Help! ('Dancers' Confessions' lyrics)

[Turuncan 737]

Hello my fellow M fans!

 

I need help from you.

 

I work as an English teacher at a private institute and for today's listening class, I am planning to show my students 'Dancers' Confessions/Live to Tell' performance from the Confessions Tour. 

 

I will ask them to write what the confessions are, and what the overall message of the performance is. However, I am having difficulties in understanding the confession of the third dancer.

 

So, as far as I understand, he was asked to avenge a hood member who was killed, but he refused to do that? Am I right?

 

"Now you have to realize not only do I have a family
But now I have a whole hood and that's power
But I ain't no primy ass nigga
I was never out to kill anybody
Specially when I made that decision of gang bang, I just wanted to fit in

 

But one day I was forced to do something
That made me open my eyes and realize that this ain't no game
One of the homies got popped
And I was the first one doing my first drop by
It was kinda fucked up the way they tried to set me up

 

Me and my bro, we was headed back to the A block
Then some homies rolled up and they asked us to go somewhere
We pulled up to the corner
Then he pressed the chunky ass gun in my lap
He said you know what to do really, it's time to get poppy for the hood

 

That was not to kill anybody"

 

What exactly is "drop by" here? Having the first hood meeting or something? I am really confused.

 

And any other suggestions for me to ask my students?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Angelman60 3,507]

I wish I had english teachers like you 

[Luiz Ribeiro 6,151]

drop by is when the thug is inside a car and has to open the door with the vehicle in motion and throw himself in order not to be caught by the police

[SimonVenekeo 1,893]

But I ain't no primy ass nigga - grimy ass nigga

And I was the first one doing my first drop by - And I was pressured to doing my first drive by

Then he pressed the chunky ass gun in my lap - Then he placed

He said you know what to do really, it's time to get poppy for the hood - you know what to do with it, it's time to get it poppin' for the hood

That was not to kill anybody - But I wasn't out to kill anybody

 

A drive by is when you and others are in a car and you shoot at others.

[Turuncan 737]

But I ain't no primy ass nigga - grimy ass nigga

And I was the first one doing my first drop by - And I was pressured to doing my first drive by

Then he pressed the chunky ass gun in my lap - Then he placed

He said you know what to do really, it's time to get poppy for the hood - you know what to do with it, it's time to get it poppin' for the hood

That was not to kill anybody - But I wasn't out to kill anybody

 

A drive by is when you and others are in a car and you shoot at others.

 

That perfectly makes sense now! Thanks a lot, @@SimonVenekeo!

[Turuncan 737]

And the following is the exercises I will give to the students. What do you think?

 

“I have a tale to tell…â€

 

A. VOCABULARY

 

drive by = drive-by shooting:  when you and others are in a car and you shoot at others.

get popped up: to be killed by a gun

orphan: to kill (someone’s) parents

pull up: (of a vehicle) to come to a halt

roll up: to arrive, to come.

 

B. PRE-LISTENING

 

Have you ever had a very difficult period in your life? What was it about? What did you experience? How did you get over it? What is the biggest lesson you learned from that experience?

 

C. IN-DETAIL

 

1. What are the confessions of the each of the three dancers?

 

Dancer #1:

Dancer #2:

Dancer #3:

 

2. Why did the first one choose to become a dancer?

 

 

3. Why did the second one physically hurt herself?

 

 

4. What is the overall message of the whole performance?

 

 

5. At the end of the performance, we see excerpts from the Bible. What do you think they are adding to the message of the performance?

 

D. WRITING

 

Choose one of the quotations from the performance and write an essay about it. Do you agree or disagree with the message?

 

1. “We all fall to the floor at some point. It's how you pick yourself up, that's the real challenge, isn't it?â€

2. “I've learnt that there's light even in the darkest places.â€

3. “You can’t rely on other people to make you happy.â€
 

[RebelHeARTPOP 415]

This will be me as an English Teacher. I'm stealing this lesson. This is great

 

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[Turuncan 737]

This will be me as an English Teacher. I'm stealing this lesson. This is great

 

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@@RebelHeARTPOP   

 

The class went very well, my students were amazed. They said they would watch the whole show when they went home. 

[RebelHeARTPOP 415]

SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF MADONNA OH MY GOODDDDDD

 

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