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lastat06513
Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:11 pm Post subject: Can ya' be a "balla" without "ballin'"? |
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Possible? |
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chevro1et

Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Location: Busan, ROK
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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I think so. Did you see that episode of Chappelle Show where they did his place on Cribs, but it was a big' balla' mansion, and they ate scrambled tyrradactyl eggs with ground diamonds for salt? They make you doodie twinkle. That is the most balla s@%* ever!! |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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No, you can not. Except possibly with a note from your doctor. |
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Rapacious Mr. Batstove

Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Location: Central Areola
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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Possibly. But I would say that most of the self claimed balla's you see these days aren't real ballas! To be a balla' without actually ballin' I believe you have to project the image of what a balla' is, this does however raise the question of whether one can actually be a balla' with no association to the game, but one must exercise care in this judgement. What a balla' is in the mainstream quite possibly projects how a real balla' behaves while not actually ballin', the evidence being that hip-hop stars claiming to be ballas' dress in baggy clothes and bling and not sweaty basketball clothing ready to participate in an actual event of professional ball. I guess the underlying factor in all of this is you have to look very carefully at the balla' in question and judge for yourself if they truly possess the talent of a balla' or falsely project their ballin' self image. Either that, or they could be just out pimpin'. |
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J.B. Clamence

Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:55 am Post subject: |
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No. Such a person would be referred to as a "fake balla" or "fake player (fake playa)." Many sages have exposed this breed of poser. One such poet is Chingy. Consider the following masterful lines of Chingy:
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It�s a mess up with these fake ballers in their place
People comin� out cause they heard I�m comin� back like Mase, |
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I'mma Balla (Balla) SAY WHAT
High Rolla Baby (Baby BABY)
Shot-caller balla (that's right)
Drivin chickens crazy
You a hata (You a hata)
Why you tryna play me (I don't think he know)
Fake playa (Fake playa)
Scarred I'll take ya lady
Ain't nobody gettin it like me (I'mma balla fa real) |
P. Diddy gives us a bit more perspective on fake ballas:
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Your man talking about Hummers and little cars
That only fit in his little house little garage
His lifestyle is just a little mirage
He the type of cat that never had a menage
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Bitch please! you ain't been in a helicopter
Flying 'round Jesus statue wit a mountain in Brazil
Bitch please! you ain't never been to Guatemala
Eating shrimp by the dollar taking flights to Negril
Bitch please! and you ain't been wit Lenny and Pharrell
Me and Loon in the hills giving mami's the chills
Bitch please! and you ain't never seen a hotter nigga in the game
12 years selling records by the mill, c'mon now |
Thus it is clear that ballin' is indeed a vital component to the qualifications of one who wished to refer to himself as a balla. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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"I wish I was little bit taller,
I wish I was a baller
I wish I had a girl who looked good
I would call her
I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat
and a '64 Impala" |
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Sincinnatislink

Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Location: Top secret.
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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No.
Men are defined by their actions. |
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Rapacious Mr. Batstove

Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Location: Central Areola
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:03 am Post subject: |
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"I Wanna be a -- baller, shot caller
Twenty inch blades -- on the Impala
A caller gettin laid tonight
Swisher rolled tight, gotta spray my ice
I hit the HIIIGHWAY, making money the FLYYYY WAY
But there's got to be a BETT-ER WAYY!
A better way, better way, YEAH-AHHHH" |
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WBINC
Joined: 18 Feb 2007
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:24 am Post subject: |
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Do you mean can you wanna be black without being black...Or talk like Britney, while being from a white rural community?? |
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