With a title like “OJ” 
Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy’s latest single is bound to stir up a little controversy, but according to Jeezy he doesn’t see the controversy in the song at all.
The rapper recently caught up with Billboard’s “The Juice” at his Atlanta listening session to speak on “OJ” and several of Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition’s other tracks. Jeezy explained that with “OJ” there’s certain phrases or words that may be taken out of context when it’s merely slang.
“OJ is that life. It’s like aye, we gonna get away with this shit. He was acquitted, he didn’t do it. I mean we was killin’ that white chick. That’s what we do. It’s slang it’s terminology, it’s Ebonics,” Young Jeezy explained. “We call a lot of things anything and that’s just one way of saying it. I don’t know what would be controversial about it. And it’s basically saying, ‘What you know about champagne every night? What you know about all these women everywhere? What you know about sleeping on the best shit?’ If you don’t you need to know so you need to get on your grind. It’s basically like a hustler’s anthem. It’s like ‘Go Crazy’ but with that little twist and bounce to it.”
The rapper also spoke on what will likely be one of Thug Motivation 103’s most talked about collaborations, “I Do” with Andre 3000 and Jay-Z.
“Adding Jay-Z and 3000 to the record to me I just wanted to hear what their version of ‘I Do’ was. For Jay he was whipping up the Mercedes and the four and that baby and that made sense. Andre 3000 his idea was he’s standing in the club talking to this chic and he really want her,” said Jeezy. “And so it just kinda came together as a great record but the initial idea was let me tell them that, ‘Til death do us part. And let no man separate what we create. For better or for worse I’mma be here. I ain’t going nowhere.’”
Young Jeezy’s Thug Motivation 103 will be released on December 20th.
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OJ is that life. Its like aye, we gonna get away with this shit. He was acquitted, he didnt do it. I mean we was killin that white chick. Thats what we do. Its slang its terminology, its Ebonics, Young Jeezy explained. We call a lot of things anything and thats just one way of saying it. I dont know what would be controversial about it. And its basically saying, What you know about champagne every night? What you know about all these women everywhere? What you know about sleeping on the best shit? If you dont you need to know so you need to get on your grind. Its basically like a hustlers anthem. Its like Go Crazy but with that little twist and bounce to it.
Someone please translate!
“I sell drug. I got Chevy. I fuck with hoes till I get AIDs. Niggas in slum loves me. And my Music sucks really hard.”
Simple and plain.
it’s telling poor people to be criminals so they can have the finer things like he does.. what you know about health insurance? sending your kids to a good school? not being harassed by police? you don’t know shit about that? sell drugs. just stupid shit basically.
Lemme help you out since only shielded suburban kids with trust funds seem to be answering:
OJ Simpson got away with murder, jeezy never got bagged for slinging work so thats where the comparison comes from aka when jeezy says “its like aye we gonna get away with this shit.” Got it? Cool, next part: “we was killin that white chick..” anything with a WHITE prefix not referring to caucasian people usually means coke. His squad moved tons of it and prolly still does. Because of it, he gets to live like a baller and sip champagne, screw busted junkie ho’s, and sleep in a nice big house and call himself a hustler. A hustler is usually a drug dealr but can be anyone who gets paid of of “Street enterprises” like slinging, robbing, flipping stolen goods, whatever makes that bread, ya dig? Cool man, word to the streets, now go into your nearest ghetto and ask the first dude you see dressed in all black everything for a dub. Holla
Real nigga from the hood get paid by Nivea! Nice!
C- I don’t think u get it
For the most part i think eveyone understands the metaphore. It’s clear what he’s trying to say is that while I am happy that jeezy got “away” with it, I would want him to give more emphasis on why he decided to leave that lifestyle. It’s just funny to me how every thug gets out the game because of the violence and/or the possibility of jail or losing your life only to turn around rap about why you should stay “true” to the hustle or game they just left. It’s like when the same thugs tell u not to snitch and then the minute the get caught up, they snitch almost immediately, just to get of the time they was just sayin they song care about.
Someone be honest for a change and say thine game ain’t cool.
Slave mentality. Money is the overseer. That’s why the eye is on there.
Cant understand one word of what he trying say in this article!!jus diff sentences that av no link all mashed up…he needs to take his mouth for a shit!!
One of the realest guys in the game. If you don’t understand then you need to understand because he’s speaking some real sense and wisdom right there.
People need to stop confusing ‘grinding’ as anything illegal. Jeezy himself has said in the past that ‘being on your grind’ or ‘hustling’ can be anything that brings in the bread, whether legal or illegal. He even said that he respects any man that works a 9-5, if that’s your ‘hustle’ or your ‘grind’ then keep at it as long as it’s making you happy with your life.
Honestly, watching that interview motivated me; that’s the effect this guy has. People don’t see past the facade, but if you try then you would hear the knowledge out of this guy’s mouth.