Cartoon by Walt Carr
An African proverb states, “It’s half of a matter that is discussed with a sensible person. When it gets inside the person, it becomes whole.” Read on......
Lauryn Hill’s Grammy winning song, "Doo Wop (That Thing)", speaks directly to this cartoon. It is a warning from Hill to African-American men and women caught in "the struggle". Both the women who "try to be a hardrock when they really are a gem", and the men who are "more concerned with his rims, and his Timbs, than his women", are admonished by Hill, who warns them not to allow "that thing", i.e. promiscuous sex, to ruin their lives. (Source: Wikipedia)
Watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE6Qcc6VDo8 or read the lyrics below:
Verse 1:
It's been three weeks since you've been looking for your friend
The one you let hit it and never called you again
'Member when he told you he was 'bout the Benjamins
You act like you ain't hear him then gave him a little trim
To begin, how you think you really gon' pretend
Like you wasn't down then you called him again
Plus when you give it up so easy you ain't even fooling him
If you did it then, then you probably fuck again
Talking out your neck sayin' you're a Christian
A Muslim sleeping with the gin
Now that was the sin that did Jezebel in
Who you gon' tell when the repercussions spin
Showing off your ass 'cause you're thinking it's a trend
Girlfriend, let me break it down for you again
You know I only say it 'cause I'm truly genuine
Don't be a hardrock when you're really a gem
Babygirl, respect is just a minimum
Niggas fucked up and you still defending them
Now Lauryn is only human
Don't think I haven't been through the same predicament
Let it sit inside your head like a million women in Philly, Penn.
It's silly when girls sell their soul because it's in
Look at where you be in hair weaves like Europeans
Fake nails done by Koreans
Pre-Chorus:
Come again
Come again, come again, come again, come again
Chorus:
Guys you know you better watch out
Some girls, some girls are only about
That thing, that thing, that thing
Verse 2:
The second verse is dedicated to the men
More concerned with his rims and his Timbs than his women
Him and his men come in the club like hooligans
Don't care who they offend popping yang like you got yen
Let's not pretend, they wanna pack pistol by they waist men
Cristal by the case men, still in they mother's basement
The pretty face, men claiming that they did a bid men
Need to take care of their three and four kids men
They facing a court case when the child's support late
Money taking, heart breaking now you wonder why women hate men
The sneaky silent men the punk domestic violence men
The quick to shoot the semen stop acting like boys and be men
How you gon' win when you ain't right within
How you gon' win when you ain't right within
How you gon' win when you ain't right within
Pre-Chorus:
Come again
Come again, come again, come again, come again
Chorus:
Girls you know you better watch out
Some guys, some guys are only about
That thing, that thing, that thing
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