Probate Fall 08 Omicron Iota step JanuĮditor: The question mark in brackets means that I'm not certain about what the step team chanted. Group does step routines without chanting Guest, Fraternity & Sorority Chants and Songs Īnd say our noses are always in the sky I'LL BE A CONCEITED AKA UNTIL THE DAY THAT I DIE! Okay they say i'm conceited, that is no lie. Looked in the mirror and i SHOOK my pretty head I woke up this morning, jumped out of bed, AKA soror, (Pittsburgh, PA), from private electronic email to Azizi Powell, 8/13/04 posted on 12/2005 (These examples are presented in no particular order.) My sense is that what "is a serious matter" is the sorority itself- its history, its ideals, its present activities, and its members' commitment to that organization. However, a step team may only repeated the words "This is a serious matter this is a serious, serious, serious matter". Each version of this chant includes the refrain "This Is a SERIOUS matter". Most versions of "This Is A Serious Matter" include a reference to the fact that Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc was the first Black sorority. This is the date that Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Many versions of this chant start with the step team saying "1 9 0 8". This chant always includes the line "this is a serious matter". "This is a Serious Matter" is usually composed of two line rhyming verses that state the history of the sorority, praise the sorority and its members, and/or diss (insult) other sororities. Probably that same anonymous commenter also wrote in May 2014 in that discussion thread that "The chant was performed at the Langston University Homecoming Event.". In May 2014 an anonymous commenter who used the screen name "The Author" wrote in the discussion thread of the d iscussion thread for (the.2012 pancocojams post about this AKA chant) that "Serious Matter was authored and first performed at Langston University, Langston Oklahoma in 1986 by the Ivy line lovingly named '15 Girls in Search of 20 Pearls'". Forms of this chant that include the words "This is a serious matter" and its side to side movements with both the palm of both hands stiffly held at the waist and the steppers' head held back stoically paying homage to the sun have become signature parts of the culture of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. "This Is A Serious Matter" appears to be the one of the most widely known traditional Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. Senator Harris may have used this AKA saying before in her campaign and at other times, but I remembered to document her saying it at that event.Ĭlick for a CNN video story entitled "Kamala Harris' secret weapon: Her sorority sisters". and a Democratic candidate for the President of the United States, said "This is a serious matter" in response to a question that she was asked at the 4th Democratic primary debate (October 15, 2019). įor the historical record, Senator Kamala Harris, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Much of the content of this post was published on pancocojams in 2012 and also includes references to two comments from that post's discussion thread. *Read the note in the "Information about this chant" section for the identification of the composers of this chant. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube. Thanks also to those who shared examples of this chant with me, and all those who are featured in these YouTube videos. Thanks to composers of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.* for the chant "This Is A Serious Matter". I also believe that fraternity & sorority songs and chants should only be recited and/or performed by those persons who are affiliated with the specific organization that is associated with that particular chant. I consider fraternity & sorority chants to be cultural artifacts which deserve to be collected, preserved, and studied. The content of this post is presented for cultural, folkloric, and aesthetic purposes. This pancocojams post presents examples of the signature Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
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