Okay, I know alot of the slang terms that people use, but this one I can't figure out. I even looked it up in the google dictionary. Anyway, I sometimes hear my friends sayying , "He's a baller" . And, in the song "Still Ballin'" by Tupac, that is the chorus. What does it mean in the gangster way? I doubt it has anything to do with basketball, because I would have known it.
2006-11-21 12:10:00 · 9 answers · asked by Just Me 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
It means to be wealthy, affluent, or have nice things. The term comes from sports because atheletes live fabulous lifestyles and for many urban youth the way out of poverty is through sports. So if you look nice and have expensive things you are "ballin" like a professional athelete.
2006-11-21 12:23:03 · answer #1 · answered by Sugar Plum Fairy 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
What Does Balling Mean
2016-09-29 12:11:28 · answer #2 · answered by koltz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Okay, I know alot of the slang terms that people use, but this one I can't figure out. I even looked it up in the google dictionary. Anyway, I sometimes hear my friends sayying , "He's a baller" . And, in the song "Still Ballin'" by Tupac, that is the chorus. What...
2015-08-24 20:35:37 · answer #3 · answered by Christina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baller: A thug that has "made it" to the big time. Originally refered to basketballball players that made it out of the streets to make millions as a pro ball player, but now is used to describe any thug that is living large and richly.
2006-11-21 12:28:01 · answer #4 · answered by snakehawk37 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
#1 playing basketball
#2 smoking crack = 8 ball
#3 pimping ho's, ball=testicle
2006-11-21 12:18:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
To succeed, do well, or otherwise make gain or positive result. floss-stunt-ballin. Cheese (money) is a necessary element to any balling effort. God bless****
2006-11-21 12:18:49 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably comes from the song and dance "Ballin' the Jack". Listen to the song and maybe you'll pick up the meaning.
2006-11-21 12:16:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's kinda like rolling or doing good or you could say just hagging out.
2006-11-21 12:14:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
a baller is someone with lots of money
balling is living a life style of someone with lots of money (and bad finical planning)
2006-11-21 12:16:00 · answer #9 · answered by goldenbrowngod 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
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I was told by those old ones that every song has a special time and a place where its sang this is our song and this our time they used to say the only good indian is a dead indian i must be a no good at being indian cuz I feel alive and kicking we are the bastard reject children of manifest destiny the offspring of fornicating aimsters raised by our grandparents who told us not to confuse being warriors with gangsters the edward curtis groupies get jazzed by anyone fitting the bill and America gets jazzed by every Bury My Heart at Walmart film here i stand before you this crowd of nations this life of sanctions an awkward patience like five hundred BIA buildings vs. a fathers’ unfiltered hate right next to the IHS building with a two and a half week wait. a cinderblock battlefield where few are left standing and the people its failing, its’ marginalized estate. i am armed to the teeth with words from the ivory tower and those good indians told me its borrowed power if… if i talk loud enough if i talk clear enough that i would be heard that for some talking is singing that for some singing is praying but i guess that depends on who is doing the talking and i guess that depends on who is doing the listening …so understand me in english, you have been robbed of your tongues the taproot of thought in the middle of resisting the language got caught and she only shows her face during ceremony like she’s ashamed of her scars like what she has to say is never really heard. at all. and the violence she knows is enough to never sing again but i killed the cameraman and stripped him of his lense. i photographed the body and asked him to forgive. forgive me as i cut out your tongue forgive me as i put you in this powdered wig forgive me when i put your body in a museum forgive me of all my sins for not being a good indian the balls of your forefathers will be traded for whiskey to fuel the molotov cocktails to be tossed at your cities and the breasts of your mothers severed and bloody will be sold to the freak show for the revelers money your children will witness their whole world collapse as kidnapped siblings must erase names off maps so forgive me of all my sins for not being a good indian i was taught better than that i have more respect than that there is no history book with my story there is no newspaper to give me my glory because no one has heard this language in years cept kokopelli, dream catchers and a trail of beers my voice is a small pox blanket that spreads like fire on the prairie infecting both fist and hatchet in the spirit of ******* crazy --------------------------------------... it means we are still here despite your peoples' best attempts. not just here but grown stronger and smarter..more cunning. it means that we will not surrender to the dominant cultures definition of a "good indian". that the time is here where ndn people will once again control our own destiny. and the children of the invaders will reap what they have sown by thier own hands.you can only keep a people oppressed for so long before they beat you at your own game. it is also a call to our people to stand up and BE who we are without fear.
2016-03-28 03:49:23 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋