![]() "Kickin it" is an African American Vernacular English term that means "hanging out with" (spending enjoyable, leisure time with), relaxing with".Ĭlick for examples of the hand clap rhyme/foot stomping cheer "Hollywood Swingin". Click for this pancocojams post about the exclamation "Ayy!" "Theories About African American Uses (If Not Origins) Of The Word "Ayee" ("Ayy") And Similarly Spelled Words On Internet Social Media And Elsewhere" "We be having fun" and notice the lack of a verb (for instance, in the line "and my daddy cool").Ī lot of the comments in the discussion thread for this video and for the other children's Hip Hop videos that I've showcased on pancocojams are written without verbs, which can be very problematic if those who use this style of writing and speaking don't code switch to mainstream styles when they are in school and in other formal interactions. Also, notice the use of the African American Vernacular English grammar construct "we be." (for instance, in the line Notice the call & response pattern of this rap/song, with the responses given in parenthesis. ![]() Shout out to “Kickin It With My Daddy” This Father-Daughter Rap Is Everything"Īug| By Veronica Wells for including a partial transcription of this song/rap. Kayliyah and Ricky – And the Chucky Cheese! Kayliyah -In the winter snow man in the summer swimmin pool Kayliyah and Ricky- Two times in a row I made student of the month Kayliyah -Got a lot of awards for jobs for well done Kayliyah- I get good grades on my papers and reports Kayliyah and Ricky – He took me to Disney world Kayliyah - Doing big things for his pretty little girls I chose to feature the video from The Real Daytime television show (which just has 2,566,030 viewsĪs of Novembecause its video quality is better than the video which was produced from home. As of Novemat 10:00 AM EDT, that video which was published on has 13,264,268 views total views and another copy of the same video has 11 million views. ![]() ![]() Get ready for for cuteness overload!Ĭlick for the original YouTube video of "Kickin It With My Daddy!!". Kayliyah Weems, a 10–year-old YouTube sensation, performs her viral hit “Kickin’ It With My Dad” live on “The Real” stage with her pops by her side. The Real Daytime, Published on Sep 23, 2014 SHOWCASE VIDEO: Kayliyah Weems Performs Kicking With Her Dad Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to The Real Daytime (television) for featuring this father/daughter duo on their show and for publishing this video on YouTube. Thanks to Ricky Weems Jr for composing this rap and thanks to Ricky and Kayliyah for performing it. The content of this post is presented for cultural, linguistic, and entertainment purposes. That post also pays particular attention to some comments about that refer the desired relationships and actual between commenters and their fathers. This analysis pays particular attention to the use of African American Vernacular English terms and grammar as well as the use of internet/text writing by commenters who appear to be children or pre-teens. Part II provides an analysis of categories of comments from the YouTube discussion thread for this video. This post showcases a video of that rap and and includes that rap's lyrics.Ĭlick for Part II of this pancoocjams series. This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series that features the children's Rap entitled "Kickin It With My Daddy" (also given as "Kickin It Wit My Daddy") by Ricky & Kayliyah Weems.
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