The Swear Thing

Okay, my kids are suddenly taken with swearing (in fact, Fergus was delighted today to realize that Wikipedia has entries for "shit" and "fuck". (Hi Gram!) (Hi Gramma!)

This led to two things: a discussion with my peers about exposing kids to swear words in the music we listen to (response below) and a question from Fergus about what an "interjection" is (presumably based on a Wikipedia description of one of these words). I reminded him of the "Grammar Rock" episode about interjections and he seemed to understand the grammar concept ("Is 'Fuck!' an interjection?" "Sometimes; it depends how you use it"). Vulgarity as learning opportunity.

Actual NWA lyrics below:



Fuck tha police
Comin straight from the underground
Young nigga got it bad cuz I'm brown
And not the other color so police think
They have the authority to kill a minority

Fuck that shit, cuz I ain't tha one
For a punk muthafucka with a badge and a gun
To be beatin on, and throwin in jail
We could go toe to toe in the middle of a cell

Fuckin with me cuz I'm a teenager
With a little bit of gold and a pager
Searchin my car, lookin for the product
Thinkin every nigga is sellin narcotics

You'd rather see me in the pen
Then me and Lorenzo rollin in the Benzo
Beat tha police outta shape
And when I'm finished, bring the yellow tape
To tape off the scene of the slaughter
Still can't swallow bread and water

I don't know if they fags or what
Search a nigga down and grabbin his nuts
And on the other hand, without a gun they can't get none
But don't let it be a black and a white one
Cuz they slam ya down to the street top
Black police showin out for the white cop

Ice Cube will swarm
On any muthafucka in a blue uniform
Just cuz I'm from the CPT, punk police are afraid of me
A young nigga on a warpath
And when I'm finished, it's gonna be a bloodbath
Of cops, dyin in LA
Yo Dre, I got somethin to say

Fuck the police (4X)