Parents Beware: The Real Meaning of Soulja Boy's 'Superman that Hoe'

Soulja Boy has stormed on the scene with a dance and a string of weak rhymes in his hit "Crank That." The 17-year-old rapper may have gained the backing of label executives tossing cash at the self-proclaimed "Teen of da South" and artists who undermine their credibility by performing the "Crank That" dance onstage, but real hip-hop heads know that Soulja Boy is an embarrassment to the genre.

Now, however, it seems that in addition to being lyrically asinine, the young "rapper" popular with children is referring to a vulgar sex act when he uses the phrase "Superman that h@e," as in the "Crank That" chorus.

Soulja Boy Off In This Hoe
Watch Me Crank It
Watch Me Roll
Watch Me Crank Dat Soulja Boy
Then Super Man Dat Hoe
Now Watch Me YUUUUUUA
(Crank Dat Soulja Boy)...
Now Watch Me YUUUUUUA
(Crank Dat Soulja Boy)...

The phrase is also used in a verse:

Soulja Boy Off In This Hoe
Watch Me Lean And Watch Me Rock
Super Man Dat Hoe
Then Watch Me Crank Dat Robocop

Later he mentions something about "super soaking," which should make sense once you know what it truly means to "Superman a H@e":

I'm Bouncin On My Toe
Watch Me Super Soak Dat Hoe

Initially, "Superman that H@e" seemed like an offensive but mostly meaningless phrase. In actuality, however, the phrase appears to refer to a vulgar sexual act. Ironic, considering that many of Soulja Boy's biggest fans are teens and tweens whose parents obviously don't pay enough attention to what their children listen to.

According to several websites, "Superman That H@e" means this: When, as a male, a girl you are with refuses to have sex with you, you wait until she falls asleep. Then you masturbate, ejaculate on her back, and stick the sheet to your semen (now on her back) so that when she wakes up in the morning, the sheet is stuck to her back like a cape. Hence you have "Supermanned" her.

About what you'd expect from someone whose catch phrase is "YUUUUUUUUUA!"

Yahoo Answers indicates that this is the meaning of the phrase. So does the popular Urban Dictionary. So does Wiki Answers. Of course, all of them could be wrong, but it's not very likely. You can also do your own Google search to hunt down the meaning of the term.

As one respondent on Yahoo Answers said of the meaning of the phrase: "well if u hear it in a song... it means ur listening to crappy music. u probably should lock urself in a room with some 80-early 90s hip hop, that would be a good start." Truer words were never spoken.

Now, whether or not Soulja Boy knew the meaning of the phrase before he included it in his song or whether the meaning sprung up after the phrase became popular is difficult to know. But suffice to say that the term "Superman A H@e," regardless of what the "superman" portion means, is still unacceptable because it refers to a woman as a "hoe," and even moreso because it is packaged in the seemingly harmless framework of a song built around a dance.

If you go on YouTube, you will see a dance class full of what appear to be 8-year-olds 'Cranking It" to Soulja Boy's song. Are they aware of what Soulja Boy is saying? Is their dance instructor? Are their parents?

It's bad enough that the song sets back true hip-hop music by 15 years and makes a mockery of a style of music once defined by skills, not corny dances. It's even worse when that song, which appeals to children, contains vulgar terminology that seems to relate to an offensive sex act.

Undoubtedly, too many people have jumped on Soulja Boy's bandwagon already; it seems to be the easy thing to do when you don't really care about the state of hip-hop music and you just want to forget your worries by doing a dance that is really a combination of four already-existing dances.

But I believe it's time for people to jump off the bandwagon and call Soulja Boy out not only for the rap clown that he is, but the offensive rap clown that he is.

Long live real hip-hop!

For good hip-hop releases this year check Talib Kweli, Mr. J Medeiros, Special Teamz, Kanye West, Common, Chamillionaire (who uses NO profanity in his new record) and Jay-Z's American Gangster.

Get it together people. Demand better music.