The message here runs deep as Fly Young Red does a 360 from the ratchet club banger Boy Pussy. With U Don’t Want It he gives us a cerebral conversation starter that will have you nodding you head in agreement as he spits bars like;
…Aint nobody perfect,
but a lot of gay niggas don’t live to see 30,
cause you teach’em that they worthless,
and its workin. It’s workin,
and they just lookin for love,
but you tell’em God hate’em ,
They aint lookin above,
Oh that was the warm up. He goes straight for the jugular on the second verse;
Yall funny as fuck, yall funny as fuck,
Yall muthafuckas funny as fuck,
Cause yall watch Tyler Perry be Madea cause he funny and stuff,
But your put your son out,
Guess he wasn’t funny enough.
The production with the dramatic revolving sample in the background adds to the seriousness and realness of the track. My only real complaint is that I felt the song is too short at only around 2:40 seconds. Definitely want to give props to this young man for dropping this track and having the flow and swagger to put himself within the top echelon of the LGBT rap scene.
I like this whole piece right here: song and video. I could understand the words, the message, and agree with it. The video was calm, clear, and connected. If only there was more that he said in the song about loving self. I appreciate and enjoy FLY YOUNG RED!
This song and video right here touched me. Been jamming the Pretty Boy Realness mixtape and this song is my favorite track. Love it so much. So raw and so real. Let’s make sure we all at least high school so we have more opportunities to provide for ourselves. Going to college and beyond if you have the opportunity to do so makes things so much better and you can show more younger gays.
I’m even more proud to hail from Houston because of FYR! Shout out to him!
It’s 180. Not 360.
<— runs and hides before gets hit
Yes, and not only that but the word “ratchet” is overused and is almost always misused in a sentence. The more fitting word is “wretched”, unless, of course, one is talking about the actual tool. I hate to hear seemingly intelligent, grown azz men and women using “ratchet”…not realizing it makes them sound….well …ignint.
<——–NOT running and hiding.
Regardless if you or I like it or not, the intentions and definitions of words change and evolve with the times. Just like Down Low was non-homosexual related when it was first used regularly.
I don’t like the word gay but there is nothing I can do about it.
I thought “Ratchet” came from the Ratchet dance from Shreveport, LA? I’d much rather use “Ratchet” than ghetto. Lol
I don’t know the origins of the term, but I’d put money on the word “ratchet” used in urban vernacular probably derived from the proper English word, wretched. It’s one of those things where people hear the correct word but either misapply or misunderstand its use. For example, How many people do know that say “you must be out of your RABBIT azz mind!”…….uh, no….but I could possibly be out of my RABID mind. If you asked them to write out what they just said, 9 out of 10 would write the word RABBIT, meaning they don’t understand what they are actually saying, just repeated something they heard, improperly no less.
Sometimes I correct, most times I don’t. Depends on my mood. I just remember the old saying, when you know better, you do better. Most times people don’t want to know better.
Words can have multiple meanings and also have different application/meanings in different industries. Ratchet has a totally different meaning in M&A circles from what one might find in a dictionary. Besides ratchet as used in this case will most likely have a definition/ description in urban dictionary – and we know words from the streets, like selfie and bootylicious, sometimes make it into the Oxford dictionary.
So, based on your justification, I guess you wouldn’t mind if President Obama peppered his next state of the union address with the word “conversate” then?
Get real.
Dude, there’s a time and place for various types of “word murder”. I’m pretty sure Pres. Obama knows when an where to use proper English. I’m a stickler for spelling/ proper terminology as well, but not to the point of being a “Buzz Kill” when said word(s) are OBVIOUSLY being used in a casual conversation/ environment. There’s other things to get your panties in a bunch over, my dude.
@Xaos, LOL…I hear you.
Def a 180! Good on him. This i can fuck with.
Holy shit, I did not expect him to put out something this deep. Granted, I love the ratched stuff (Its a guilty pleasure for me), but this is really refreshing. Especially coming from a gay artist who’s probably heard/experienced most of this.
” I aint tryna touch your kids”
That line stood out to me .When I was a kid there was a teacher who drove me home from school who people suspected of being gay,so they warned my mom he would molest me.However, I had some narrow escapes with two of my older male heterosexual cousins,but everyone swept that under the rug.
His last song wasn’t my flavor,but I can get into this. I don’t mind the time length because I feel like the song said what it needed to say to a fulfilling degree.
This is a pleasant surprise from “Boy Pussy” to this shows versatility and depth. I think I under estimated this guy. Some of his lines were speaking so much truth.
Fly young red has grown up…Nice video great message..
This was an amazing masterpiece put together by Fly Young Redd. And I’ll admit when you guys first posted about his one song “pop that boy p*ssy” I was like embarrassed, mortified and thought to myself, he’s one artist whose music I won’t be listening to. However after listening to this song, it made me want to know what else Fly Young Red has been hiding up his sleeve. This was so deep, especially the lyric, as others have pointed out in the comment “I don’t want to touch your kids, I’m just trying to live”. That was grandiose and resonated alot, because gay people are always typecasted as child molesters etc. And sure it’s 2014, but let’s be real about the world we live in, because even today we still have racism, so homophobia is just as alive.
And in response to Ocky’s comment about not liking the word “gay”, I totally understand you on that. While I have no qualms against using the word “gay”, I get what you mean simply because I’ve always hated hearing the word “partner” being used to describe someone that your with. Because I always thought to myself, “Partner? What is this is a business deal or something?” Because I felt that predominantly straight people don’t have to use that word, so I feel I won’t either. And I do understand that term is used because some people have different things they identify such as pansexual, etc (*Rolls eyes*), sorry I can’t help it. I feel sometimes the LGBT community is adding all the whole alphabet to it’s first four acronyms. Not trying to sound ignorant, but even after so many explanations, I don’t see the difference between pansexual and bisexual. But that’s a story for another day. Let me get back to my point, since I don’t have much more space to write left.
But when Fly Young Red said he’s “just trying to live”, I felt that. And in relation to that lyric and me not using the word partner, it’s because I feel when people of the LGBT community use that word, it signifies how different we are in a dramatic way. And I personally being gay is now different then being straight. Because if I’m dating that guy is my “boyfriend” and when I get married “husband”, as I will be those same things to him. But I’d love to know others opinions on what I just said. One thing I love about this site, is that it challenges my views on the regular, and it’s like a blessing and curse, but overall I love it. Thank you Nick and Ocky1 For another great video to watch, I look forward to more!