on the bug

[Grant Barrett]

I should have listened to it before citing the lyrics, but I just
played an MP3 of the song and he does clearly say "on the bug tip."

Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org

On Jul 7, 2005, at 20:42, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
> Haven't heard the song, but that may be a transcription error. I'd
> guess
> that the phrase is actually "on the bugged tip", probably alluding
> to a
> song with that title on Big Daddy Kane's debut album _Long Live the
> Kane_
> (1988).