A Lone Jazzman's definitions

Brown

Early 20th century African American slang for a black woman. Appears occasionally in older jazz/blues tunes.

Occasionally used in the form "my brown" to mean "my girlfriend."

You'll see pretty browns,
In beautiful gowns,
You'll see tailor-mades,
And hand me downs.

by A Lone Jazzman December 3, 2011

Getting Over

Not to be confused with "get over it," to "get over" is 70's African American slang for getting through the hard times. The opposite of "going under," when a person gets over they manage not to fall apart when things are bad.

In a more simple use, "getting over" occasionally was used to mean dealing with bills/taxes and getting out of the red.

"We gotta get over before we go under." James Brown

"United we can get over, and yet we're still apart." Willie Hutch

Sentence: "There's nothing I won't do if it means getting over for another day."

by A Lone Jazzman December 3, 2011