please I need help understanding some lyrics of a song in English!

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What's the song?

What song?

Thanks girls, The song is "I'm gonna put you down" by gangstagrass (don't ask me why the teacher chose this song, It's beyond me ?) , I'm gonna post a picture of the lyrics she already have, she is only missing 3 lines

Seriously??? How old is your niece?

Also, just google it. The lyrics pop right up.

@mnb Sadly I googled it, but those 3 parts are missing on every sites

But really, how old is your niece?

Song is inappropriate ?. Plus I’ve never heard of it. I couldn’t find any lyrics on YouTube for it.

@pp She is 17

@messy right?! But don't get me started on this teacher...

What all does she have so far?

@thewife ? I posted a picture of the lyrics she has

Um...

There’s no way the teacher would still have a job after assigning that song!!

What type of school does she go to?

I'd like to hear the reason for this assignment.

Is this a joke? That song is SO inappropriate. No child of mine would be translating that song, and my happy butt would be at the school first thing in the morning.

Teacher can’t be serious. Are you sure your niece didn’t pick the song? Lmfaooo

Apple Music has it listed as explicit. That alone should preclude it from schoolwork.

She said on another post it's for a college class. Still very distasteful but not much can be done.

Thanks to all the ones worrying but nothing can be done.. My nièce is in high school but she is taking an extra course at out local college, it's on "American civilisation" so he pretty much can talk about whatever he wants as long as it has something to do with American culture...

I know the guy it's a 30 yo American from new York ( I live in europe) and he feels like students complaining are not trying to understand "American people".... there is so many freat topics they could study and I don't see how a mix between a bluegrass and a rap song is particularly reprensative of the American culture (I would have loved for her to study a bluegrass song (like Steve'n'seagulls?) , or a good rap? but I'm not the one in charge...

Charming song to study ?

https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Gangstagrass/I-m-Gonna-Put-You-Down

http://www.songlyrics.com/gangstagrass/i-m-gonna-put-you-down-lyrics/

@cenedra no site gives the entire song ? it's actually the only smart point I can give to her teacher! He managed to find a song impossible to entirely find online... but all is good @ocean saved me and found the 4 missing lines! (I had to listen to it at least 50+ times ? it was driving me crazy..)

s*** eh, I swear music is going downhill fast these days ?

I wouldn't ever think a teacher would actually assign this song. Is your niece African American? Not that it's ever ok to use the N word, she might catch heat from others in her class if this is the song she chose.

I find it weird he chose the song. All my classes I have to search for my topics, movies, etc. ? You could go straight to the school's administrator (idk if that's whose in charge).

I've learned that half the class do not match the name and the course does not match the work.

Glad I could help ✌️ Yeah I had a class in a similar nature where the prof would just talk about the awesome anthropology book he wrote and give extra points to all the hot girls in class. Such a perv and weirdo. Hated that class so much and barely any of the topics were ever covered in class. I seriously should’ve just skipped it and read the textbook instead lol

Guess I’m the odd one out. Even though I find the song off-putting, it is a college class designed for adults. I also think music is a huge part of any culture. Bluegrass and hip hop play an important role in certain regions, communities, and demographics. Not sure why this particular song was chosen though. There are so many other rap songs with substance that would’ve been a better representation of hip hop culture.

I'm pretty sure he chose it mostly because you can't find the lyrics even on fan pages @EK

Also to be honest the lyrics wouldn't cause a massive problem here, even in a senior class of high school, as long as the violence in the words has a particular goal (like showing inequalities, or the persistants of a strong "ghetto" culture in some part of the US..) but I think this teacher is obnoxious?.

He is my age, so we have friends in common and I hate the way he portrays the USA image (lots and lots of cliches and exaggeration towards americans)