The "Signifying Monkey" concept is an attempt to
justify poor narrative in a poor culture and give it legitimacy in a
traditional & more developed culture,ie; Ebonics substitution for
proper English or representing 'non-terse' rap music as artistry. This
is the type of nonsense guys like Professor Michael Eric Dyson &
Professor Gates are trying to sell. Their salesmanship is as lacking
as their intellectual honesty.
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On Jul 31, 12:44 am, Sage2 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Plaino,
>
> Well ! That of course is ' A Signifying Monkey
> Poem " and is not the type of intellectual discourse Gates would
> really aspire too. No ! His " Signifying Monkey " writings are more
> literary and sort of take narrative into a non-logical arena of
> bending and twisting whereby you make established narrative work in
> your favor and to express in a new fashion; though it really is all
> smoke & mirrors so as to manipulate and bring in a false concept or
> impression of the original established narrative or subject matter.
> What it really boils down to is to take " white " & make it " black "
> through a process he has labled and described as " Signifying " in
> order to effect change in a certain perhaps cultural direction away
> from the traditional.
>
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>
> On Jul 30, 11:39 pm, plainolamerican <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > " The Signifying Monkey "
>
> > Way down in the jungle deep,
> > The bad ass lion stepped on the signifyin monkey's feet.
> > The monkey said, "Muthafucka, can't you see?
> > Why, you standin on my goddamn feet!"
> > The lion said, "I ain't heard a word you said."
> > Said, "If you say three more I'll be steppin on yo muthafuckin head!"
> > Now, the monkey lived in the jungle in an old oak tree.
> > Bullshittin the lion everyday of the week.
> > Why, everyday before the sun go down,
> > The lion would kick his all through the jungle town.
> > But the monkey got wise and started usin his wit.
> > Said, "I'm gon' put a stop to this ole ass kickin shit!"
> > So he ran up on the lion the very next day.
> > Said, "Oh Mr. lion, there's a big, bad muthafucka comin your way.
> > And when you meet, it's gonna be a goddamn sin,
> > And wherever you meet some ass is bound to bend."
> > Said, "he's somebody that you don't know,
> > He just broke a-loose from the Ringlin Brother's show."
> > Said, "Baby, he talked about your people in a helluva way!
> > He talked about your people till my hair turned gray!
> > He said your daddy's a freak and your momma's a whore.
> > Said he spotted you running through the jungle sellin asshole from
> > door to door!
> > Said your sister did the damndest trick.
> > She got down so low and sucked a earthworm's dick.
> > Said he spotted yo niece behind the tree,
> > Screwin a muthafuckin flea!
> > He said he saw yo aunt sittin on the fence
> > Givin a goddamn zebra a french.
> > Then he talked about yo mammy and yo sister Lou,
> > Then he start talkin about how good yo grandmaw screw.
> > Said yo sister's a prostitute and yo brother's a punk,
> > And said I'll be damned if you don't eat all the pussy you see every
> > time you get drunk!
> > He said he cornholed your uncle and fucked your aunty and niece,
> > And next time he see yo grandmaw he gonna get him another good piece.
> > Said your brother died with the whoopin cough and your uncle died with
> > the measles
> > And your old grandpaw died with a rag chunked up in his ass, said he's
> > goin on home to Jesus.
> > And you know yo little sister that ya love so dear
> > I fucked her all day for a bottle of beer.
> > So, Mr. Lion, you know that ain't right.
> > Whenever you meet the elephant be ready to fight."
> > So the lion jumped up in a helluva rage!
> > Like a young cocksucker full of gage.
> > He let out a roar!
> > Tail shot back like a forty-four.
> > He went through the jungle knockin down trees,
> > Kickin giraffes to their knees.
> > The he ran up on the elephant talkin to the swine.
> > He said, "All right you big, bad muthafucka. It's gonna be yo ass or
> > mine."
> > The elephant looked at him outta the corner of his eyes.
> > Said, "Alright go ahead home you little funny-bunny muthafucka and
> > pick on somebody your own size.
> > The lion jumped up and made a fancy pass.
> > The elephant side-stepped him and kicked him dead in his ass.
> > He busted up his jaw, fucked up his face.
> > Broke all four legs, snatched his ass outta place.
> > He picked him up, slammed him to the tree.
> > Nothin but lion shit as far as you could see.
> > He pulled out his nuts, rolled em in the sand.
> > And kicked his ass like a natural man!
> > They fought all night and all the next day.
> > Somehow the lion managed to get away.
> > But he drug his ass back to the jungle more dead than alive.
> > Just to run into that little monkey and some more of his signifying
> > jive!
> > The monkey looked at him and said, "Goddamn ole partner, you don't
> > look so swell."
> > Said, "Look like to me you caught a whole lotta hell."
> > Said, "Yo eyes is all red and yo asshole is blue,
> > I knew in the beginning it wasn't shit to you.
> > There's one thing you and me gotta get straight
> > Cause you one ugly cocksucker I sure do hate!
> > Now, when you left, the jungle rung
> > Now you bring yo dog ass back here damn near hung.
> > Look muthafucka, ain't you a bitch!
> > Yo face look like you got the Seven Year Itch!
> > I told my wife before you left,
> > I should kicked yo ass my muthafuckin self!
> > Why I seen you when he threw you into that tree,
> > Cause some of that ole lion shit got on me!
> > Why every night when me and my wife is tryin to get a little bit,
> > Here you come around here with some that old "I owe" shit!
> > Shut up! Don't you roar!
> > Cause I'll bail outta this tree and whoop yo dog-ass some more!
> > And don't look up here with yo sucka-paw case.
> > Cause I'll piss through the bark of this tree in yo muthafuckin face!"
> > The monkey got happy, started jumpin up and down.
> > His feet missed the limb and his ass hit the ground.
> > Like a streak of lighting and a ball of white heat,
> > That lion was on his ass with all four feet.
> > Dust rolled and tears came into the little monkey's eyes,
> > The little monkey said, "Look Mr. Lion, I apologize!"
> > Said, "If you let me get my nuts out the sand,
> > I'll fight yo ass like a natural man!
> > Look muthafucka, ain't you a bitch, you ain't raisin no hell,
> > Cause everybody saw you jump on me after I slipped and fell."
> > Said, "If you'll fight like men should
> > I'd whoop yo ass all over these woods!"
> > This made the lion mad!
> > It was the boldest challenge he ever had.
> > He squared off for the fight,
> > But that little monkey jumped damn near outta sight!
> > Landed waaay up in a banana tree and began to grin.
> > Sayin, "Look here you big, bad muthafucka, you been bullshitted again!
> > Why, I'll take me one of these bananas,
> > And whoop on yo ass till it sing the Star Spangled Banner!"
> > And said, "If you ever mess with me again,
> > I'm gonna send you back to my elephant friend!"
> > Said, "The things I told you will never part,
> > But what I'm gonna tell you know will break yo muthafuckin heart!"
> > Your mammy ain't no good and yo sister's been a whore"
> > Said, "I had that bitch on the corner for a year or more!"
> > But the lion looked up with a helluva frown.
> > Roared so loud that little monkey fell back to the ground.
> > The little monkey looked up and said "Please, Mr. Lion! Please don't
> > take my life!
> > Cause I got thirteen kids and a very sickly wife!"
> > Said, "All of my money to you I'll give, Mr. Lion,
> > Please just let me live!"
> > But the lion kicked him in his ass and broke his neck,
> > Left that little monkey in a helluva wreck.
> > The monkey looked to the sky,
> > With tears in his eyes.
> > Nothin he could see or nothin he could hear,
> > But he knew that it was the end of his bulllshittin and signifyin
> > career!
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voxp3ckwJZ0
>
> > On Jul 30, 8:05 pm, Sage2 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > This is one of Louis Gates writings. It is an endless non-logic
> > > in word significants. "Signifying"
> > > is a needling or groading by means of indirect gibes and clever often
> > > preposterous put-downs. Also known as " dozen " : a ritual word game
> > > that consists of exchanging insults usually about the members of the
> > > opponents family, such as " out with yo moma ", and escalates from
> > > there.
> > > Gates was in effect playing this low class urban dweller game with
> > > Crowley. Gates is supposed to be an " intellectual " ? I think not !-
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