Oakland not The Bay

[townbusiness]

boo the fuck hoo...
i reps the town, ion rep tha Bay! Y would someone prolly say this? Cause we got pride for our city... Same as if Mac Mall or whatever (for example) said i reps the crest, i dont rep the bay!... The fuck would it sound like if someone was on some 'I rep Alameda, i don't rep the bay!', or 'i rep dublin ion rep tha bay'? Cause the Town is known, tha V is known, tha Rich is known, SF is heated, etc., Sorry, but its just pride/turf 1st, 'Bay' 2nd...

It's funny cause some niggas feel left out of the mix, like it hurts em or makes them question the whole purpose, etc., jus my quik opinion...

 

[Triple Threat]

Two THUMBS UP

 

[whatizit_510]

its like e-40's track "rep yo city"

 

[Portuguese Godfather]

thats like sayin u rep hunters point or sunnydale or the fillmore but u dont rep san francisco thatz sum dumb shit

 

[VSTXDJ]

West oakland killa twanties you biatches!!

 

[FDS]

San Fran KillaFornia on my shit aint nobody scared out here in no mans land biatch! Rep yo city cuz imma rep mine fuck what u talkin.

 

[The Last Word]

That rep this, rep that shit has always been stupid to me.

For some reason I always think about the Miss America Pageant whenever I hear about somebody "representing". Shit is stupid - who gives a fuck where you from, make some hot music or shut the fuck up.

 

[trips]

That's some dumn shit, I don't give a fuck what anyone says, I rep the whole Bay Area, But I would nerver forget where I came from(East Palo Alto).

 

[The Last Word]

^^^ You rep the bay area in what capacity? What do you do that would cause anyone to give a fuck where you're from?

 

[Meandme]

^^^ You rep the bay area in what capacity? What do you do that would cause anyone to give a fuck where you're from?

So you're saying you can't understand any kind of feeling of pride or fondness for where you grew up and spent most of your life? You're a robot or some shit?

 

[Murdaz23]

we dont need the seperation...

 

[JP The 13th]

its just the way it is

it aint only with rappers

nothin to have a huge discussion over

 

[whatizit_510]

they reppin they town cuz everybody reppin bay now...like turf said "i dont rep cali, i rep the bay"

same thing as g-stack saying "i rep oakland, not the bay"

 

[The Last Word]

So you're saying you can't understand any kind of feeling of pride or fondness for where you grew up and spent most of your life? You're a robot or some shit?

Does ... not ... compute ...

Everybody is different - I didn't say I didn't understand the 'rep where you're from' thing, I just think it's stupid. Probably because I hear it sooooooooooooo much. Before, I didn't think anything of it, but after hearing that shit so much, it becomes cliche (to me anyway).

 

[XxtraMannish]

lol first "we rep the bay we dont rep california" now this. Whatever happened to Cali love?

 

[Really Treal]

For me,it changes the farther i am away from oakland. For example if im in oakland ima rep the turf, and if im in like Vallejo, ima rep oakland, if im in houston ima rep the bay. Get it

 

[JP The 13th]

For me,it changes the farther i am away from oakland. For example if im in oakland ima rep the turf, and if im in like Vallejo, ima rep oakland, if im in houston ima rep the bay. Get it

true... and when u outta state u find yoself clickin up with niggaz u wouldnt click up with out here

errytime i go visit one of my patnas at a black college.. i'll find myself goin to the club with some richmond & vallejo niggaz... when out here.. i dont really know too many people from them cities unless they fam

but shit these days.. especially when in LA or on the East Coast.. i say Oakland.. cuz its different from the bay.. different things are understood.. what those are.. is another discussion haha

 

[king of the O]

too me i say oakland i dont rep the bay cause im only reppin for oakland, not frisco, richmond, or epa. i think cats that say the bay just aint got no turf so they rep the bay. they probably ashamed to rep wherever they are from.

 

[jordanh415]

HP, especially Harbor Road, Oakdale, and West Point made hella bay slanguage as well as Fillmoe, especially when it came to smooth pimp talk.........but the sco rappers just give credit to the whole Yay........The Bay is what its all about

 

[jordanh415]

really treal has a point....it is context dependent as far as what association one usually makes...........American in Brazil; Bay Area in NY, but sometimes i gotta just say Cali 4 the sheltered cats; The Bay down here IN SD; and Frisco when I am home in Yay