{"id":3062,"date":"2022-05-23T13:58:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T13:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/?p=3062"},"modified":"2022-05-23T13:58:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T13:58:57","slug":"swinguistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/swinguistics","title":{"rendered":"Swinguistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Intro:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now pay attention and listen real closely, how we break this slang thing down\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verse 1 (Offbeat):<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yo check it, my moonshine is my spirit
A Blind Tiger or Pig is
A bar which is illicit
And no I don\u2019t 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\u2019s a Bug Eyed Betty though son that’s a shame, oh
Your safe is called ya box, that\u2019s where your cabbage is locked
Jake means OK, so cops it\u2019s 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\u2019s a snitch, or somebody that sings
Jail\u2019s the Big House and solitary is the Bing
And if you got caught that means you got pinched
Coz you didn\u2019t cheese it on your getaway sticks quick
I know you like the way I\u2019m kicking it
I speak with slang and I\u2019ma never stop spitting it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chorus:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharleena Ray: Speak with vintage slang
Pye: It’s just the way that we chat
Offbeat: It\u2019s old school but we’re bringing it back, coz we\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharleena Ray: Speak with vintage slang
Pye: It’s just the way that we chat
Offbeat: It\u2019s old school but we’re bringing it back, coz we\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharleena Ray: Speak with vintage slang
Pye: It’s just the way that we chat
Offbeat: It\u2019s old school but we’re bringing it back, coz we\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shar: Speak with vintage slang
Pie: It’s just the way that we chat
Oli: It\u2019s old school now Shar\u2019s bringing it back<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verse 2 (Sharleena Ray):<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your noodle\u2019s 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\u2019m swinging it,
I speak with slang and I\u2019ma never stop singing it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chorus:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharleena Ray: Speak with vintage slang
Pye: It’s just the way that we chat
Offbeat: It\u2019s old school but we’re bringing it back, coz we\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharleena Ray: Speak with vintage slang
Pye: It’s just the way that we chat
Offbeat: It\u2019s old school but we’re bringing it back, coz we\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharleena Ray: Speak with vintage slang
Pye: It’s just the way that we chat
Offbeat: It\u2019s old school but we’re bringing it back, coz we\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shar: Speak with vintage slang
Pie: It’s just the way that we chat
Oli: It\u2019s old school now Pye’s bringing it back<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verse 3 (Pye):<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A baby\u2019s a bambino or maybe a brat
If you\u2019re a married lady then you\u2019re hitched to a cat
If you got bopped or zotzed I\u2019m afraid your deceased
And while we\u2019re on the topic \u201cBig L rest in peace\u201d
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\u2019re dropping it
We speak with slang and there ain’t no stopping it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chorus:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharleena Ray: Speak with vintage slang
Pye: It’s just the way that we chat
Offbeat: It\u2019s old school but we’re bringing it back, coz we\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharleena Ray: Speak with vintage slang
Pye: It’s just the way that we chat
Offbeat: It\u2019s old school but we’re bringing it back, coz we\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharleena Ray: Speak with vintage slang
Pye: It’s just the way that we chat
Offbeat: It\u2019s old school but we’re bringing it back, coz we\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shar: Speak with vintage slang
Pie: It’s just the way that we chat
ALL: The Swinghoppers yeah we’re bringing it back<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Intro: Now pay attention and listen real closely, how we break this slang thing down\u2026 Verse 1 (Offbeat): Yo check it, my moonshine is my spiritA Blind Tiger or Pig isA bar which is illicitAnd no I don\u2019t mean a lyric that has bannedOn the run is the lamMoney is clams and grummy is sadAlso […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamoffbeat.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}