Periodically, we need to check credentials to weed out the spies, posers, and undercover gangsters (reformed gangsters are fine) and make sure you are a real grownhead. Soooooo, you truly are a grownhead IF….
78)…you spend more on “dress” shoes than gym shoes.
79)…you and your friends tried to form a break dancing crew
80)…you remember where you were when the Challenger exploded
81)…you and Theo from the Cosby Show graduated college the same year
82)…you remember when you could see a good cartoon without having cable
83)…you remember when beatboxing was a skill
84)…you ever sported a Georgetown University starter or wanted to
Since we don’t have passwords, secret handshakes or ID cards we need to figure who amongst us does not belong. Who amongst us is not really a “grownhead.” There is only one way to tell (pause), YOU are a grownhead IF…..
71)…you remember america goin crazy for Cabbage Patch Kids.
72)…you remember your parents saying HEEEEEEELLL naw when you asked for a Cabbage Patch Kid.
73)…you can’t wait to hear Christmas Rapping and Christmas Time in Hollis Queens.
74)…if you can finish this line “Jingle /Jangle /Jingle for the po’ /And when you get your welfare check ____.
75)…you actually give gifts that cost money and require real thought.
76)…you look forward to tricking your kids into believing that Santa was at the house.
77)…sometime during the holiday there’s a moment when you remember (with a smile) some family and friends that are no longer here.
It’s cool to kick it about PE and Mantronix, but if you’re going to claim the title of grownhead, we’ve gotta make sure you’re really down. Therefore, you truly are a grownhead IF….
64)…you don’t go out of your way to learn the words to songs.
65)…you had a Jheri-curl.
66)…you had a high-top fade
67)…you remember Mario when he was just a guy on Donkey Kong.
68)…you remember the FIRST Transformers movie (it was animated) and GASP!! they killed Optimus Prime
69)…you really had Pac-man fever
70)…you’ll NEVER drink a soda while eating Pop Rocks (just in case)
Grownheadz is a community of lovers of hip hop who came up in the Golden Age through the Renaissance, and does not condone discrimination against young bucks, old heads or the other man. But you can only truly call yourself a grownhead IF….
57)… you’re the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won’t turn down the music.
58)… you solved the Rubics cube…..by peeling off the stickers.
59)… one phrase, “The Plane, The Plane”.
60)….you don’t TRY to learn the new dances.
61)…you wondered why there were no black people on the “original” Degrassi Junior High.
62)…Colors, Boyz N the Hood and Menace II Society made you scared to go to Compton.
63)…you tried St.Ides because Ice Cube
Periodically, we need to check credentials to weed out the spies, posers, and undercover gangsters (reformed gangsters are fine) and make sure you are a real grownhead. Soooooo, you truly are a grownhead IF….
50)…all the latest hits on the radio sample songs from when you were in high school and college.
51)…you knew the choreography to Beat It and Thriller.
52)…you remember when Tom Joyner didn’t play ANY rap songs.
53)…you remember the last episode of Good Times when they FINALLY got out the projects.
54)…you won’t let your kids listen to Lil’Wayne but YOU used to blast Too Short all day.
55)…Black Lightning was your favorite Superfriend.
56)…you actually prefer the clean radio mix of song now instead of the dirty version.
It’s cool to kick it about PE and Mantronix, but if you’re going to claim the title of grownhead, we’ve gotta make sure you’re really down. Therefore, you truly are a grownhead IF….
36)…the dirtiest song you knew was Darling Nikki by Prince (it ain’t hip-hop but it was dirty)
37)…remember when Michael Jackson was actually a sex symbol
38)…you couldn’t believe that Filas were GASP… $100!!!
39)…you thought Mr.T was the wrong brotha to mess with
40)…before Wii, before xBox…there was only Atari
42)…you had or wanted a Swatch Watch
42)…you remember Carlos DeJesus hosting New York Hot Traxx
Grownheadz is a community of lovers of hip hop who came up in the Golden Age through the Renaissance, and does not condone discrimination against young bucks, old heads or the other man. But you can only truly call yourself a grownhead IF….
29….you can sing the words to the Jeffersons, Fame, Different Strokes, Good Times, AND the Love Boat.
30….at one time the only country song you knew was the theme from the Dukes of Hazzard (Just some good ole’ boys/Never meaning no harm…)
31….you know the words to “Double Dutch Bus” (izza-yizza-yizzay)
32….you know the profound meaning of “Wax on, Wax off.”
33….you and your cousins got in trouble for mimicking the moves you saw on Kung Fu Theater every Saturday afternoon
34….you remember watching UltraMan, Space Giants (Goldar Silvar and Zan), and SpectraMan afterschool
35….you dream car was the Mach 5 that Speed Racer drove
Since we don’t have passwords, secret handshakes or ID cards we need to figure out who amongst us does not belong. Who amongst us is not really a “grownhead.” There is only one way to tell (pause), YOU are a grownhead IF…..
22. …you weren’t TERRIBLY mortified when President Reagan was shot
23. …you still sit back and remember the times when Black folk were listening to “white” folks music: Wham, Cyndi Lauper, Kenny Loggins, etc.
24. …when black folk DIDN’T listen too Public Enemy
25. …you use the check from the insurance company to actually fix the car
26. …you remember when Dionne Warwick and Arsenio Hall were on Solid Gold
27. …Hell, if you even remember Solid Gold
28. …you remember the only place to see a picture of a fine black female was the Jet Beauty of The Week
Since the Olympics are starting on Friday we figured we here at Grownheadz would get into the spirit of things.Therefore, you truly are a grownhead IF…
15. …. you watched in 1984, when those two female runners got tangled up and the American girl fell…usually it’s kind of humorous when folks fall, but Mary Decker was crying so hard you felt for her, since she knew she was going to lose
16…you remember in 1984, with everybody was ngoing head over heels for Mary Lou Retton and thinking..she ain’t all that.
17….you also remember Florence Griffith-Joyner and thinking, Hell Yeeeeeeah, SHE’S all that!
18…when the United States ALWAYS got the gold in basketball
19…you remember the first and only TRUE Dream Team
20….you remember all those Reebok commercials for Dave and Dan—Dan O’Brien and Dave Johnson, back in ’92. They were like pentathletes or something, and Reebok sunk millions into this ad campaign that made them household names. Just one problem: after all the hype, all the commercials and all the money, Dan didn’t make the Olympic team. Reeboks lost a heap of money.
21…you know who Bruce Jenner is.
Every once in awhile we need to see proof of your grownhead status. If your going to claim the title “grownhead” we gotta be sure you’re really down. Therefore, you truly are a grownhead IF….
8….you remember when it was actually worth it to get up early for Saturday morning cartoons
9…. you had the first iPod; it was called a Walkman
10….you carried a small spray bottle of moisturizer for the first week after you got a jheri curl touchup, to keep it from drying out like Keenan’s in Hollywood Shuffle
11….you prefer rollerskates to rollerblades
12….you’re thinking, daaaaammn, we might actually have a black president
13….two words: Cross Colours
14….somewhere in your family photo album, there’s a picture of you in parachute pants, shell-top Adidas with fat red-n-yellow laces, and a sweatshirt with your Zodiac sign on it
