"Trying to Make a Dollar Out of Fifteen Cents"
 

Where does this cliche come from?

"Trying to Make a Dollar Out of Fifteen Cents"

Used in about a zillion Hip Hop songs....

you are true to your tagline

2paq shakoooor

That aint it.

But you don't deny being true to your tagline?

tis .. He said it back in 92'-93'

ultimate money reference in a song...dun dun duuuuun "I'm about a dolla what the fuck is 50 cents" ... All Jayz is good for is those 1 liners but he gets appreaciation from me on that one :glugglug

new york new york
grand master flash

old school baby

2Pac used it back '92 and then Master P copied it, then there's also Alexander, Donnell. "Cool Like Me." Shiny Adidas Tracksuits and the Death of Camp.

Chef wrote dat.

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2pac.

2pac? haha..

You don't know your 'true' hip hop history.

title: New York, New York

artist: Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five

year: approx 82-83

partial lyrics:

On 42nd Street, lookin for some action
Women standin on the corner sellin satisfaction
One young punk just leanin on the fence
Tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
Really is a prankster, tried to be a gangster
Real big wheel when a gun is in his hands
Just did a stick-up, just got picked up
One dead punk, killed by the man

Shock G said it with 2Pac with Digital Underground.

"Just a black man caught up in the mix.

Tryin' to make a dollah out of fifteen cents."

Round and Round..

There you go, you hear it at every Players Ball when Digital performs.

It comes from a school ground taunt from gawd knows how long...

"Crybaby, Crybaby sittin' on the fence,
Trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents."

It's been around since I was a kid, longer, I'm sure. I'm 30, so no, Tupac didn't invent this phrase. What's with the rappers anyway? Always sounds like silly ranting to me, lol.

:thumbsup

keith murray also said it on the "who shot ya" remix from ll cool j

It comes from

"Chitty Chitty Bang-Bang
sittin; on a fence.
Tryin' to make a dollar
out of fifteen cents.
She missed, she missed,
She missed like THIS"

Edit: I see another variation someone else posted above.

Another edit: apparently save11 doesn't know his schoolyard rhyme history because that ditty is way older than '82-'83.

SpaceAce

?

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/chitty.htm

I've seen the Chitty version dated back to the 30's...
Then I came across this (non PC) version:


Ching chong, Chinaman
Sittin' on a fence,
Tryin' t' make a dollar out of fifteen cents.

Ching chong, Chinaman
Eat dead rats.

Ching chong, Chinaman
Chop, chop, chop,
Eatin' all the candy in the candy shop.

Chink, Chink, you stink!

Released on Sugar Hill Records 1983

C'mon

http://www.discogs.com/release/43524