Monday, April 9, 2007

USEFUL VOCABULARY: "to son"

son (v.) [fr. Nas] 1. to utterly humiliate, to shame deeply 2. to outdo a competitor to comic effect; as "Your homemade apple pie is gonna son the shit out of that Marie Callender's pie my brother is bringing."

Origins Battle between Nas and Jay-Z c. 2002. Ended in definitive victory for Nas when he sonned Jay with the release of "Ether."

syn. to ether (v.), ethering (n.); as "Damn, when 'Goat on a Cow' by Lolo Starecheski went up against those other radio documentaries at the Third Coast Festival awards, it was one of the great etherings of all time."



"Ether," lyrics samples:

I've been fucked over, left for dead, dissed and fogotten
Luck ran out, they hoped that I'd be gone, stiff and rotten
Y'all just piss on me, shit on me, spit on my grave (uh)
Talk about me, laugh behind my back but in my face
Y'all some well-wishin, friendly actin, envy hidin snakes
With your hands out for my money, man, how much can I take?

You a fan, a phony, a fake, a pussy, a Stan
I still whip your ass, you thirty-six in a karate class
You Tae-bo hoe

Put it together, I rock hoes, y'all rock fellas
And now y'all try to take my spot, fellas?
Philly's hot rock fellas, put you in a dry spot, fellas
In a pine box with nine shots from my glock, fellas

2 comments :

Anonymous said...

or as the late great Big L says:

"Taking orders is sonning"

Anonymous said...

Um, just for the record, this blog is like 100 times better than that old one you had.

Thanks for the goat-cow shout-out!

Clebilicious 4-eva!