Date:  Tue, 4 Nov 1997 09:12:55 -0600
From:  "Emerson, Jessie J" <jjemerso[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]INGR.COM>
Subject: Re: "it's all good"

The phrase "from the git-go" (get-go?) has been around far longer than
hip-hop or rap, if that was the implication from Margaret's message.
The phrase means "from the beginning" and has been used in the South for
a number of years. I don't know about the origins, and it certainly
could've originated from the African American community here decades
ago.

Jessie Emerson

    Margaret Lee wrote:
> As with much slang that eventually enters mainstream usage, "It's all
> good" originated in the African American community about four years
> ago,
> essentially a product of hip-hop/rap culture. That and "my bad,"
> "dis," hood," "git-go," "squat," and many other expressions underscore
> the
> long rich tradition of the linguistic creativity of African Americans.
>
>