They Want That Purple Drank - Southern US Drink
You probably heard of Purple Drank mentioned sometimes? You ever wonder what it really was? 
Purple Drank is a slang term for a recreational drug popular in the hip-hop community of the Southern United States.
Its main ingredient is prescription-strength cough syrup containing codeine and promethazine. The purplish hue of Purple Drank comes from dyes in the cough syrup. Recently, the term has expanded to cover mixtures including over-the-counter cough syrup.
There are numerous other slang terms for Purple Drank, including Sizzurp, Lean, Syrup, Drank,Barre, Purple jelly, and Purple stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_drankLil' Flip's freestyle on that Purple Spirt.
Houston, Texas producer DJ Screw first popularized the concoction, which is widely attributed as a source of inspiration for the "chopped & screwed" style of hip hop music. Originally, the active ingredient of "Syrup" was cough syrup containing promethazine and codeine. The concoction first gained popularity in the underground Houston, Texas rap scene and later spread to other southern states. Its use has spread to other parts of the United States and world.
In June of 2000, Three 6 Mafia's single "Sippin On Some Sizzurp," featuring UGK and Project Pat brought the term "purple stuff" to a nationwide audience. Three 6 Mafia's single "Rainbow Colors" featuring Lil' Flip pertains to the consumption of purple drank; the addition of a Jolly Rancher candy to a cup of purple drank creates a spectrum of colors, hence "rainbow colors."
In 2004, the University of Texas found that 8.3% of secondary school students in Texas had taken codeine syrup to get high. The Drug Enforcement Administration reports "busts" involving syrup across the Southern United States, particularly in Texas and Florida.
Frayser Boy featuring Mike Jones and Paul Wall about that Drank
Paul Wall is a well known user of the mixture. In a flow freestyle featuring Lil Keke he states that he is, "High as a kite on cloud nine, I'm leanin' tough and movin' slow. I'm fightin' sleep and dozin' off, sippin' this stuff to cure my cough, I can't think my mind is blank, pardon me but I'm throwed off."
Standard Purple Drink is
4 oz. cough syrup w/codeine
4 oz. rum, vodka, any hard alcohol
1 jolly rancher
7 Comments
K0MMIEOh god this is awful. This is TERRIBLE! THIS IS NON-ACCEPTABLE TO MY BRAIN!
... what the drugs? No, who cares about that, it's that I didn't know about this drug craze before! I'm like one of these old people who now learns about what these damn kids with their rock music are up to through other sources, like the news! UGH!
vairetubei never wondered, cuz i thought chapelle was referring to the cheap availability of the kool-aid like substances consumed by him/his peers as a boy...
i did wonder what sizzurp was, but assumed it was alcoholic in nature.
hey-ya! thanks 4 info.
dw1117Whenever your in Houston just turn to a rap station and your guaranteed to hear at least one song dedicated to the drink ever hour. It's a HUGE part of the culture there.
blankfistWhatever happened to just drinking Robos? http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Robo
Usage according to Urban Dictionary:
I'm gonna chug this bottle of robo and get percolated
choggieknew a guy, that made his lean by mixing the codeine cough thus:
however much codeine syrup
in a one litre bottle of strawberry soda
drop in about 15-20 jolly ranchers(watermelon)
dissolve and enjoy-
there's better ways to die-
choggieGreat research and compilation farhad.....I really wish you had those forged documents you need to get the fuck closer-and will pray that you make it a reality-
bamdrew'I eat so many shrimp I got iodine poisoning'
good track right thr.
I also doubt Dave was talking about the 'purple stuff', because he was literally talking about Kool Aide, and how people don't even call it juice, just 'koolaide' or '(orange,red,yellow,green,...) drink'... but he's a smart enough man, maybe he was throwing a second level to the joke out there. Cool that you noticed it, though... I mean, he specifically talked about purple drink, so who knows.
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