Tuesday, December 11, 2007

"Crank dat Soulja Boy..."

Has anyone heard of the song "Crank Dat" by Soulja Boy?? Well if you haven't, let me give you the low-down on the lyrics...

[Chorus: repeat 2X]
Soulja Boy off in this hoe
Watch me crank it
Watch me roll
Watch me crank dat Soulja Boy
Then super man dat hoe
Now watch me yuuuah
(Crank dat Soulja Boy)
Now watch me yuuuah
(Crank dat Soulja Boy)
Now watch me yuuuah
(Crank dat Soulja Boy)
Now watch me yuuuah
(Crank dat Soulja Boy)

Appropriate for a students in the junior grades? No? I didn't think so either! Warning bells went off in my mind when I heard the word "hoe"... and don't get me started on what a "superman" is! However, this song has become the newest hip hop craze taking over the schools. I taught a dance unit to my students as part of their phys. ed curriculum. I had lessons planned for them which would cover all of the expectations; Movement, Folk Dance, Line Dance, and then a bit of Swing and Hip Hop. Despite my efforts to make these lessons enjoyable, every single dance class I was bombarded with "Miss. Lennon can we learn the Soulja Boy dance?! Miss. Lennon teach us the Soulja Boy!"
If I have to hear one more person say "crank dat" to me I might just lose my mind!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLGLum5SyKQ

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