One
day, this kid at our high school lunch table, Patrick, started talking about a Geto Boys
album, “Grip It! On That Other Level,” and about Bushwick Bill, one of the rap
group’s members. Patrick had us laughing as he mimicked Bushwick—“Fawk ‘em up
like a gawd-dāmm caw crash!” I went out and bought the album, which was
already several years old, on cassette. Bushwick sounded just like Patrick said—“You
gawd-dāmm parrents awe trippin’, gimme sum madat shet ya’ been sniffin’!” But
the album was no joke, especially the Scarface-driven songs “Scarface” and
“Life in the Fast Lane.”
