Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part II of a pancocojams series about contemporary vernacular meanings for the word "Ye".
Part II showcase a YouTube video of Osh This Side singing "My Ye Is Different To Your Ye" and a YouTube video about the "My Ye Is Different" viral meme.
The lyrics to this song* are given in this post along with selected comments from one of these videos' discussion thread.
WARNING- There are two curse words in that song. Those words are given below with modified spelling.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/01/some-contemporary-vernacular-meanings.html for Part I of this series. Part I present information about the vernacular meanings of the word "ye" that have recently become known or have recently developed in Great Britain, the United States, and elsewhere thanks to African American rapper Kanye West, thanks to Black British twitter commenter and YouTube video singer Osh.
Note: Since Osh This Side developed his twitter video and his YouTube video as a result of Burna Boy's song "Ye"* (which uses the traditional Yoruba Nigerian meaning for the word "Ye"), Burna Boy can also be credited for indirectly influencing the contemporary meanings of the word "Ye".
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, aesthetic, and linguistic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Osh for his musical legacy, and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube
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*Click the tag "Burna Boy song Ye" for pancocojams posts on that song.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS:
Video #1: Osh - My Yé Is Different [Music Video] | GRM Daily
GRM DailyPremiered Nov 26, 2018
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Here's the lyrics for that song from that discussion thread, posted by Salt, 2018
(Curse words are given with modified spelling)
[Intro]
Yè, yè, yè
[Chorus]
My yè is different to your yè
Dripping in sauce, the drip-drip is so saucy
I don't know why they wanna war me
Why they wanna war me if they don't know me
Different to your yè
Dripping in sauce, the drip-drip is so saucy
I don't know why they wanna war me
Why they wanna war me if they don't know me
[Verse 1]
She said hand on her heart, she don't trust me
I don't want you to trust me, just love me
She looked me dead in the eye with a secretive smile
And told me none of these bi&thes* can ever touch me
Baby girl, just calm it down
I need to know where you'll go right now
I couldn't really give a f&&k* right now
But, baby girl, just show me now
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*This word is fully spelled out in these lyrics.
[Chorus]
My yè is different to your yè
Dripping in sauce, the drip-drip is so saucy
I don't know why they wanna war me
Why they wanna war me if they don't know me
Different to your yè
Dripping in sauce, the drip-drip is so saucy
I don't know why they wanna war me
Why they wanna war me if they don't know me
[Verse 2]
She's never been with a guy that's so saucy
Probably the reason she's acting so naughty
Middle finger to the guys dem before me
Now she loves me, and adores me
Love me love me love me
Touch me touch me touch me
Feel me feel me feel me
Squeeze me squeeze me squeeze me
[Chorus]
My yè is different to your yè
Dripping in sauce, the drip-drip is so saucy
I don't know why they wanna war me
Why they wanna war me if they don't know me
Different to your yè
Dripping in sauce, the drip-drip is so saucy
I don't know why they wanna war me
Why they wanna war me if they don't know me
[Outro]
This side
And we got the vibe and you can only find it over on this side
And we got the vibe and you can only find it over on this side
And we got the vibe and you can only find it over on this side
And we got the vibe and you can only find it over on this side
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Here are selected comments from this video's discussion threads (with numbers added for referencing purposes only).
1. SNGaming, 2018
"From a meme to this"
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2. richard buckley, 2018
"Clicked for the meme, stayed for the sauce 🔥"
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3. Asqvared, 2018
"i like the way he brought his yé from the original twitter video to the music video but i dont know how to feel about the song"
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4. Craig Stewart, 2018
"He got a record deal out of this tune, fair play, let's see what else he can put out! Good luck to him!"
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5. Osh This Side, 2018
"Just gonna put out more fire tbh Craig, watch the space, appreciate your support :)"
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6. OhKevDebruyne, 2018
"These man took camera angles to another level"
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7. Nightstark, 2018
"I love that he kept the camera cuts. kept to his roots"
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These comments refer to how the twitter video was shot.
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8. Adaeze, 2018
"Never seen a meme turn into a music video"
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9. Renae Hall, 2018
"Woooooiiiiii fire in the booth"
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10. Ggcvvb Bbvbbb, 2018
"U lot can hate all u like but my man is talented and this is acc cold including visuals too"
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11. M2 M2, 2018
"Can you Brits explain what this meme is !!! Please"
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REPLY
12. Osh This Side, 2018
"Hey mate. I am artist who goes by the name of Osh. been doing music for a little while. Been posting freestyles on my socials (oshthisside), however this freestyle went viral and blew up, opened up some doors and gave me a platform."
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13. C14_ 7, 2018
"My yè is different
Me:yè"
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14. A1S, 2018
"Ma nooo is different to ur noooo"
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15. yusuf muhammad, 2018
"What’s yè?"
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16. pureness, 2018
"This song is so funny lmao😂🤣"
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17. Jhon Smith, 2018
"My Ye is spelt different to your Yé"
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18. Candy Rain, 2018
"Love all the melanin in this video"
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This comment (and others like it in this discussion thread) refer to the fact that the singer and the women featured in this video are Black people with dark skin.
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19. Josh Fernie, 2018
"Yeah this is a straight banggggaaaaa"
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20. Samigul 69, 2018
"I thought he was just a meme.. but this is harddd"
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21. SilentTug •, 2018
"The insta video sounds better than this don’t @ me"
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22. Chris Otite, 2018
"The insta video was a lot wavier"
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23. MASTER T ON THE TRACK, 2018
"I still wish it was on the BURNA BOY RIDDIM
But I get why it ain’t"
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24. masood adam, 2018
"My ye is different from ya mamma ye"
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REPLY
25. masood adam, 2018
"I’m dead 😂😂😂"
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26. Xpertise, 2018
"This is cold."
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REPLY
27. Shahinoor Azad, 2018
"my guy do u even know what cold means 😂😂"
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REPLY
28. Xpertise, 2018
"@Shahinoor Azad yes i do"
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REPLY
29. Xpertise, 2018
"@Shahinoor Azad well everyone has a different way of calling something cold"
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30. Ralphredo HD, 2018
"@Shahinoor Azad his cold is different to your cold"
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31. Kayeo
"0:37 woahhh wavey"
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32. Tom Thompson, 2018
"I don’t know how I feel about this was this supposed to a taking the piss video or not in the first place ? He’s taking this mad serious more power to him thou hope this is the start of something big for him"
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The bold font is the way this comment was written in this discussion thread.
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33. steph.d05, 2018
"My like is different to your like🔥🔥"
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34. Gay Ghost Shah, 2018
"Osh:can I use your beat
Burna:no no no"
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35. Musah Hassan, 2018
"Still I’ll give credit to Burnaboy for the Ye Ye Ye!"
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36. Asia William, 2018
"🔥 littt 🔌💯🥶"
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37. andr3a, 2018
"my vibe is different to your vibe."
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38. Yazzy K, 2018
"Soo wavey 🌊"
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39. Tia Griffiths Small, 2018
"I still wanna know what yé is 😂💀"
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REPLY
40. Rhoda Akonnor, 2019
"Tia Griffiths Small swag"
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41. Gxpress73, 2018
"I like and like and like. Chooon just grows on me. 👏👏👏
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42. Haha Matteo, 2018
"lol haters gonna hate its semi wavy"
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43. Kizzy Pitter, 2018
"He’s riding his wave just proves you gotta take your shot you never know what could happen. Sick shots on the car though."
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44. Ibrahim Khayam, 2018
"Kinda milking it now bro"
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45. Osh This Side, 2018
"not at all. Provided people what they wanted. So much more to come"
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46. Miss Chocolate Darling, 2018
"this is a banger fam"
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47. Dusan Kuznetsov, 2018
"Reeeespect ,big vibeeez ouuuuta dis tuneeee !"
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48. Adil Hasan, 2018
"I think that this shows that you can now turn memes into songs😉😉😉😁😁"
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49. G. Rigz, 2018
"Club banger"
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50. YP, 2018
"I shaku on the yë as well"
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"Shaku" = a contemporary Nigerian dance
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51. benja303, 2018
"I wonder what Burna thinks of all this lmao"
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52. DO NOT READ, 2018
"guy: give me your snap
girl: my age is different to your age 🤣"
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53. Mr MOORZ, 2018
"Far to catchy been stuck in my head for time"
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54. lizzy _xo, 2018
"Nah his ye is beautiful🤩🤩🤩🥰"
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55. Bola Akande, 2019
"I wanna know what ye means I only know the meaning to burn a boys ye since I am Yoruba (Nigerian language)"
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56. Stephen A. Smith, 2019
"Him and his label knew to change the beat or else Burna Boy would've taxed them"
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57. Shazia Surfas, 2019
"This guy came out of nowhere and just started gassing this song Is fire 🔥"
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58. 5,000 Subscribers without any videos, 2019
"I don't understand the meme. Someone plz explain"
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59. DANK BARBIE, 2019
"LITTTT happy for his success 👌🏾🙏🏾🖤🖤💥💥💥💣💣💣"
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This is the way this comment was written in that discussion thread.
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Video #2: Reading My Ye is Different to Your Ye MEMES
Ryan Daly, Nov 5, 2018
Hey guys in this video we look at the new trend/meme My Ye is Different to Your Ye…
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Here's my transcription of a portion of the introduction of this video: (.011-.056)
“So I know I’m a bit late on this but I thought I would do a video on this to keep this meme alive. See I basically if you are from the London area you probably know that there is this new video slash song that has gone viral recently [plays clip of Osh singing My Ye”] Because I have a lot of American viewers I should probably explain what this means. “My Ye is different to your Ye” basically means “You’re not on my level”, you know. I’m way different to you. You know, the way I do things is better than the way you do things. That’s basically what it means.”
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This concludes Part II of this two part pancocojams series.
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