Swinguistics – Offbeat

Intro:

Now pay attention and listen real closely, how we break this slang thing down…

Verse 1 (Offbeat):

Yo check it, my moonshine is my spirit
A Blind Tiger or Pig is
A bar which is illicit
And no I don’t mean a lyric that has banned
On the run is the lam
Money is clams and grummy is sad
Also chicks is dames, your squeeze is your flame
If she’s a Bug Eyed Betty though son that’s a shame, oh
Your safe is called ya box, that’s where your cabbage is locked
Jake means OK, so cops it’s not
And if you got socked you got punched
You got shot you got bumped
And if you got double-crossed then you got stung
A stool pigeon’s a snitch, or somebody that sings
Jail’s the Big House and solitary is the Bing
And if you got caught that means you got pinched
Coz you didn’t cheese it on your getaway sticks quick
I know you like the way I’m kicking it
I speak with slang and I’ma never stop spitting it

Chorus:

Sharleena Ray: Speak with vintage slang
Pye: It’s just the way that we chat
Offbeat: It’s old school but we’re bringing it back, coz we…

Shar: Speak with vintage slang
Pie: It’s just the way that we chat
Oli: It’s old school now Shar’s bringing it back

Verse 2 (Sharleena Ray):

Your noodle’s your head, your hat is your lid
Offbeat already told you about 90s Kids
A big timer’s got the gift of the gab
And a ten cent box is a taxi cab
You’re my Daddy-oh and I’m your doll
And if we’re dancing, you’re my gigolo
If we’re dating, I’m your Sheba and you’re my Sheik
And if it’s duck soup, then it’s a piece a cake
A wise head means you’re smart, your pump is your heart
Flaming Youth is a flapper’s counterpart
If you’re a thug you’re a punk, you’re sozzled you’re drunk
Nonsense is blunk, baloney pr funk
Coffee is a cup of Java or Joe’s
To mind your business is to mind your potatoes
I know you like the way I’m swinging it,
I speak with slang and I’ma never stop singing it

Chorus:

Sharleena Ray: Speak with vintage slang
Pye: It’s just the way that we chat
Offbeat: It’s old school but we’re bringing it back, coz we…

Shar: Speak with vintage slang
Pie: It’s just the way that we chat
Oli: It’s old school now Pye’s bringing it back

Verse 3 (Pye):

A baby’s a bambino or maybe a brat
If you’re a married lady then you’re hitched to a cat
If you got bopped or zotzed I’m afraid your deceased
And while we’re on the topic “Big L rest in peace”
A hopper’s a dancer and whoopee is fun
A man who can’t find the bar is tryna pipe the drum
Once he’s in, if he’s ossified or fried he’s drunk
And an owl’s a guy that’s out til he’s spies the sun
A runner’s a cadet, he gets puffed he’s been robbed
A capo’s the captain, and his team is the mob
A made man is set and a Don is the boss
But you can bet a Swinghopper’s on top of the lot
Now that’s a pro flowing like the foxtrot, known to stop clocks
A smoking hot lock stock show stopper
I know you like the way we’re dropping it
We speak with slang and there ain’t no stopping it!

Chorus:

Sharleena Ray: Speak with vintage slang
Pye: It’s just the way that we chat
Offbeat: It’s old school but we’re bringing it back, coz we…

Shar: Speak with vintage slang
Pie: It’s just the way that we chat
ALL: The Swinghoppers yeah we’re bringing it back

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