I grew up in a middle-class black family in a little town named Independence, Kansas. Being middle-class in those days had little meaning other than some degree of education accompanied the appellation. As children we were taught to speak "proper" English at home and Catholic School, but what we heard on the block was a mish-mash of Spanish, slaughtered English and jive By the time I began traveling on the road as a professional musician I could walk in both worlds without thinking about it.
Collective Pronoun
Normally, "we" is considered a collective pronoun, meaning an entire group, congregation or gathering. During those days if someone from the white community shouted, "We need to leave,there would be no doubt the speaker meant the entire group. However, in the black community "we" became a singular pronoun because whomever shouted "We gotta get up out of here," was already far in front of the rest of the group which would be divided into sub-groups according to speed.
Grammar
It's not always like that, but it's a piece of information that has little bearing on anything except bringing a smile to your face.
