Examples Of The Children's Dissin Chant "Don't Make Me Snap My FIngers In A Z Formation"

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents a compilation of examples of the children's dissin chant "Don't Make Me Snap My Fingers In A Z Formation".

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Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE ABOUT "DON'T SNAP MY FINGERS IN A Z FORMATION" CHANT 

"Don't make me snap my fingers in a Z formation" is a children's dissin[g] chant. A "diss" is an insult (putdown.) A dissin chant is meant to insult, taunt, and/or threaten an un-named person or persons.

"Don't make me snap my fingers..." chants are forcefully spoken with accompanying gestures as independent (stand alone) rhymes or in combination with other rhymes, particularly some examples of the contemporary children's taunting rhymes "Brick Wall Water Fall" and/or "Bang Bang Choo Choo Train".

"Don't make me snap my fingers..." chants don't appear to have ever been performed while jumping rope, doing hand clap routines, or performing other such activities. 

No one knows the name/s of the actual creator/s of "don't make me snap my fingers in a Z formation" or when and where that chant was first used, There are numerous versions of "Don't make me snap my fingers in a z formation", and there's no consensus as to which version came first.

However, the 1990s African American comedy series In Living Color is credited for popularizing "Don't make me snap my fingers in a z formation" chants. The reason for conferring this credit to In Living Color is that no examples of that chant are documented before 1990s and the phrase "z formation" was popularized on the Men On..." skits that were part of that series. In those skits, two gay African Americans were featured as cultural critics who demonstrated their high approval for something being reviewed by giving some type of finger snap. "The Z formation" was the name for two of those types of finger snaps.

In contrast to the use of finger snaps in those "Men On..." skits to show that those cultural critics really approved of the book, movie, television show, or art work that they are reviewing, in those dissin chants, the person is warning someone else (or more than one person) not to continue what they are doing or saying or else the chanter will male (perform) a snap in a z formation and that person (or people) being addressed will suffer the consequences.

 According to this chant, "snapping fingers in a z formation" is an indication that a person has "snapped out". Here's a definition of "snap out" from https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snap%20out 
"snap out

to act out violently in a fit of anger or frustration

When she learned what he had done, she snapped out and destroyed all his posters."

by mandingoe May 18, 2004
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In other words, in those children's dissin chant, if a person "snaps" their fingers in a z formation, that indicates that they have "had it" (i.e. they have reached the end of their endurance and tolerance of what another person or persons have said or done. 
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Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_on for information about In Living Color's "Men On" skits.

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/09/dont-let-me-snap-my-fingers-in-z.html for examples of various finger snaps, including an example of the three snap (Zorro) Z forma tion snap.  

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SOME EXAMPLES OF THE CHILDREN'S DISSIN CHANT "DON'T MAKE ME SNAP MY FINGERS IN A Z FORMATION"

All of these examples in this compilation have the title "Don't Make Me Snap My Fingers In A Z Formation". These examples are numbered within their sources for referencing purposes only.

Some of these websites contain additional examples of this chant, but I didn't include them in this compilation because they were the same as or very similar to the examples that are already included.

Source #1

http://www.wittyprofiles.com/q/5806976 Memories#2

Example #1
Don't make me snap my fingers in a Z formation
Exclamtion
Hip rotation
Elbow Elbow
Wrist Wrist
Girl you know you just got dissed!
-wittyprofiles, 2012

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Example #2
dont make me snap my fingers in a Z formation, butt rotation, shake it like bacon, elbows, elbows, wrists, wrists, knuckles, knuckles, fists, fists, turn around & kiss this... girl you just got dissed
-tumblrboii22, 2012

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Example #3
mine-

dont make me snap mah fingers in a Z formation
hip rotation
sholder vibration
chilly sensation
hair-freak-ation
WORD
-LoversGonnaLove, 2012

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Example #4
hahaha yes! i used to do

don't make me snap my finger inna Z formation, exclamation, brick wall, water fall, girl you think you got it all, you don't, i do, so boom with the attitude now boom with the attitude, now recess pieces now butter cup mess with me and i'll mess you up.
-hammy8888, 2012

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Example #5
mine:

dont make me snap my fingers in a z formation, butt rotation!
talk to the hand, talk to the fist (its not fist but idk the word...), girl you just got dissed!
-ShesFullOfHope, 2012

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Example #6
ours was

dont make me snap my fingers
in a z formation
exclamation
neck rotation
hip rotation
elbow elbow
wrist wrist
talk to the hand
flip wrist
OMG you just got dissed
-[deleted], 2012

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Example #7
i do:

dont make me snap my fingers in a z formation, exclamation, hip rotation, head circulation, elbow elbow wrist wrist, talk to the hand talk to the fist, girl u know u just got dissed
-itchythumbmaniac, 2012

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Example #8
my school did

don't make me snap my fingers in a z formation excalmation point talk to the hand talk to the fist oh girl you just got dissed.

realizing now tht that makes no sense i probably went through my whole childhood singing it wrong lmao
-thelastgirlyouwouldexpect, 2012

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Example #9
mine was:

Don't make me snap my fingers in a z formation
hip rotation
elbow, elbow, fist, fist
back off girl you just got dissed.
Boom boom choo choo train
wind me up i'll do my thing
reeses pieces 7 up
mess with me i'll mess you up.
No wait! Come back!
You need a tic tac
not one, not two,but the whole damn pack.
I'm not trying to be mean, but you need some listerine
Not a sip, not a gargle
just the whole damn bottle
WORD!
-yolythegreat. 2013

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Source #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMyB1N6fdmo&ab_channel=FunkyCustard "Z Formation" published by FunkyCustard Sep 10, 2008 [Here's the summary statement that was given with this video: "kati and i doing the diss sharay taught us! hahah"]

Example #1
dont make me snap my hands in a Z formation,
head rotation,
body sensation,
arm arm,
wrist wrist,
ooooh girl you just got dissed
-FunkyCustard, Sept. 10, 2008 

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Example #2
I say "don't make me snap my fingers in z formation exclamation hip utation circulation flick my wrist talk like this oh my gosh u just dissed"
-Grace Alana, 2012

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Source #3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=755oNLbzqYQ&ab_channel=PhillipDavis "Don't Make Me Snap My Fingers", published by Phillip Davis Oct 8, 2010

Example #1
Don’t make me snap my fingers in a Z formation, hip rotation, booty sensation. Elbow-elbow, wrist-wrist, snap-snap, kiss-kiss
-Lil Savion, Oct. 8, 2010

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Example #2
when i was growing up this was: dont make me snap my fingers in a z-for-ma-tion, ex-cla-ma-tion hip rotation, flip my hair, snap my wrist, oh my god you just got dissed
-gabtoups, 2012

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Example #3
omg

i learned it

dnt make me snap my fingers in a z formation exclamation head rotation butt curculation talk to the hand tlk to the rist omg u just got dissed
-Alexa Siminou, 2012

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Example #4
lol we had the z formation thing but not nearly as...inappropriate for lack of better words. our was don't make me snap my fingers in a Z formation exclamation, snap my wrist, pop my hip, girl you just got dissed. Was that just me?
-Breana Hunt, 2013

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Example #5
it actually goes.......  don't make me snap my fingers in a z formation, hip rotation, finger quotation, elbows elbows wrist wrist omg u just got dissed
-Jasmine Nixon, 2013

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Example #6
Don't make me snap my fingers in a z formation exclamation butt rotation elbow elbow rist rist talk to the hand and kiss -this points at butt -  Omg u just got dissed
-Sara Sheey, 2013

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Example #7
Fifth grade:

Don’t make me move my hands in a Z formation
Hip rotation
Head circulation
Here’s my pinky
Here’s my thumb
Here’s my fist you better run
-jerrey n, 2017

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Source #4
https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=100061&threadid=100061#3486793
Dont make me snap my fingers in a "Z" formation,
hip rotation, head circulation.
elbow elbow, wrist wrist, girl you just got DIST.
Brick wall, waterfall,
girl you think you got it all but you don't, i do!
so BOOM went that attitude.
Bang bang, choo choo train,
wind me up ill go my thang.
resses' pieces, 7up
you mess with me, ill mess you UP!
-GUEST, Unknown, 05, March, 2013 " Water Wallflower & Brickwall Waterfall"

you mess with me, ill mess you UP!

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Source #5
https://fornoob.com/what-is-the-z-formation-song/ the Z formation song? "what is the rhyme it goes like- dont make me snap my fingers in a z formation, hip rotation, no ____, exclamation. brick wall waterfall? [retrieved Sept. 25, 2021]

[Pancocojams Editor's Note: These examples were published without any contributor's names or dates]

Examples #1 and #2 
Dont make me snap my fingers in the Z formation
Exclamation
Talk to the hand, talk to the fist, ooooo girl
You just got dissed

or

Dont make me snap my fingers in the Z formation
Exclamation
Brick wall, Waterfall, girl you think you know it all
You dont... I do
So poof with the attitude

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Example #3
Brick wall, waterfall, girl you think you got it all, but you don't, I DO. so BOOM with that attitude, peace punch, captain crunch, I got something you can't touch. Bang, Bang, choo choo train, wind me up, I'll do my thang, reesees pieces, 7-up, mess with me, I'll mess you up, so don't make me snap my fingers in a Z formation, hip rotation, вυŧŧ elevation, twist of the hand, flick of the wrist, OMG you just got dissed!

 

That's how I do it...

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Example #4
When I was little it was

Don't make me move my hand in a z formation slight rotation brick brick water fall girl you think you got it all you don't I do so boom with that attitude reeses pieces butter cup mess with me all mess you up

 

But I over herd it when my sister did the move ments with her friends and then tried to teach me

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Example #5 and #6

well um mine goes like this

Don't Make Me Snap My Fingers In A Z Formation, Exclamation, Hip Rotation, Elbow Elbow, Wrist Wrist, Girl Don't Make Me Go Like This

 

oh wait there was another too.

it goes

Don't Make Me Snap My Fingers In A Z Formation, Exclamation, head rotation, elbow elbow wrist wrist
shut up girl you just got dissed

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Example #7
 Don't make me snap my fingers in a z formation exclamation underlineazation head rotation hip circulation talk to my hand talk to this boy you just got dissed brick wall, waterfall girl you think you know all. but you dont, & i do, so boom with that attitude, bang bang choo choo train round me up I'll do my thang reeses pieces buttercup mess with me & ill mess you up.

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Source #6
[WARNING: This website includes examples that contain profanity. None of those examples are quoted in this pancocojams compilation.]

https://www.amirite.com/187781 

[Not dates are given with these examples which were retrieved on Sept. 16, 2021]

Example #1
Don't make me snap my fingers in a Z formation, hip rotation, elbows elbows, wrists wrists, ooh girl you just got dissed, 

amirite?
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No contributor's name was given with this example.

The word "amirite" is written in bold font in that discussion thread. "Amirite" is a colloquial form of the question "Am I right?". The word "amirite" isn't a part of the examples of this chant that are found on this website, even if it is given at the end of those examples. 

 
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Example #2
I know it as:

Stop. Don’t talk to me you loser lameo wanna be. Don’t make me block my fingers in a z formation. Hip rotation. Flock of the hair. Flock of the wrist. You just got ditched"
-Smiley2002

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Example #3
My friend does it like

Dont make me snap my fingers in a z formation, roll my head in a circle rotation, snap my hips for some air circulation slap my face for some extra concentration, talk to the hand, not to the wrist. OMG girl you just got dissed.
-Anonymous

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Example #4
its actually "dont make me snap my fingers in a Z formation, exclamation, talk to the hand, talk to the fist, dang girl u just got dissed"
-Jade Dragon

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[Given under the heading related posts]
Example #5
don’t make me snap my fingers in a Z formation, exclamation, head rotation check my nails flip my wrist oh my gosh you just got dissed. amirite?
-no contributor's name given

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Example #6 

 I thought it was, "Don't make me snap my fingers in a Z-formation, exclamation, hip rotation, neck circulation.
Brick wall, waterfall, boy u think u know it all. You don’t, I do.
So boom with the attitude, boom with the attitude.
Elbow elbow, wrist wrist, talk to the hand, talk to the fist, boom boy you just got dissed. Swish, swish, swish.
Reese’s pieces, 7-Up, mess with me, I’ll mess u up.
See my finger, see my thumb, see my fist you better run.
Wait, come back u need a tic-tac.
Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, but a whole 6 pack.
I’m so sorry to be mean, but you need some listerineeeeee, amirite?

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