Paperboy (and very rarely: Papergirl) was an iconic role of youngsters, often their first job, in Western nations during the heyday of printed newspapers. A paperboy's task was to distribute printed newspapers to homes or offices of subscribers on a regular route, usually by bicycle or automobile. This has often been a before-school or after-school job for adolescents. (Contrast with the newsboy or newspaper hawker, now extremely rare in Western nations, who would sell newspapers to passersby on the street, often with very vocal promotion. They were common when multiple daily papers in every city --as many as 50 in New York City --competed for sales each day.) Other phases of the newspaper distribution networks that developed--such as the siting of printing plants and the management of truck distribution networks--were typically not seen and not romanticized.
The position of paperboy occupies a prominent place in many countries, including the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Japan. This is because it has long been the first paying job available to young teenagers, often male.
Paperboy is a 1985 arcade game by Atari Games originally developed in 1984 . The players take the role of a paperboy who delivers newspapers along a suburban street on his bicycle. The game was ported to numerous video game consoles and personal computers. The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version represented the first NES game developed in the United States and coincidentally, the Sega Master System version represented the first SMS game developed in the United Kingdom. Paperboy was innovative for its theme and novel controls.
The player controls a paperboy on a bicycle delivering newspapers along a suburban street which is displayed in a cabinet perspective (or oblique projection) view. The player attempts to deliver a week of daily newspapers to subscribing customers, attempts to vandalize non-subscribers' homes and must avoid hazards along the street. Subscribers are lost by missing a delivery or damaging a subscriber's house.
The game begins with a choice of difficulty levels: Easy Street, Middle Road and Hard Way. The object of the game is to perfectly deliver papers to subscribers for an entire week and avoid crashing (which counts as one of the player's lives) before the week ends. The game lasts for seven in-game days, Monday through Sunday.
Paperboy is the stage name of Mitchell Charles Johnson (born October 2, 1969), an American rapper. He is best known for his single "Ditty" which charted on the Hot 100.
Johnson was born in San Diego, California and later moved to Oakland. He is African-American.
His associated acts were: R. Kelly, Eazy E and Rhythum D. His most acclaimed album was his debut The Nine Yards in 1992, which was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album featured 10 tracks with G-Funk influenced production from Rhythum D, who was known for producing for artists on Ruthless Records such as Eazy-E, BG Knocc Out, and Dresta. Its single "Ditty" is Paperboy's most successful single. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on June 22, 1993, and "Ditty" was certified platinum on May 11, 1993.
Paperboy's second album, The Love Never Dies, released in 1995, marked a change in the rapper's traditional style through his utilization of artists and producers from other areas of his home state of California, as well as seeking talent in other areas of the United States. The first track "California" bears the sound of the classic West Coast rap style and features fellow Californian Battlecat. Rhythum D's presence is felt heavily throughout the album with his unique producing talents.
Bei Maejor, straight to I'm...
No one in the club when you see the... falling
... to my homy like...
... I like rolling, I'll be... yeah,
I'm... moving in traffic, with the six speed... is automatic,
All I need is my...
I ain't macho man,.. come and show me...
... put your back... you know how I like to do it,
Go ahead baby, work it, when I'm standing...
... like a...
313, 242 777 inside, hit me I'm on the line,
Sorry we are inside,
I'll be,.. Caty that's my bow,..
[Chorus:]
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
They say... and paper call me paperboy.
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
They say... and paper call me paperboy.
I... paper is my hobby, I need... in my own world call me Bobby,
Shiny with the... on my body, laughing at the...
Girl right beside me,.
Main time I... and I'm switch in,.. you,.. you won't miss but I did it, I'm swaged up
I'm so cold, I'm,.. I'm champagne,.. I'm bringing party too scary,
Baby... that's all I know, I think I... look it all...
I made it, all my call is... it, grandma told me what,..
[Chorus:]
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
They say... and paper call me paperboy,
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
They say... and paper call me paperboy.
I'm shining like the lightning... like the thunder,..
... enter for,.. the swag is so wonderful,..
Girl you're so wonderful, like the way you get them,..
I know you feel me, but I feel like I'm untouchable,
... on the shaves,.. of a buffalo,
I quit them on my face, and just like a buffalo,
It's camouflage when I... for the bucks, you know,
Even if you're wining or losing,
You're cashy or trashy, you're major or minor,
There's no one between,
You know I'm wining, and I'm cashy,
Hey Bei Maejor, never mind, let's go get this.
Cash rules, everything is around, scratch that,
Cash rules everywhere around me,
And Christ rules everything around me,
Is a such a blessing to be tight in more than your account,..
[Chorus:]
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
They say... and paper call me paperboy.
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
Straight to the,.. straight, straight to the money, boy
They say... and paper call me paperboy.