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Old 01 Jul 2012, 02:00   #36
Julie in the rv mirror
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Originally Posted by The Flying Mouse View Post
Speaking like that, in an interview laced with praise for rap, from my perspective, it seems that Meat is trying to be hip, to be something he is not, although I am the first to say that Meat is him and I am not, so Meat has more of an idea of what he is and what he isn't than I have, but it still sounds wrong from my perspective.
The phrase was kind of popular in the U.S. in the early '90's; it came out of a repeating sketch on the TV show "In Living Color", and was said by the character of Homey the Clown, played by Damon Wayans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QhuBIkPXn0

I haven't thought of it in years, but I didn't see it as an attempt to sound "hip". All in your perspective, I guess.

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