Yo Mama-Insults in songs & rhymes

Subject: RE: Yo Mama-Insults in songs & rhymes
From: DADGBE
Date: 08 Apr 09 - 04:03 PM

Where I grew up in The Bronx, 'yo momma...' jokes were common as dirt. They were also likely to earn a well placed kick.

Yo momma gives Green Stamps!
Yo momma's so ugly, she's got her clothes on backward and looks better that way!

Subject: RE: Yo Mama-Insults in songs & rhymes
From: Bill D
Date: 08 Apr 09 - 11:44 AM

Although I am not personally familiar with much of this, I have heard brief variations of them over the years.....but I was startled to see on late-night TV just a few days ago, an entire program devoted to 'contests' on this theme. There seemed to be 'topics' given by the MCs for the contestants to improvise on, as well as 'free-style' insults.
   I...ummmm... didn't watch long enough to gain many useful insights. Just a piece of culture that is beyond me.

Subject: RE: Yo Mama-Insults in songs & rhymes
From: Azizi
Date: 08 Apr 09 - 09:28 AM

Here are two examples of a very popular children's hand clap rhyme that includes "yo mama" lines:

Brick Wall Water Fall (Example #1)
Brick wall waterfall boy/girl you think you no it all you dont i do so shh whith that Additude Your Mama your daddy your balled headed granny she 99 she thinks shes fine she going out whith frankinstine shes hip shes fat she needs a tic-tac not a tic not a tac but the hole six pack im sorry to be mean but she needs some listrine not a sip not a swallow but the hole bottle
-Timothy, 2/2/2006; http://www.cocojams.com/taunting_rhymes.htm

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Brick Wall Water Fall (Example #2)
A...B...C...Hit It That's the way ah-uhh-uhh i like it uh-huh ah huh that's the way ah-huh-ah-huh i like it ah-huh-ah-huh You have your way i have mine peace punch captain crunch brickwall waterfall boy you think you know it all You don't i do So POOF with the attitude no wait... come back i think you need a tic-tac not one,not two but the whole six pack yo mamma yo daddy yo bald headed granny she's 99 she thinks she fine She's goin out with Frankenstein so go, go granny go, go granny (repeat go go granny until feel like stopping)
-Katherine; 5/6/2007; http://www.cocojams.com/taunting_rhymes.htm

Subject: RE: Yo Mama-Insults in songs & rhymes
From: Azizi
Date: 08 Apr 09 - 09:20 AM

I meant to include another verse to that U-G-L-Y cheer that my Pittsburgh "informant" had shared with me (which I have since also received from other people outside of Pennsylvania):

D-A-DD-Y
You don't even know that guy
Your daddy
hey hey
Your daddy.

Subject: RE: Yo Mama-Insults in songs & rhymes
From: Azizi
Date: 08 Apr 09 - 09:17 AM

U-G-L-Y
(Cheerleader cheer)


U-G-L-Y
You ain''t got no alibi.
You ugly
Hey Hey
You ugly.

M-O-M-M-A
That is how you got that way.
Yo Momma
Hey Hey
Yo Mama


-snip-

This cheer was featured in the 1986 Wildcats movie starring Goldie Hawn. However, an African American woman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania informed me that teenagers were saying that cheer in that city before that movie came out.

In this Mudcat thread, I speculated that this cheer might have been composed as a take-off of the Ugly Baby song (which are alternative lyrics to the song "Pretty Baby".

Subject: RE: Yo Mama-Insults in songs & rhymes
From: Azizi
Date: 08 Apr 09 - 09:09 AM

SAY MAN

(Ellas McDaniel aka Bo Diddley) 1959

(Alternate lines spoken by Bo Diddley and Jerome Green):

Say man,
What's that boy?
I want to tell you 'bout your girlfriend,
What about my girl?
Well, you don't look strong enough to take the message,
I'm strong enough,
I might hurt your feelings,
My feelings are already hurt by being here with you,
Well, I was walking down the street with your girl the other day,
Ah-ha,
And the wind was blowin' real hard,
Is that right?
And the wind blew her hair into my face,
Ah-ha,
You know what else happened?
What happened?
The wind blew her hair into her face,
Yeh?
And we went a little further; you wanna hear the rest of it?
I might as well,
The wind blew her hair into the street!
Ok; since you told me about my girl, I'm gonna tell you about yours. I was walking down the street with your girl,
Yes?
I took her home, for a drink, you know,
Took her home?
Yeh, jus' for a drink,
Oh,
But that chick looked so ugly, she had to sneak up on the glass to get a drink of water!
You've got the nerve to call somebody ugly; why you so ugly the stork that brought you in the world oughta be arrested!
That's alright; my momma didn't have to put a sheet on my head so sleep could slip up on me!
Look-a here!
What's that?
Where are you from?
South America,
What's that?
South America,
You don't look like no South American to me,
I'm still from South America,
What part?
South Texas!
Where are your workin' boots at?
I've got 'em on,
Those aren't no boots you got on; those broguettes!
Hey, look-a here!
What's that?
I've bin tryin' to figure out what you is,
I already figured out what YOU is!
What's that?
You that thing I throw peanuts at!
Look-a here!
What's that?
You should be ashamed of yourself,
Why?
Calling people ugly,
I didn't call you ugly,
What you say?
I said you was ruined, that's all!
You know somethin'?
What?
You look like you've bin whooped with a ugly-stick!
Hey! I ain't got nothin' to do with it, but I beat the fellah right...!


http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/B/bodiddleylyrics/bodiddleysaymanlyrics.htm

Subject: Yo Mama-Insults in songs & rhymes
From: Azizi
Date: 08 Apr 09 - 09:06 AM

All of that recent talk about in this current BS thread about the MOAB thread got me to thinking about why there's a Mother of all BS threads and not one named after dear ole dad.

And that got me thinking about "Yo Mama" insults that are such a core feature of the African American insult tradition called "the dozens".

And that got me wondering how many songs or children's playground rhymes there are that include Yo Mama type insults.

You will note that I'm not starting this thread around Mother's Day (though every day could be considered Mother's Day). And needless to say, I mean no disrespect toward mothers in general or anybody's mama in particular. I'm interested in this topic because I'm just interested in this topic.

So, in the fine Mudcat tradition of what I call "category threads", in my next posts I'll share some examples of songs or rhymes that include such insults.

I hope you'll add some too.

Thanks in advance for your participation in this thread.