"Sprummer" Song Flashback v.2:2005.

"Sprummer" song number two takes us back to the spring semester of 2005 at NC State. The choice, which will be obvious to some of my friends: "Hate it or Love it" by The Game ft. 50 Cent.



THIS song got played multiple times a day, whether we were just chillin' or getting ready to go out, or already out. The beat is cool and it feels like summer, and the lyrics "Hate it or love it, the underdog's on top/and I'm gonna shine, homey, until my heart stop" grabbed our attention because they were catchy, and for some odd reason, we felt like we could relate to them, being the 20-year-old party-searching college kids that we were. We were at the end of our second year of school, and NOTHING was gonna hold us back from being on top and in the spotlight.

Hearing this one IMMEDIATELY takes me back to spontaneous parties at Uhouse and cookouts and getting ready for Buffett at Phi Tau. It was probably my least productive but most fun semester at school. My priorities were kinda mixed, but I learned a lot in the non-school categories of life in those months.

We'd make it to Thursdays and the weekend would begin, and there was ALWAYS something going on. If we couldn't find anything, we'd make it happen ourselves, usually at Uhouse, which often ended with calls to PizzAmerica, trips down (or sitting on) Tryon, and even one time with a certain "mace incident" that turned out pretttttty crazy. Whether you were a friend or a stranger, there was always a couch or a floor to crash on in time to sleep in for whatever happened next.

Nights that didn't end up at Uhouse brought us to Phi Tau, where by this time of the year we were STRONGLY gearing up and getting hype for our annual Buffett party. The hot days lead to cool nights of bamboo harvesting for the fence we built around the back deck, and closer to party day, we covered the whole downstairs with sand. Our house became a beach in Raleigh, and when the big night came, we had a line of people stretching down the block waiting to get inside. I'll never forget weaving the bamboo through the fence, or watching brothers direct traffic and stop Wolfline busses in front of the house. The band was also killer, and we were definitely on top that night, celebrating what turned out to be our last Buffett party, because we haven't had one since.

It's CRAZY hard to believe all of this was FIVE years ago, but anytime I hear this song, I think about all the fun we had that semester. I can't take 50 Cent seriously at all anymore, and I don't like his new stuff, but I still rock out to this one with the windows down, especially at sunset in these beautiful "sprummer" evenings...

Drew.

PS: Thanks to Ryan Daniels for playing this song into the ground.