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Songs that amuse me lately:

Usher, “Confessions Part II”

This songs includes such lyrical marvels as, “My chick on the side said she got one on the way.” The song chronicles his inner turmoil over telling his girlfriend his mistress is pregnant with his child. “This by far is the hardest thing I think I’ve ever had to do / To tell you, the woman I love / That I’m having a baby by a woman that I barely even know.” Yeah, hearing that from my boyfriend would definitely induce swooning. Come on, Usher. I thought you were a more upstanding man than that.

Jkwon, “Tipsy”

My eleven-year-old sister knows this song, which is disturbing enough. More interestingly, I find the clean version of this song better than the explicit one. “Everyone in this club gettin’ tipsy,” actually makes more sense than, “Everyone in this bitch gettin’ tipsy.” Everyone in this bitch? What? Where is that?

JoJo, “Leave (Get Out)”

Yeah, I had these kind of serious relationship dramas when I was thirteen, too. My favorite part is when she says, “You was just a waste of time.” Good to know they stopped teaching proper subject/verb agreement in my good old home state.


8 Comments

What’s wrong with singing about pregnant mistresses and women getting their tubes tied? Lyrics can’t possibly get any classier than that.

Posted by Jaemie on 27 July 2004 @ 10pm

“Everyone in this bitch gettin’ tipsy.” Everyone in this bitch? What? Where is that?

I giggle uncontrollably.

Posted by Amy on 27 July 2004 @ 11pm

I saw the video for that Usher song the other day and I couldn’t help but stop what I was doing and be drawn in. When it was over, I felt dirty.

Posted by Kayleigh on 28 July 2004 @ 1am

Hey this shows real life on the streets…because all of these people, er, live, uh, on the streets? Yeah right.

Posted by Jason on 28 July 2004 @ 1am

I was just thinking about that the other day… the usher song drives me nuts for that reason, I’ve never heard the unedited one, so I don’t know the difference… but everyone in this bitch? Funny funny funny.

The JoJo one is my favorite though – I know that I was definately kicking my waste of time boyfriend to the curb. Someone should find her a song about My Little Pony, or Bratz dolls… something that thirteen year olds would have experienced. HA!

Posted by Cori on 28 July 2004 @ 7am

Hip Hop sucks… I may on the fast track to becoming an old fart, but today’s hip hop + r&b scene is IMHO starting to look like disco anno 1979.

Posted by Lars on 28 July 2004 @ 8am

Usher’s songs are today’s dating anthems: hollering, getting, having, playing, ditching, heartache, and then over again with another person he’s found at the club.

Posted by mare on 28 July 2004 @ 1pm

THANK YOU for addressing GRAMMAR!! That drives me UP THE WALL!!

Posted by stef on 28 July 2004 @ 1pm