10.14.2008

the phrase that pays


In the past year or so it has become apparent to me that if you are a modern-day rapper you must find a way to include the phrase "it ain't trickin if you got it" in at least one of your songs. it is almost ridiculous how many songs have this phrase it in. I started a list in august:
a milli- lil wayne
can't believe it- t pain & lil wayne
whatever you like- t.i.
what them girls like- ludacris
got $ - lil wayne, t pain
pop lock and drop it- huey
hood figga- gorilla zoe
. . .and some others

besides being overused, i'd argue it just plain isn't true. to the contrary, it's actually more likely to be trickin if you got it. i guess it depends on how you define tricking. . .but to me it's always been the same thing as paying a girl to like you. as in, you know she wouldn't be giving you time of day if you weren't spending your money on her. so. who is most likely to participate in this type of activity? certain rappers and others who have little more to offer than their money and temporary 'top of the chart'-ness, whose deep-seated insecurities and/or previous bad encounters with females have not gone away just because they have a hit song or two, who want 'model chick' type of girls around them because they couldn't have them before they blew up. will they pay these girls for their "company"? yep. and will they make themselves feel better about it by saying 'well if i have it, why not?' and imply that other people aren't doing it because they don't have it? yep.
now, if you're trickin and you don't got it. well. . .that's a story for another blog post.

1 comment:

The Truth said...

i sooo agree...was talking to jason about this just the other day. the whole phrase is lost on me. and frankly, i'm tired of hearing it.