I was real puzzled by that song, it was called "I Don't Dance" yet sampled Atomic Dog! oh the irony...

Artist: Compton's Most Wanted
Album: Straight Check'N Em
Song: I Don't Dance

I don't dance because that just ain't my style
Portray the prep and act so buck wild
And when the Eiht bails to these local clubs
my first inspiration is to just get buzzed.
Dress code enforced, just like I said I aint frightened.
The homie dressed up is a brand new shirt and dickies.
So I spot a female up to par, jump out my car
and head straight for the bar.
As I proceed I got a shove in the back
Turned around and said "black, you hopping like you on crack"
But he was hopping, and spinning so fast
brother put me in a trance.
mm-mm, I don't dance.

Scratching: (...and I will never dance...) X2

The place is packed, just like ring around the collar.
Bail up to the door and don't have to pay a dollar.
"Compton's in the house" as everybody screams
as I dust off the sweatshirt and Levi's Jeans.
Can't peep out the scene it's a damn disgrace
Everytime I try a brother slides in my face
And I ain't with breaking my back
Trying to impress a girl who ain't giving up jack.
And I never see you leave with a girl
All that sweating dried out your curl
Too much ants in your pants
I ain't hype, thats why I don't dance.

Scratching: (I can make you dance...)(I Don't think so)
(I can make you dance...)(On the dance floor baby...)
(I dont think so...)(I leave that to the brothers with the funny haircuts)

Now its 3 o'clock AM boy and I was gone.
Grooving to the round the way girls song, it was on.
Downed the last of the Cognac
Eiht was ready to attack.
Grabbed the girl I was peeping
She was 5000, I said "baby, ain't no sleeping."
Get my gangsta slide to the middle
That pumped her up I seen her earrings jiggle
Right then the crowd got crazy
But the DJ got kinda lazy
Threw on the "Ice Ice Baby"
It just didn't fade me,
That's why I dont dance.

That ice ice baby reference had a lot to do with it too. As soon as that video came out, heads was like "dancing= vanilla ice" and it was over. Remember he was on there doing the running man and shit, but like seriously! Same with MC Hammer.

But talking about cool, in my culture if you don't dance you're suspect. Your masculinity is in danger if you go to a party and don't ask chicas to dance. Latinas are raised to believe that if a man dances well then he must be good in bed. So to be cool= to be free to dance.

But in this post we start from the premise that cool= rigid, uniform, automatic. I can see that, esp. in the original post about the walk this way video. I remember laughing at run-dmc doing those wack steps with steven tyler like "come on, they all stiff and shit" It reminds me of the robbery scene in Pulp Fiction when Jules is yellin at Pumpkin "tell that bitch to be cool!" meaning calm, quiet, chill. Same meaning in the CMW song: to dance is not cool, u look like u on crack.



"This town is like a great big pussy waiting to get fucked" -Tony Montana on Miami