I like the part in “Shoop” by Salt ‘n Pepa where she says “I swear, I stared, my niece my witness” because most songs don’t even bother to include independent third party verification of their claims.
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For 30 years I mumbled those lyrics…figured it was something about her knees shaking but never bothered to look up the lyrics. Thanks for setting me straight.
I was 10 or 11 when I got this album. I thought 'would she go down on you in a theatre' implied 'putting him down/insults' and I wondered why he'd want her to do that. The 'cross that I bear'? Jewellery he gifted her, obviously. What a little innocent I was.
I just hope her niece was of adult age.
"Can I get some fries with that shake-shake boobie?
If looks could kill you would be an Uzi
Or a shotgun, bang! What's up with that thang?
I wanna know, how does it hang?"
the entirety of "Me and Julio down by the schoolyard" is told through third-party witnesses, the explain everything everyone else saw and said but he doesn't directly tell you his own story of what happened
Independent verifications are one thing but Europe telling us we have so many light years to travel to Venus when in fact it’s about 4 months is always annoying. That and they missed the opportunity to rhyme Venus with penis, ….unforgivable.
The embarrassment my offspring feel when this song comes on and they are witness to me getting full-on down to it cannot be measured w current technology 😂
Some of you are gonna be like “oh really? Her niece is ‘independent’ verification?” Man shut the fuck up, One Direction claims without proof that they danced to the Best Song Ever and you didn’t even bat an eye.
Are we just supposed to take Tenacious D at their word that when the met the devil on a long and dusty road that the song they played was the greatest and best song in the world?
I feel like the heuristic of their surprise (“just so happened to be”) helps lend them credibility, but it would be a lot more believable if the whole song were notarized.
As someone who has had to review notarized documents, I still wouldn't trust it. And depending on the authority that granted the notarial license, I'd trust it LESS
Shameful confession: for 31 years right up until I read this post, I have repeated that line as “I swear, on stand, my niece my witness, the brother had it going on…”
I had her prosecuting her case of his hotness in court.
Okay, well, I thought it was "my knees spoke witness" as in getting all weak at the knees from the hotness and I have to say I think my line is better.
It’s proof that the group was black. They are more used to having to back up their statements for any authority. You never hear Hanson getting independent verification for “having so many relationships in this life”
Ha! As if Hanson. As if.
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“the cross-eyed baby you gave to me”
rather than
“the cross I bear that you gave to me”…
👀
"Can I get some fries with that shake-shake boobie?
If looks could kill you would be an Uzi
Or a shotgun, bang! What's up with that thang?
I wanna know, how does it hang?"
So well, it's a spell, hell, makes me wanna shoop, shoop.”
I am of the belief he did.
Your point stands!
which is pretty weird
The brother in question who had it going on with something wicked was in fact just watching the play Wicked.
I had her prosecuting her case of his hotness in court.
You learn something new everyday.
Like, her knees went weak, bearing witness to the event
1. SIGNED
2. SEALED
3. DELIVERED
(But, yes, too many are willing to say they Heard It Through The Grapevine, ignorant of the need for primary sources)
Ha! As if Hanson. As if.