi pembahasan diatas sebagai referensi, juga dilakukan pencarian sumber pembahasan melalui internet untuk mendukung penulisan kertas karya ini. Metode dokumentasi digunakan sebagai metode pengumpulan data. Metode analisis data yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif, dengan menggunakan system random sampling. Semoga kertas karya ini dapat berguna untuk para pembaca dan dapat menjadi referensi untuk studi mengenai bahasa slang yang terdapat didalam bahasa inggris.

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ABSTRACT

Slang is a language structure that evolved in modern times that in his particular use by young people. Slang develops in tune with its evolving culture in the environment so that the slang does not have a time, place or community background limit. Slang can also be found in almost every language in the world, in this case the author discusses the use of slang words contained in the English language in specialized its African American Hip Hop culture. In this paper entitled "The Analysis of Slang Words Used in Selected Hip Hop Song", authors will review the use of slang words contained in the song that was chosen as the extent of the problem to be discussed in this paper. This paper aims to determine whether the slang word is found in the song called "Get You Down", looking for the most often slang word which used in the song, and classify slang words in this song based on Partridge’s classification. The methods used by the authors is library method, using books that relate to the title of the book that discussed above as a reference, sourcing of the discussion over the internet to support the writing of this paper was also done. A documentation method in use as a method of data collection. Data analysis method that has been used is descriptive qualitative method, using random sampling system. Hopefully this paper can be useful for the readers, and can be a reference for the study of slang language contained in the English language.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, I would like to thank The Almightly Jesus Christ, for giving me His blessing, mercy and guidance. Because His pure will, I can immediately accomplish this thesis.

In this opportunity, I would like to express my gratitude to the Dean of Faculty of cultural Studies Dr. Syahron Lubis M.A and the Head of English Department Dr. Matius C.A. Sembiring, M.A. Then I would like to express my special gratitude to my supervisor Drs. Chairul Husni, M.Ed. TESOL for his time, advice, and guidance to correct this paper during the process of writing. I also thank other lecturers of English Diploma III Program who have contributed their knowledge in teaching me during my academic years.

Futhermore, I would like to express my great regard to both of my parents

Charles and Norita who grow me up, guide and take care of me, giving me advice and hope. Thank my sisters Hanna, Grace, and my brother Garry. For them, I will do my best.

I want to thank you to my special one, Nelfi Okmita. Thank for supporting me although i’m so lazy. Thank for your advices, love and care. You are the only one for me, I love you.

For the encouragement of my great desire, thank all of my friends that give me support. Nico and Budi thank for the violence that has occurred in Laucih. You Rock!

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For my class mates Tika (babang somay) and Ivana (udin jala) thank for bringing me the light of guidance to accomplish my paper. Nurhayati (mak lobet) and Anggi (kakek binal) thank for accompany me doing my job.

For Marching Band Universitas Sumatra Utara, thank for bringing my joy back to me. And the rest, thanks to Refresho, Kopi Baba, Coffie Cangkir,

Warung Soto, Warung Netral, A&W, Sekret Marching Band, Pak Ipul and family and GT net for giving me endless inspiration.

Finally, I hope that this paper will be a worthwhile contribution to the readers. And I also receive any constructive criticism to develop this paper.

Medan, July 2013 The writer

Sadrakh Anthony Manalu REG.NO.: 102202060

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AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ... i

COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ... ii

ABSTRACT ... iii

ABSTRAK ... iv

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ... v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ... vii

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study ... 1

1.2 Problem of Study ... 5

1.3 Scope of Study ... 5

1.4 Objective of Study ... 5

1.5 Method of Study ... 6

1.6 Reason for Choosing the Topic ... 6

2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SLANG 2.1 What is Slang ... 7

2.2 Type of Slang ... 11

3. DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 3.1 Data Analysis ... 16

3.2 Findings ... 25

4. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 4.1 Conclusions ... 30

4.2 Suggestions ... 30

BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 31

APPENDICES Biography of Warren G ... 32

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ABSTRAK

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ABSTRACT

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Music is the best thing that mortals have been discovered in this world, and music is the cultural memoir that discusses all cultural realities. For the Black American culture, music has always been a platform for many relevant discussions; i.e;, religion, racism, politics, violence, education and self-awareness. Stewart (1998) considers hip-hop as the newest cultural and artistic development in Black America. While most genres of Black music have been meaningful to the Black American musical culture, such as jazz, blues, rock-n-roll, and gospel, hip-hop is regarded as one of the more relevant genres of the black musical spectrum.

Hip-hop, unlike other black musical genres embodies several important components, Hip Hop culture consists of at least four fundamental elements: Disc jockeying (DJing), break dancing, graffiti art, and rapping (emceeing). Grafitti art and break dancing are nonverbal expressions of hip-hop; rap music is hip-hop’s musical manifestation (Stewart, 1998). Since its emergence in the South Bronx and throughout the northeast during the early and mid-1970s, Hip Hop has encompassed not just a musical genre, but also a style of dress, dialect and language, way of looking at the world, and an aesthetic that reflects the sensibilities of a large population of youth born between 1965 and 1984 (Alridge, 2005 : 190).

Hip-hop culture is a highly accessible, quickly incorporative cultural form that presents information through various forms of media (Rose, 1994).

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Because of its widespread popularity, hip-hop culture has had a significant impact upon the language that is used by today’s students (Rose, 1994. After integration, African American culture became largely focused upon using language that imitated White culture (Adjaye, 1997). Due to the evolution of today’s African American urban communities, the language that is used by these communities has changed significantly (Wood, 1999).

The complex language of hip-hop derives from the dialect of English which many Blacks speak that is substantially similar in structure to the African languages of their ancestors (Kochman, 1972). The language and issues that hip-hop addresses represent an honest portrayal of inner-city life in America (Baker, 1993).

Over the past three decades, Hip Hop has developed as a cultural and artistic phenomenon affecting youth culture around the world (Alridge, 2005: 190). For many youth, Hip Hop reflects the social, economic, political, and cultural realities and conditions of their lives, speaking to them in a language and manner they understand (Alridge, 2005 : 190).

In this period, hip hop came with a culture that affecting people who use english as their mother language. Even within a single language community, slang tends to vary widely across the social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata. Slang may fall into disuse overtime; sometimes, however, it grows more and more common until it becomes the dominant way of saying something, at which time it usually comes to be regarded as mainstream, acceptable language, although in the case of taboo words there may be no expression that is considered mainstream or

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acceptable. Numerous slang terms pass into informal speech, and sometimes into formal speech, though this may involve a change in meaning of usage.

According to Britannica Dictionary online as cited by Rafika (2008), Slang is unconventional words or phrases that express either something new or something old in a new way. It is flippant, irreverent, and indecorous; it may be indecent or obscene. Its colorful metaphors are generally directed at respectability, and it is this succinct, sometimes witty, frequently impertinent social criticism that gives slang its characteristic flavor. Slang, then, includes not just words but words used in a special way in a certain social context.

According to wikipedia (2013), rapping (which also called Mcing, spitting, or rhyming) is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and poetry, one of the elements of hip hop music and culture. Lyrics in rap music usually use slang words to express taboo words or things that don’t have expression in english language and something new in their community. Some rappers also use slang to abbreviate something and make some words more complex to understand. For example, there are some songs that use slang in their lyric

a. Shotgun formation, no Smithson, no Wesson – Snoop Dogg (Get You Down)

No Smithson, no Wesson = guns, Smithson & Wesson is a gun and arm factory in America

b. Why the black and the brown got to fight in the Pen – Ice Cube (Get You Down)

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Pen = jail, abbreviation of penitentiary

c. Had these ghetto kids goin, "Huh, what about him?" –KRS One (Hip Hop Knowledge)

Ghetto = gangster

d. I'ma prove it – Warren G (Let’s Go) I’ma = i will

Warren Griffin III was born in 1971 in Long Beach, California, better known by his resident “Teacha” has reached mythic proportions. Throughout his 20 year career trajectory legendary pioneer Griffin who goes by the pseudonym Warren G has given fans over a dozen classic Hip-Hop albums, spoke at more then 500 universities/colleges including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Spelman, Howard and Oxford, been nominated for Grammy Awards, received multiple RIAA certified gold and platinum sales accolades and become the definitive source for conscious urban music. He is one of the most influential lyricists of all time.

In this case, I want to find out the meaning of each slang words used especially in lyric of song found in Warren G songs. This song is a collaboration betwen Warren G and other hip hop rappers that i think struggle in hip hop as their part of life; such as Snoop Dogg, B Real, and Ice Cube. The name of the song is “Get You Down”. This song depictures us about being a Black American, beside the story of disaster that happened in California that caused by huricanne katrina.

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1.2 Problems of the Study

Based on the background that has been described, it can be identified several issues as follows:

a. Identify the slang words used in hip hop song b. Meaning of the slang words used in hip hop song

c. Slang word that used in the lyric of song most dominantly

1.3 Scope of the Study

Scope of the study has the important purpose to writing the paper. It used to limit the problem of topic in the paper and be more focussed to the explaining the topic. There are many interesting aspects can be discussed about hip hop rap song lyric, nevertheless the writer is interested to focus to analyse slang words used in the lyric of “Get You Down” song.

1.4 Objective of the Study

The purposes of this paper are to find the meaning of slang words used in the lyric of hip hop song as referred in the background of the study above. Therefore, this paper can be functional for the reader in order to enrich our knowledge on literature.

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1.5 Reasons for Choosing the Topic

The writer chooses to analyze slang used in hip hop song lyrics because slang nowadays cannot be separated from English language. In every aspect that use English language we can find slang on it, whether it be in the form of sentences or just words. Slang has been used in worldwide, therefore, the writer are interested in discussing slang as a part of English literature and explore its meaning in the slang used in hip hop song specifically.

1.6 Methods of the Study

This paper is written on based the library research by collecting, reading and taking data from some books that relevant the theme for getting information about the topic of slang words. In addition, the writer also uses internet that have many websites about hip hop lyrics and definition of slang. The writer also interviews people who know about hip hop and rap music and hip hop enterpreneur or hip hop artist.

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2. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SLANG

2.1 What is Slang

Slang is casual spoken language which differs from dialectical speech a color in a language, since it is often unique, unusual, and sometimes startling. As a general rule, slang is not used in formal spoken language, or in writing, unless the speaker is attempting to achieve a deliberate effect.

Kis (1997: 241) states that slang is a linguistic universal because presumably it is found in every language and in every area of the languages. One of the basic conditions of its birth perhaps the most important one is a community the members which are in a daily relationship of intensive verbal communication. If this relationship of intensive verbal communication exists, slang phenomena occurs in the language.

Few linguists have endeavored to clearly define what constitutes slang. Hornby (1974: 807), Slang is words, phrases, meanings of words, etc. commonly used in talk among friends or colleagues, but not suitable for good writing or formal occasions, esp. the kind used by and typical of only one class of persons.

Slang a kind of code, the use of words with unexpected meanings known only by those in on it. Although slang is associated with youth culture, especially youth music culture, you find it in many other segments of society—racing slang, sports slang, group usually defined in terms of age.

According to Alphadictionary (2013), Slang is crucial part of a young person's 'coming of age', one of the first detectable signs of a their breaking away

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from their parents and their parents' values. It is a cheap second language that expresses the differences between a young person who is about to enter adulthood from his or her parents' generation.

Generally, slang diffuses through a group of people, and it may spread out across an entire region or class. People who are not in that group may pick up the terminology as well, causing the usage to spread, or the words may remain isolated to a smaller subgroup. College students, for example, often develop complex slang terms, with words from different regions diffusing on a college campus. As these students leave, they carry these terms to other young people in various parts of the world, often making the speech of the younger generation incomprehensible to those outside of it.

Dumas and Lighter (1978: 14-15) argued that an expression should be considered “true slang” if it meets at least two of the following criteria:

a. It lowers, if temporarily, “the dignity of formal or serious speech or writing”; in other words, it is likely to be seen in such contexts as a “glaring misuse of register.”

b. Its use implies that the user is familiar with whatever is referred to, or with a group of people that are familiar with it and use the term.

c. It is a taboo term in ordinary discourse with people of a higher social status or greater responsibility.

d. It replaces “a well know conventional synonym.” This is done primarily to avoid “the discomfort caused by the conventional item (or by) further elaboration.

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Slang is actually not a language or a dialect at all, however. It is more a code in which one vaguely related or unrelated word or phrase is substituted for a more common one. The words that are replaced in slang are the most common ones: good (cherry, boss, phat, da bomb), bad (icky, yucky, jankety), crazy (nuts, bananas, crackers, bonkers), smart (brainy, savvy, sharp), fast (scream, tear out, fly, like greased lightning), slow (dragging, poky, crawling, creeping).

Slang is not profanity or bad grammar. There are slang words for drugs and sex but that is only because these are subjects young people breaking away and criminals take interest in. "Yo, man, say what you is thinkin'?" is simply bad grammar and articulation. That has nothing to do with slang.

Slang does favor various grammatical means of forming new words. Clipping is one of them, removing syllables from words, like teach for teacher or phys and for physical education and van for caravan. This is a common means of creating new words.

Slang is not at all the same as accent. Your accent is a regional dialect that can be measured by instruments. Slang is time sensitive, it comes and goes over varying stretches of time. Speakers tend to up date their slang with the latest making it is impossible to pinpoint someone's age by the slang they use. However, we can ascertain the general era in which an expression was most popular and let you know how up-to-date your slang is.

According to Rafika (2010), There are still many definitions of slang, and none of them define in the same as another. Because what makes different source has different, definition depends on from which angle is viewed. However, one

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important point, which is always mentioned, is that slang is informal language, informal for it has not been widely and fully accepted by a society from all level because it is mostly spoken by young people.

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2.2 Type of Slang

Partridge (1933: 27-30) as divides slang according to the field where the slang is used. It can be seen as follows:

a. Cockney Slang, well known as the slang of Londoners. The term 'Cockney' rhyming slang is generally applied to the expansions to indicate the rhyming style; though arguably the term only applies to phrases used in the East End of London. This slang is characterized by a very pronounced accent. For example: the change of th to f or v, as in fing for thing, farver for farther; the vowel-sound change from ou to ah as in abhat for about; and the most marked change of vowel sound is that for ei for ai or ay as in dyly for daily. In this type, words are written in they way they are pronounced, like wassap? for what’s up?

b. Public-House Slang, the characteristics of slang terms on this type are cheery, materialistic, but not gross nor cynical, for example, boozer (a public-house), second liker (another drink, the same as the first), balloon-juice (soda-water), and pot o’bliss (a fine tall woman).

c. Workmen’s Slang, for example: brass, chips, dust, feathers, brads (money); sheep’s foot (an iron hammer); Saint Monday (the favorite day of the week); out of collar, want an apron (out of work); screw (salary); get a sack (to be discharge), noisily talkative woman (church bell).

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d. Tradesmen’s Slang, many of this type are now jargon, for example: bread basket (belly), coal up (to feed), take a trip (giving up a job), chuck a dummy (to faint), kick (to seek), real Kate (a kind matron).

e. The Slang of Commerce, the characteristic of this kind is to abbreviate the words, for example: deb. (debentures), ex div. (without the dividend), pref. (preference stock), circs. (circumstances), com. (commercial traveler), sec. (second), pod. (the Post Office Directory).

f. Publicity, characterized by catchy phrases and rhymes, for example: Don’t worry, use Sunlight (soap), That’s Kruschen feeling (Kruschen Salts), Grateful and comporting (Epp’s cocoa).

g. Journalism, a little humor is desired here, for example: The thunderer (The Times), Mrs. Gamp (The Standard), fiery cross (warning of danger), jolly utter (intolerable), penny gush (exaggerated writing). h. Literary Critics, for example: Balaam-box (to fill up spaces in

newspaper), blue roses (something unobtainable), forest of fools (the world), lamartinism (goody-goody writing), not enough written (insufficiently polished in style), scripturience (the itch or rage for writing), sun-clear (obvious).

i. Publishers and Printers, for example: mag (a magazine), O.P. (out of print), permanent pug (the door-porter), yellowbacks (cheap two shilling

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bridges and no grasses (secret), codocity (stupidity), cod. (a fool), grasses (shouted, said), T.O. (turn over).

j. The Law, for example: six and eight pence (a solicitor-whose fee used often to amount to that sum), ambidexter (one that take fees from both plaintiff and defendant), pettifogger (a little dirty attorney), crump (false witnesses), trounce (to punish by course of law).

k. Medicine, initials, abbreviations, and euphemism are the characteristics of this type, as the tendency of medical persons to clothe their actions, words, and prescriptions in mystery, for example: D.D.A. (the Dangerous Drug Act), C.S.M. (Cerebrospinal Meningitis), TB (tuberculosis), med.lab.

l. The Church, for example: candle shop (a broad church), dolly worship (Roman Catholic religion), holy joe (the shallow, circular-crowed hat worn by clergymen), taits (moderate clergymen).

m. Parliament and Politics, for example: cabbage garden patriots (cowards), dish (to overcome), disguised public house (a workmen’s political club), make all right (by promising to pay for a vote), old gang (uncompromising), free breakfast table (free of duties), go on the dole (to receive unemployment benefit), to axe (to cut down expenses).

n. Public Schools and Universities, schools and universities are the important source of slang. Mostly because students seem to feel an

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imperative necessity to avoid everyday vocabularies like throw, put, run, etc. Rather, they will use we bashed, give a biff, we swatted, etc. This kind of slang is characterized by the addition of a hocus pocus syllable either to the beginning or the end of every word like cutie from cute and sweetie from sweet. Another characteristic is the addition of suffix –er to every sot of word, as in fresher (freshman), Deaner (the Dean), brekker (breakfast), leccer (lecture), eccer (exercise), canoer (cano), etc.

o. Society, novelty as leisure of society is the characteristics of this type. There arises a kind of special vocabulary, which is constantly changing with the changing of fashions. But this fashionable kind of slang can be understood easily. For example: jolly (cheer), dressed to kill (wearing). p. Art, the artistic slang is fun. For example: artistic merit (a satirical way

of saying that a portrait is flattering), signed all over (said of a good picture which instantly reveal its creator in every inch).

q. The Theater, characterized by apt and striking passage, for example: acting lady (an incapable actress), Early Turner (an inferior music-hall artist), tabs (an ageing woman).

r. Sports and Games, many slang words from this type have already incorporated in standard speech, for example: bally (very large), do in (to risk), rot-funk (panic), sitter (an extremely easy catch), tapped (hit), heavily grassed (felled).

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s. The Turf, this type is mostly about horse racing, for example: get right (trod cure horse), lifter (a horse much given to kicking), tinman (a millionaire), up (riding), two-buckle horses (tubercular horses).

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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

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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 y'all

You know what I'm sayin? I feel your pain

We gon' make it through this y'all

Yeah Come on

[Verse 1: Warren G]

We here today, then gone tomorrow It's got me singin a Marvin Gaye song It made me wanna holla

So I hop in my Impala

Just to cruise , shake my blues

It's hard to follow

Hard to swallowwhat they sayin on the news Good Lord, it's a crazy world

Watchin cops puttincuffs on a five year old girl Racism, racism, got our babies in the system Mom and daddies in the prison

That's intention, no division They the ones that's all you got They keep the families divided Keep it gangsta, keep it real That's all I hear, but I don't buy it

When it's Revolution time, all these fool's will keep quiet Like shhhh, you can-you can hear a pin drop

Can't go to one-ten cause I might get popped

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But stay strong, cause the rain don't 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 yaass 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

Get'cha money man, find the lunch line

This ain't a joke, homie where's 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, don't you end up dead or in jail

[Verse 3: B-Real]

What's really good? What's really hood? What's 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

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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 You're bottom linebitch yea You sound so sincere

[Verse 4: Snoop Dogg]

I try to do right

I don't wanna do wrong I'm doin better things Man, I wanna live long

Ain't 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 park's real pretty

Lil' boys outside, throwin footballs In the hood y'all

Hey Snoop Dogg, how could y'all? Let 'empass instead of blast

The football field is a class

And I'm 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 I'm sayin

There's a lot goin on in this world

But we gotta keep on pushin and movin and groovin

You know what I'm sayin?

Yea, even though we got these hard times We still gotta keep it steady, ya know? Keep pushin

So I want y'all to ridewith 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 makinsomethin out of nothin (Stay strong) Dedicated to my people on lock down (Stay strong)

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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.) Ridin 1 Participate, Empathize

(2.) Y’all 5 You all

(3.) Sayin 4 Saying

(4.) Gon’ 1 Gonna, Will

(5.) Singin 1 Singing

(6.) Holla 1

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.) Hop 1 Come over or climb or jump

over, Get into

(8.) Cruise 1

Drive arround pointlessly with a load of mates for hours, To leave, To go; To drive

(9.) Blues 1 State of dejection or gloom,

Sadness feeling

(10.) Swallow 1 Believe what you see, accept

something, believe a lie

(11.) Watchin 1 Watching

(12.) Puttin 1 Putting

(13.) Cuffs 1 Abbreviation of ‘handcuffs’

(14.) Gangsta 1

A member of an urban street gang, In real street slang the word "Gangsta" refers to any cold blooded act of violence

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purpose of either revenge, spite, or as a threat

(15.) Buy 1 To be convinced to believe

something

(16.) One-ten 1

Curfew, Going far beyond what is neccesary. doing more than needed

(17.) Popped 1 To arrest, To get hit up by the

police

(18.) Shootin 1 Shooting, War

(19.) ‘em 3 Abbreviation of ‘them’

(20.) Black 3 Afro American, African that live

in America

(21.) Brown 3 Latin American, Latin people

that live in America

(22.) Pen 1 Abbreviation of ‘penitentiary’,

jail

(23.) Laughin 1 laughing

(24.) Squabbin 1 Mock each other, To press

(25.) Ass 1

The buttocks, An objectionable person, A mistake, A poor job, Expressing anger or frustration

(26.) Hell 1 Expressing anger or frustration

(27.) Mu-fasa 1 White american, Immigrant,

Newcomer

(28.) Cassa 1 Home

(29.) Kick back 1

To relax, Small gathering between group of friends, more than a get together, less than a party, Tell someone to chill out

(30.) Ya 6 You

(31.) One-time 1

The police. So called because you look one time at them, as doing a double-take might attract attention

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(33.) Lunch line 1 Own bussines

(34.) Ain’t 2

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.) Homie 4 Family, Close person for you,

Friend

(36.) Ghetto 1 Classless, Old, Broken, Worn

out, Poor quality or poor looking

(37.) Cheese 1 Money

(38.) Hood 2

Derived from ‘neighborhood’, An area which one lives/lived/ or is in

(39.) Wipin 1 Wiping

(40) Cross 1 To betray, Wake up, Get away

from

(41.) Flosses 1 Show off, Stop

(42.) Gettin 1 Getting

(43.) Cost 1 An event or occurrance that is

detrimental or unfavorable.

(44.) Niggas 1 Afro American, Family, Close

person to you

(45.) Bought 1 To believe a lie, Take care of

something, Involved

(46.) Passed 1 Die, Disappeared

(47.) Levels 1 Gain, Increase

(48.) Heat 1 Tension, Gun

(49.) Retreat 1

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.) Peers 1 People in the same group as you

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(52.) Switchin 1 Switching

(53.) Seekin 1 Seeking

(54.) Dime 1 Ten dollar's worth of drugs, Ten

dollars

(55.) Bottom line 1

Important, The main or essential point,The most important or fundamental aspect of a situation, The final outcome of a process, discussion, etc

(56.) Bitch 1

A contemptible woman, A girlfriend, expression of anger, Whore

(57.) Wanna 4 Want to

(58.) Doin 1 Doing

(59.) Lil’ 1 Little, Tiny

(60.) Throwin 1 Throwing

(61.) Blast 1 Something very fun

(62.) Class 1 Excellent, Cool, Smooth

(63.) I’m a 1 I will

(64.) No smithson no 1 wesson

Guns, Firearms, Smithson & Wesson is a gun manufacturing company in America

(65.) Stressin 1

To pester someone about something, To worry exessively about something that is insignificant

(66.) Helpin 1 Helping

(67.) Hatin 1 Hating

(68.) Goin 2 Going

(69.) Gotta 3 Have to, Must to, Willing to

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(71.) Movin 1 Moving

(72.) Groovin 1 Grooving, Also means chill out

(73.) 1

Ride Participate, Empathize

(74.) Strugglin 1 Struggling

(75.) Nine to five 1 Working time, A job

(76.) Hustlin 1 Hustling, Also means struggling

(77.) Workin 1 Working

(78.) Somethin 1 Something

(79.) Makin 1 Making

(80.) Nothin 1 Nothing

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3.2Findings

The table above shown the dominant slang word that has been used was “ya”. So the total numbered as followed:

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After calculated the dominant slang word in the lyric, i will classify the slang based on Partridge’s classification on the table below as follow:

Table 2: Dominant Slang Based on Partridge’s Classification

No. SLANG SLANG CLASSIFICATION

(1.) Ridin Cockney

(2.) Y’all Cockney

(3.) Sayin Cockney

(4.) Gon’ Cockney

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(6.) Holla Society

(7.) Hop Society

(8.) Cruise Society

(9.) Blues Art

(10.) Swallow Society

(11.) Watchin Cockney

(12.) Puttin Cockney

(13.) Cuffs Commerce

(14.) Gangsta Society

(15.) Buy Society

(16.) One-ten The law

(17.) Popped Society

(18.) Shootin Cockney

(19.) ‘em Cockney

(20.) Black Society

(21.) Brown Society

(22.) Pen Commerce

(23.) Laughin Cockney

(24.) Squabbin Cockney

(25.) Ass Society

(26.) Hell Society

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(28.) Cassa Literary Critics

(29.) kick back Public Schools and Universities

(30.) Ya Cockney

(31.) One-time Society

(32.) ‘cha Cockney

(33.) Lunch line Workmen’s

(34.) Ain’t Cockney

(35.) Homie Public Schools and Universities

(36.) Ghetto Society

(37.) Cheese Public House

(38.) Hood Society

(39.) Wipin Cockney

(40.) Cross Workmen’s

(41.) Flosses Public House

(42.) Gettin Cockney

(43.) Cost Workmen’s

(44.) Niggas Society

(45.) Bought Society

(46.) Passed Society

(47.) Levels Public Schools and Universities

(48.) Heat Society

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(50.) Peers Society

(51.) Smears Society

(52.) Switchin Cockney

(53.) Seekin Cockney

(54.) Dime Public House

(55.) Bottom line Workmen’s

(56.) Bitch Society

(57.) Wanna Cockney

(58.) Doin Cockney

(59.) Lil’ Cockney

(60.) Throwin Cockney

(61.) Blast Society

(62.) Class Society

(63.) I’m a Cockney

(64.) No smithson no wesson Publicity

(65.) Stressin Cockney

(66.) Helpin Cockney

(67.) Hatin Cockney

(68.) Goin Cockney

(69.) Gotta Cockney

(70.) Pushin Cockney

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From the table above shown that is based on Partridge’s classification,

“Cockney Slang’ is the most dominant existed or found in the “Get You Down”

song which is 36.

(72.) Groovin Cockney

(73.) Ride Society

(74.) Strugglin Cockney

(75.) Nine to five Workmen’s

(76.) Hustlin Cockney

(77.) Workin Cockney

(78.) Somethin Cockney

(79.) Makin Cockney

(80.) Nothin Cockney

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4. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

4.1Conclusions

After analyzing the data, the conclusion of this research are drawn as follows:

(a). There are so many slang in “Get You Down” lyric, including words and types of slang

(b). Slang words are found almost in every bar of the lyric (c). It’s not too difficult to find slang words in this song

(d). The dominant slang used in this song are “ya”, which 5,45 %

(e). based on Partridge’s classification “Cockney Slang” is the majority existed or found in this song

Based on the result above, I assume that it is important to study, to know, and to understand the meaning of slang. Nowadays it is imposible we can not find slang word in every song we listen to.

4.2Suggestions

Slang is found in every language, especially in English. Slang has been part of daily conversation to help and to express convey message especially by young people and students. Slang is interesting to be studied and analyze as part of language and literature study. So, i would like to suggest to the reader especially students of English Literature Department to analyzed and to

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understand the meaning of slang in other literary works such as novel, poem, drama, film, etc.

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APPENDICES

The Biography of Warren G

Warren Griffin III was born , 1971 in Long Beach, California better known by his stage name Warren G, is an American West Coast rapper and hip hop producer. He is Dr. Dre's step brother. His biggest hit to date was the single "Regulate" with Nate Dogg released in 1994. The Grammy nominated song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1993, Warren G produced the track Indo Smoke featuring himself, Nate Dogg, and Mista Grimm. He also produced and rapped on Snoop Dogg's debut album Doggystyle.

Warren G's debut album Regulate... G Funk Era was released in 1994 on Def Jam, featured the hit song "Regulate" featuring Nate Dogg, which samples Michael McDonald's classic hit, "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)." Also on that disc was "This D.J.," a popular track and hit video on MTV, and also a chart hit, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.

He followed up with Take a Look Over Your Shoulder (Reality) in 1997, which took his mellow approach and brought it even further into the mainstream. Scoring a hit with a rap remake of "I Shot the Sheriff," the album was a commercial success.

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Together with Sissel Kyrkjeb? they had a #1 hit across Europe in 1998 with Prince Igor, on the concept album The Rapsody Overture which combined American rappers with European opera singers. Sissel sang an aria from Borodin's opera Prince Igor during the chorus, while Warren G rapped.

I Want It All, released in 1999, represented a substantive if not commercial comeback for Warren G. Widely regarded as his most consistent record, this offered a jazz-rock fusion style and a host of guests including Mack 10, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, and Eve. The first single, "I Want It All," sampled the song "I Like It" performed by DeBarge, which had a hit video that entered into heavy rotation on MTV and VH1, which helped the song to its peak of #13 on the Hot 100. Warren G fully embraced his less-gangsta image at this time.

The Return of the Regulator was released in 2001, but Universal did not promote the album and it flopped in sales. In 2003 Warren G, Snoop Dogg, and Nate Dogg reunited 213 and recorded the album The Hard Waywith the single "Groupie Luv." The album was released in 2004 and entered at #4 on the Billboard charts.

The week of August 1 to August 6, 2005, was dedicated as the "Warren G Week" by the Mayor of Long Beach.

Warren G released a new album on October 11, 2005, called In the Mid-Nite Hour on an independent label. In December 2005, he signed with UniqueInc LTD (UK) for the UK &?ire, Craze Productions of London is doing the digital distribution and sales on Mobile and online and Hawino

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Records for the North America release. Warren G is also working on an album with a young producer by the alias of Classic. Warren G stated he will get into this album once he is finished with Celebrity Fit Club (U.S. TV series).

In 2006, Warren G produced the theme song for Ice Cube's TV show, Black. White. In March 22, Warren G has made a song called "Mr. President," addressing the 2008 presidential candidate race and encourages everyone to vote. He also appeared in Celebrity Rap Superstar as a mentor.

On June 7, 2008, Warren G was arrested for possession of marijuana with intent to sell. The car he was riding in was pulled over on suspicion of running a red light near Hollywood Boulevard and Wilcox Avenue. He was released on $20,000 bail, all charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence.

Each of his albums since I Want It All has featured a track by 213: "Game Don't Wait" appeared on I Want It All, "Yo' Sassy Ways" on The Return of the Regulator, and "PYT" on In the Mid-Nite Hour. It is not known whether they will or have contribute (d) a track to The G Files, which has yet to be released.

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