Soulja boy not as fun and wholesome as you think
If you’re a parent of young kids, like me, chances are your kids have come home singing the catchy “Crank That” song by 17-year-old Atlanta rapper Soulja Boy, who is scheduled to be in town this weekend. Soulja Boy self-published “Crank That,” which later ended up at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 100 charts.
Soulja Boy’s got a dance that goes with the song that entire teams and cheerleaders are doing on college and high school sidelines.
I guess I’m getting older because I couldn’t figure out what Soulja Boy was saying in the song. I kept thinking it was “Soulja Boy ol’-N-E-oh” or something. At least that’s what I heard my kids saying.
So when I checked out the lyrics I was surprised that “Crank That” was really a song about Soulja being sexually frustrated with a date. Keeping it as clean as possible, he talks about doing something called “Superman,” which is basically performing a retaliatory solo sexual act on the date while she is sleeping.
And the nonsensical lyrics I thought I heard are repeated bluntly over and over again throughout the song. The version of this song too dirty to play on radio is even worse.
I get that rappers rap about what’s going on in their lives and ‘hoods. That’s fine. I get that sex is part of life, but the way Soulja is being promoted as a wholesome figure with a fun dance — particularly how young kids are picking it up — bothers me.
I’m going to put the brakes on my kids singing and listening to Soulja Boy. Just thought you all might want to know what your kids are really singing about.