Comments on: Beat of the Day http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/03/02/beat-of-the-day-529/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:55:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/03/02/beat-of-the-day-529/#comment-271985 Alex Belth Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:28:39 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=80803#comment-271985 1) Have often thought the same thing, my man. 1) Have often thought the same thing, my man.

]]> By: Matt Blankman http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/03/02/beat-of-the-day-529/#comment-271984 Matt Blankman Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:21:35 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=80803#comment-271984 I always thought the lyrics to Rodger's "Blue Yodel #9" were especially prescient...the birth of the gangsta attitude in popular music? "Standing on the corner, I didn't mean no harm When a police come, he took me by the arm Was down in Memphis, corner of Beale and Main Said "hey big boy, you better tell me your name" I said "you'll find my name on the back of my shirt I'm a Tennessee hustler and I don't have to work" I always thought the lyrics to Rodger’s “Blue Yodel #9″ were especially prescient…the birth of the gangsta attitude in popular music?

“Standing on the corner, I didn’t mean no harm
When a police come, he took me by the arm
Was down in Memphis, corner of Beale and Main
Said “hey big boy, you better tell me your name”

I said “you’ll find my name on the back of my shirt
I’m a Tennessee hustler and I don’t have to work”

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