Negative song Vs Positive song
NEGATIVE SONG
Bojangles by Pitbull
If you don't know her name it's cool
call her this:
Jiggy jiggy, call that girl bojangles.
Jiggy jiggy, call that girl bojangles.
Jiggy jiggy, call that girl bojangles.
The following is not a test, DJ!
[CHORUS]
Bring it bring it back,
Bring it bring it bring it back,
Bring it bring it back,
Bring it bring it bring it back,
Bring it bring it back,
Bring it bring it bring it back,
The following is not a test, DJ!
[Repeat once in Spanish]
I see the way you move
and I picture you nude
baby keep movin' that thing
baby keep movin' that thing
I wanna take you to the room, room, room
So we can do it like boom, boom, boom, boom.
Pleasure, yes, God bless,
I love my women rated triple-X.
Let me show you how we do it 'round here,
man the women they don't fake it
they get naked down here.
It's da bottom, no bras no drawers.
Da bottom, where they holla: "TAKE IT OFF!"
Da bottom, where we turn out daughters
just to plan a lick on the father, we got'em
Licky licky, licky licky, I like to
licky licky, licky licky, we like to
licky licky, licky licky, they like to
licky licky, licky licky, DJ!!
[CHORUS]
I'm back for some more,
jiggy, jiggy, jiggy.
Take it back to the floor,
jiggy, jiggy, jiggy.
Bend over touch your toes,
jiggy, jiggy, jiggy.
That's right she's a pro.
That's right I'm a pro.
Take it to, take it to the house
party, I'm a take it, I'm a take it to her mouth,
boy I'm a take'em, I'm a take'em to the south,
where them school's got classes like
Jay-Z's reasonable doubt.
Pit is always reppin' for them boyz up the road,
for them boyz on the block yellin' "we base blow?"
Watch where ya at 'cause they will tag ya toe.
Liberty city'll leave yo ass John Doe.
Licky licky, licky licky, I like to
licky licky, licky licky, we like to
licky licky, licky licky, they like to
licky licky, licky licky, DJ!!
[CHORUS]
Baby work it out, baby baby work it out.
Baby work it out, baby baby work it out.
Baby work it out, baby baby work it out.
If you see a girl that can shake,
tell her just like this:
Baby take it down, baby baby take it down.
Baby take it down, baby baby take it down.
Baby take it down, baby baby take it down.
If you see a girl that can shake,
tell her just like this:
Baby turn around, baby baby turn around.
Baby turn around, baby baby turn around.
Baby turn around, baby baby turn around.
Girl you know what I like to do,
I like to
Licky licky, licky licky, I like to
licky licky, licky licky, we like to
licky licky, licky licky, they like to
licky licky, licky licky, DJ!!
[CHORUS]
POSITIVE SONG
I am not my hair by Indie Arie
Spoken)
Is that India? What happened to her hair?
Da da da da da
(Verse 1)
Little girl with the press and curls
Age 8 I got a jerry curl
13 and I got a relaxer
I was the source of so much laughter
15 when it all broke off
18 when I went all natural
February 2002
I went on and did what I had to do
Cuz it was time to change my life
To become the woman that I am inside
97 dread locs all grown
I looked in the mirror for the first time and saw that (hey)
(Chorus)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations (no)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within
(Spoken)
What she do to her?
I don’t know; it look crazy!
I like it.
I might do that.
I wouldn’t go that far.
(Verse 2)
Good hair means curls and waves.
Bad hair means you look like a slave
At the turn of the century
Its time for us to redefine who we be
You can shave it off like an African beauty
Got in on “loc” like Bob Marley
You can rock it straight like Oprah Winfrey
It’s not what’s on your head, it’s what’s underneath (say hey)
(Chorus)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations (no)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within
Does the way I wear my hair make me a better person
Does the way I wear my hair make me a better friend
Does the way I wear my hair determine my integrity
Expressing my creativity
(Verse 3)
Breast cancer and chemotherapy
Took away her crown and glory
She promised God if she was to survive
She would enjoy everyday of her life
On national television her diamond eyes are sparkling
Baldheaded like a full moon shining
Singing out to the whole wide world like hey
(Chorus)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am not your expectations (no)
I am not my hair
I am not this skin
I am the soul that lives within
(Repeat)
If I wanna shave it close or I wanna rock locs
That don’t take a bit away from this soul that I got
If I wanna wear it braided all down my back
I don’t see nothing wrong with that
I chose Pitbull’s Bojangles because it starts off talking about a woman and if you don’t know her name feel free to call her Bojangles. Bojangles means a woman with a large chest, nice legs and nice arms, which isn’t necessarily bad but is when they do not take the time to learn your name and call you some general term such as “Boo”, “Shorty” or in this case “Bojangles”. All of this is just within the first five lines of the song then it proceeds to get the woman naked and the song explains the rest.
For my positive song I chose India Arie’s I am not my hair. I like this song because it talks about one thing women will continually obsess about, their hair. I am certain there are many of us that are put into a sour mood because our hair is not doing what we want it to do. India puts it all in simple terms, I am not my hair. Many of us fret over it but what about those women who have no choice even if they want to keep their hair or not. The women who go through chemotherapy have no say in losing their hair it just happens in attempts to get better. So what if a bald woman is next to a woman with hair? Is one woman better than the other? Of course not and if anyone thinks that they are in need of some feminist teaching. In short, it is not what my hair looks like but it is the person and soul inside that counts.