Yeah nigga, thats how I roll.Ī word used to describe a particular person's behavior or idiosyncrasies. You aint got my cash, I'll bust a cap in your ass. I.e.-Jack black kicking Will Ferrel's dog over the bridge after Ferrel ruined Black's motorcycle, then stating to Ferrel, "thats how I roll". Stating your philosophical stance on a situation with a affirmative predisposition. The sense is generally that you describe, and that given by contributors to Urban Dictionary s.v. The phrase subsequently shows up in many titles and lyrics from pop and hip-hop artists, and in a 2007 rap-style film score by Alvin and the Chipmunks. Hammer to an explicitly sexual context, cross-referencing a sense of roll which had been current for at least three generations. Clearly the Barrio Boyzz, a Latin pop group " crossover as mainstream American pop singers" ( Wikipedia), adopted a phrase made popular by M. Hugo's answer provides an earlier citation and a context for this. The chorus runs:Īnd we do it like that so honey's come inĬomplete lyrics are here, and a video of the song is here. The earliest non-literal use of this phrase I find is in the 1995 song/album "How We Roll" by a Latin pop group called the Barrio Boyzz. Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk Pras' delivery of these lines is accompanied by a Bee Gees-esque falsetto, and the words and melody are a shout out to the opening of the original “Staying Alive”: Well you can tell by the way I roll shortyĪs an aside, the song samples the 1977 Bee Gees hit "Stayin' Alive" and, according to Rap Genius: Searching, the phrase was used in many Hollywood films in the 2000s, but the earliest I found was from a song in 1999's Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo: Wyclef Jean's 1997 "We Trying to Stay Alive" (the first single from his debut solo album) and these lines delivered by his cousin Pras: The next quotation is from Puff Daddy's 1997 "Been around World" lyrics. The video shows MC Hammer driving a car and some of the lyrics are: Pilate (song title), This is the way we roll.
This is their first quotation of the phrase:ġ991 ‘Hammer’ & F. To move or convey on wheels or rollers, and related senses. The OED says it's US slang originally in the language of rap and hip-hop.
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