Digable Bhangra That SOs and Carl Would Like

[Soam Acharya]

In (sort-of) response/reaction to:

a) Carl Christiansen's desire to see more fusion of Indian
stuff with reggae/rap and become more part of the mainstream

b) Manish's inquiry about the Digable Planets

c) SOs ( yes, that word again ), "Indian girls are great"

d) Usual angst/soul-searhing on this group

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Rapped to Digable Planets and "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)".

OK boyz, hit it!

Back in the days when I was a teenager
Dazed and confused was the status of my nature
Desi, pardesi what was I? Just crazy?
Easy said my daddy, stop sweatin' bout your future
Be hittin' all your books like there be no tomorrow
Straight A's, it pays, that'll drown your sorrow
"O bhai" said I, must give this s*** a try
So EE was to me, like the Nile was to the Pharaoh
The years be passing by and I wasn't getting younger
One day, hai hai hey, it hit me only stronger
No life, no wife, no culture, just this drive
Like vindaloo with no aloo, no way to kill my hunger
My brain was cast again in a frizzy stormy state
Then I got the answer and this I now relate
Rap, all that, add some bhangra, it's so phat
Mix like begoon-bhartha, you'll down it just like that

I be to rap what gulli is to danda
But I am cool like dat etc etc

When you pass me by, just simply let me know
Why? don't be shy, I'll be wrecking your culture show
My beat be so sweet, dem jilebis can't compete
I'm a living legend and cross-over is how I flow
My SO, she's no ho, don't take her name in vain
She's Lakshmi, she likes me, she's a devi just the same
I higgedy-diggedy my mama, I'm as built as Bhima
Taller than a tree and I sting with my degree
So that's my story's end and I hope I've set a trend
Hiphop be the answer, Das Kalidas be your friend

I be to rap what raga be to veena
But I am cool like dat etc etc

- Das Kalidas (tm)

Samples: Kishore yodeling
Veena

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Notes:

Yes, we do have a sense of humour on this newsgroup!

I AM keeping my day job :-)

I wish real-life solutions were that simple.

This is purely fictional. Any resemblance to any living being
or fruit is purely coincidental unless my subconscious has been
playing tricks on me again.

I hope I got the usual braggadocio in rap right...

If you get the A Tribe Called Quest or Das EFX tributes,
more power to you.

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Soam A. [ Soam_A...@cornell.edu ]