Music & Family (Starring Ma Dukes)

 

Music and Family 

Dialogue

By: Demia Johnson Starring Kenya Johnson (AKA Ma Dukes)

Raw & Uncut 

(No profanity, but you do get to see how we talk to each other)

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** I walk in the house and my mother is currently cleaning the kitchen 

Me: Ma, I need help with an assignment for school.

Mother: Oh lord, what’s it about

Me: Music 

Mother:I thought you already had a class about music 

Me:I did that was last last semester hun

Mother:Oh ok, What ya need? 

Me:Just for you to answer a couple questions hun? 

Mother:Ok

Me:What type of technology did you use to listen to music back then? 

Mother: Back then? Girl Ian det old. 

Me: Ma, Just answer the question 

Mother:We had CDs other people used them mp3 file things but I preferred

just a CD 

Me: What you was listening to chy? 

Mother: A little bit of everything

Me: What that pose to mean?

Mother: Nie yk yo grandma always had us up early cleaning up so me and ya

aunt would play either slow songs or crunk songs depending on how we felt?

Me: She definitely is known for waking somebody up mad early just to

clean…You remember the names of the artist you listened to?

Mother: Yes, umm it was Ne-yo,Usher, Alicia Keys, and the woman I named you

after uhh what was her name? 

Me:Aaliyah

Mother:Yea she was good I loved listening to her music 

Me:All you listen to is females chy 

Mother: Mostly yes because back then only men were really interested in

that stuff. If girls were to listen to rap it would be a son that you dance

to.

Me: Ohhh ok

Mother:What's the next question?

Me:What was the most popular music genre when you was growing up

Mother:R&B definitely especially at parties we aint do allat gangsta stuff

y'all be having going on now

Me: Yea yall was lame that’s why

Mother: I hope you ain't putting that in yo paper 

Me: I am this completely raw and uncut boo 

Mother: Teach gone kick you out her class

Me: I hope not… Anyways What was life like back then 

Mother: It wasn’t too much different from yours. I can say it was probably

more racist people 

Me: Did you encounter a racist during the time or had to deal with one?

Mother: Plenty of times but the worst was probably when I was in highschool.

Me and this white girl had started arguing and next thing I knew she had

hit me in my mouth and of course I defended myself and fought back so when

they broke us up we was headed straight to the principal's office. Well,

when we got to the principal’s office the teachers told the principal that

the other girl started the fight first.Keep in mind your grandma signed a

paper saying that I could get spanked. The principal suspended the girl

because she wasn’t allowed to get spanked. So he took me in the back to

spank me and he spanked me for so long and busted my hand open to where

I had to go to the hospital. Your grand dad was so mad he came to the school

and that was the first time I saw him out of character. He showed out so

bad the police were called and the principal was fired. From that day

forward I knew not to sign my future kids waiver saying they could be

spanked. 

Me: First off ew and secondly aint no way grandad showed out like that I

never ever seen him mad upset or nun. 

Mother:Oh yea he was finna kill that man. My mama couldn’t even get him to

calm down

Me: Oh wow she was there too?

Mother: NO she was at work but someone called her telling her to calm her

husband

Me: Oh wow. Yall done turned Abbeville High School up. Okay, next question…

Did you go to any concerts?

Mother: No, your grandmother didn’t allow that after your aunt got into it

with her friends. 

Me: At this point.. Yall needed to stay in the house. If it ain't you, it’s

her. Next question.. What is your honest opinion about music today? 

Mother: I still like the females who rap and sing today but I still don’t

care for rap music by men. Especially today because now all they rap about

is killing. If I had to choose a good male rapper from today, I’d prolly

choose Rod Wave.

Me: Yea, cause I put you on. That man top tier. 

Mother: Whatever chy

Me: Do you like the music I listen to? 

Mother: Of course not, that just goes back to what I was saying allat

cussing and talking bout killing is a no go 

Me: It’s not so much of the words I like about the music. It’s their voices

and the bass. 

Mother:I just know Youngboy very aggravating and that’s all he wanna do is

kill people and talk about. 

Me: YB is a goat, no cap.  

Mother:Definitely not. 

Me: What do you look for in listening to music?

Mother: Umm I don't know honestly. Whether it's a man or woman, I look for

two types of songs. Songs that are upbeat but not too crazy with the bass.

I don’t know how to explain it. I look for songs that are soothing,songs

that I can get hype to, songs that I can clean to, and songs I can relate to. 

Me: What is your favorite song as of right now. 

Mother: I don’t have a favorite song but I like Love Em All by K. Michelle,

Win to Lose by Fantasia, and just about all of Usher's songs. Me: Thanks chy, you can go back to doing what you was doing I gotta type

our conversation