Cutting to the Beat

P Money - My Lingo

Real talk, that's my lingo
Real talk, that's my lingo / (P)
If you can't talk like this, bro / (S)
Then I ain't really hearing shit, bro / (P)
See, there's a lot of man out there with this knowledge
But they ain't educating like this, bro
But they'll tell 'em 'bout whips / (P)

and tricks, though (C)
Nothing else going on, is that it, / (C) bro?

Real talk, that's my lingo / (C)
Real talk, that's my lingo /

If you can't talk like this, bro /
Then I ain't really hearing shit, bro

See, there's a lot of man out there / (P) with this knowledge
But they ain't educating like this, bro
But they'll tell 'em 'bout whips and tricks, / though
Nothing else going on, is that it, / bro?

I was chatting to a yute, having a verbal spar / (S)
He said P, I rate you, you've really gone far (Y)
I wanna / go far too
This year, I'm going hard, / (C) I want a hundred large /
I said a hundred large? (P) / What you splashing that on?
Man / said a car
Brudda, where's your drive? / (S) Brudda, where's your yard? (P)
F that car / (P)
You're acting like you're a boss / (C)
But you ain't in charge /
Wining, dining, all these girls you don't know
And you can't even dance / (Y)
You're dumb, you spent your money in the / brass
Brudda, where's your mum? Brudda, where's your aunt?
Wait, stop this deck
Brudda, where's your besties? Where's your dargs?
You find that interesting, / (P) I find it depressing
Excuse my aggression, / but you blame the oppression
Bro, / that ain't oppression, you know what that is? /
You and your dickhead bredrins, / gassed up on a next ting
None of you's real, your mind's based off a film /
Where you're just acting real, trust me /

Key:

P - P Money

S - Squad

B - Building

C - Camera

H -  Shop

R - Road

K - Sky

Y - Yute (slang for 'youth')

O - House

The main shots from the extract have been identified and analysed below:

This low angled close up of P Money presents him in an urban area . The camera is looking up at him, making him seem more powerful.

A mid shot of P Money and 3 others, again in an urban area, represents the common stereotype of young people being intimidating.

This is another low angle shot (also known as a 'worms eye' shot) of the stairwell of what seems to be a block of flats, thus further establishing the urban location of the video.

This shot shows a close up of some CCTV cameras, implying that there is crime in the area or at least a risk. This could connote associations such as deprivation and poverty.

Yet another low angle shot shows a run down corner shop appearing to have its windows boarded up. This could also imply that the area is deprived.

 
This shot is an example of illustration, as it presents a 'yute' (which is urban slang for 'youth') when the lyric 'I was chatting to a yute, having a verbal spar' is heard.   

Finally, this is another shot of P Money, but in a different location (which is seemingly urban again). It is also an example of an over the shoulder shot.