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What It Really Means to Be an OG
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The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
When three young men brag about a friend's graffiti, a bandana-wearing elder steps in to teach them what it truly means to be OG. His stories of hardship begin with rotary phones and a bout of polio, then drift ever further back in time: riding horses to get around, loading a musket, crossing a world that was still one continent, and living when he and his friends were fish. His listeners keep saluting his credentials until one of them finally calls him out as a fraud, only for the others to rally behind the old-timer, who rides away on a penny-farthing.
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Highly quotable.
There was only one continent, man. That's a lot of ground to cover.
Me and my homies was fish anyway.
This dude's just a busted-ass poser.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Nicholas Jasenovec
Director
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:00
Man, that was some gangsta-ass shit last night. Yeah, cabrón. OG is . Go check out this guy.
- 00:07
The OG ?
What's up, little homies? Respect. Respeto. Respeto siempre. What you fools talking about, eh?
- 00:12
Ivan tagged up a Rite Aid over on San Pedro Street. Yeah, it was so gangsta. No, no, no, no. It was OG. That's what's up.
- 00:21
The OG ?
Shit, man, you young bloods don't know shit. You want to know what's OG? What's up? Back in the day, ese, we had to call people like this.
- 00:34
OK, so what?
- 00:35
The OG ?
Shut the up, fool. I'm still dialing. Hello? Yo, what's up, homes? I'll talk to you later, OK? Orale.
- 00:45
Damn. That's what's up. Hell yeah. Respect the OG.
- 00:49
Ivan ?
So he used a rotary phone when he was a kid. How's that OG?
- 00:54
The OG ?
You know what's real gangster, homes? I had to relearn how to walk, ese. Say, because I got polio on my 30th birthday, bro.
- 01:02
Damn, B, that's OG. Respect to the OG. Come on.
- 01:05
The OG ?
Yo, you ever ride a horse, not like for fun, but to get around and shit?
- 01:09
Respect to the OG.
- 01:10
Ivan ?
Yo, stop saying that.
- 01:11
The OG ?
If I ever had to smoke a fool, I had to put a little metal ball down my piece, and then a lot of gunpowder in it, and then with a long stick, light that fuse, and snuck out there.
- 01:21
Talking about a musket? OG right there.
- 01:24
The OG ?
You fools don't know how good you have it, ese. I say, if I wanted to hang out with my homies like this, it took a minute. There was only one continent, man. That's a lot of ground to cover. You know what I'm saying?
- 01:32
Yo, Tug, when are you from?
- 01:34
The OG ?
H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-G. O-G. You see, when I was your age, the air was always cold. I say, always cold. Because the atmosphere was like half as thick as it is now and shit. But it didn't matter to us, bro. Me and my homies was fish anyway. You feel me? OK.
- 01:51
Look, look, mother . O-G. O.G.!
- 01:53
Ivan ?
Enough! Cállate! This guy's not O.G.! None of these things are O.G. at all. This dude's just a busted-ass poser.
- 02:12
The OG ?
I'll box on your click, I say.
- 02:16
Hey, what's wrong with you, fool? Respect the O.G.! Why you on this dude's ass? Check it out, fool. True O.G. I have so many questions, man.
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