Pay Rise Needed to Maintain Hip Hop Lifestyle: GahmenPosted on Thursday, December 13, 2007
Topic: Politics
Politics
by Kway Png
The staggering new round of pay hikes for Ministers and elite civil servants is necessary, said the Gahmen, to maintain the hip-hop lifestyle that was most recently displayed in a rap video performed by the group Run MDA.
“Homies be needin’ da cash, y’all,” said the Notorious B.G. Lee, the artist formerly known as the Prime Minista. “To be keepin’ da bling-bling in Blingapore.”
According to the Public Service Division, SingaporeÂ’s Ministers and top civil servants will start 2008 with a pay rise ranging from 4 per cent to 21 per cent.
With this pay increase, President NathanÂ’s salary will go up from $3.1 million this year to $3.87 million in 2008, while the Prime Minister's will go from $3.09 million to $3.76 million. Meanwhile, Ministers and senior permanent secretaries will get $1.94 million, up from $1.593 million.
The Notorious B.G. Lee said he was persuaded to raise salaries after watching a rap video performed by the senior management of the MDA.
“I checked out da video, yo. And damn, my homies, those niggaz callin' themselves Run MDA? They be wearin’ motherf**in’ suits and ties like some motherf**kin’ chinky-honkies! And look at dat fool wearin' his underwear over his tights!' He shook his head in dismay, hair hidden under a diamond-encrusted do-rag.
"Ain’t none o’ them wearin’ no big chunky bling round they necks or they fingaz, or drinkin’ Cristal from a Jimmy Choo!" He banged the table. "Whaddup wit dat! You can’t call yo'self no gangstas if you ain't got no bling! So I figured, they's prob’ly be needin’ some extra benjamins an' shit.”
“Fo’ shizzle, my nizzle,” said President Nathan a.ka. Nate Doggy Dog, a hip-hop handle he chose because “niggaz be sayin’ I ain’t nuthin’ but the Gahmen’s beyotch.” He defended his massive salary even though a majority of Singaporeans believe his job consists of doing “donno what futt also”.
“Whaddup wit dat, yo?” he holla’d. “I be workin’ hard, homes! It’s a hard knock life, puttin’ my blubber to da rubber stampin’ an’ shit.”
The Notorious B.G. Lee agreed, saying that personally, he needed the cash to "maintain my Ho. 'Cos the Ho, she be needin' the ka-Ching."
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