Lost in translation

[otdanon.livejournal.com]

Hello guys!

I wonder if you're familiar with Russian slang: does anyone know a good equivalent for this line from a hip-hop track: "Во даю, во даю, по хип-хопу ботаю"?

A tip: this phrase is derived from the expression "по фене ботать" which means to talk in a special language popular among criminals and former convicts.

Some examples of the context:

1)Во даю, во даю, по хип-хопу ботаю,
В микрофон дую-дую, много не работаю.

2)Во даю, во даю, по хип-хопу ботаю,
Выдаю в куплетах топ флоу, а не воду лью.

Thanks,
Peter

Comments

[zveriozha.livejournal.com]

You can translate it - "I am talking hip-hop".
"Во даю!" - means a speaker is surprised with his own behavior. Not sure what is the closest equivalent in English tho..

[otdanon.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I was just wondering if there was a closer translation, I mean that it's hard to imagine 50Cent rapping like "I'm talking hip-hop", there's got to be a better equivalent.
Во даю indeed means that he's surprised, and in this case that he's positively surprised...

[pigmeich.livejournal.com]

They ain't 50 cent. :)

[otdanon.livejournal.com]

Whatever.. :-)

[otdanon.livejournal.com]

It's got to be smth like "I rock", but the problem is that I need it to rhyme with the rest of the phrase...

[zveriozha.livejournal.com]

Rock rhymes with talk.

Something like - Gosh, I rock! Gosh, I rock, listen to me hip-hop talk. ;--)

[otdanon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's nice, thanks... =) I was thinking of "Watch me blow, watch me rock, I am gonna hip-hop talk", but your version is probably better!