"Shawty Imma only tell you this once, you the illest
And for your lovin' Imma Die Hard like Bruce Willis
You got spark, you, you got spunk
You, you got something all the girls want
You're like a candy store
And I'm a toddlor.
You got me wantin' more and ma ma more of"
You, you got something all the girls want
You're like a candy store
And I'm a toddlor.
You got me wantin' more and ma ma more of"
"For your lovin Imma Die Hard like Bruce Willis". AAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! This is the clever wordplay of today? I've heard people say that Nicki Minaj is a great rapper, but all I hear on this song is mediocre singing from the start. Also, it's pronounced like it's spelled. "Toddler." Why did she try and mangle toddler to make it rhyme with store?
"Yo
He the type to pop tags and be cockin the brim
Might breeze through The Ave, might stop at the gym
And he keep a du rag, keep his wave on swim
Wa-waves on swim so they hate on him
Anyway I think I met him sometime before
In a different life or where I record
I mean he was Adam, I think I was Eve
But my vision ends with the apple on the tree
'S' on my chest cuz I'm ready to save him
Read to give up on anybody that plays him
And I think I love him, I love him just like I raised him
When he call me mama, lil mama, I call him baby"
He the type to pop tags and be cockin the brim
Might breeze through The Ave, might stop at the gym
And he keep a du rag, keep his wave on swim
Wa-waves on swim so they hate on him
Anyway I think I met him sometime before
In a different life or where I record
I mean he was Adam, I think I was Eve
But my vision ends with the apple on the tree
'S' on my chest cuz I'm ready to save him
Read to give up on anybody that plays him
And I think I love him, I love him just like I raised him
When he call me mama, lil mama, I call him baby"
While I find the song a bit catchy, though I am no fan of Ms. Minaj, I also caught the 'samuari/Thai' reference. I wondered if there weren't any 'researchers' (i.e, someone who could simply go to Wikipedia) and inform Niki that samurais don't speak Thai. I dont know why that part of the song stuck out to me the most or bothered me so (maybe I'm a nerd). Great! (sn: I dont know if it's just my computer, but the text is black on the black backdrop and kinda hard to read. I had to highlight it to see it..)
ReplyDeleteThank you. So hard. Thank you for pointing out that Samurai were not from Thailand. That whole entire verse is just...ridiculous. Isn't the motherland Africa? And the sky...Heaven? Then she's a Japanese Geisha and he's a Samurai carrying around wads of money like a drug dealer.
ReplyDeleteYes, she sounds awesome when she raps (on most songs), but she doesn't make a lot of sense on this one. I think it's just kind of neat to hear such a delicate feminine voice rap so quickly. When you pay attention to her lyrics though. Ugh.
Sorry, dude... I can't help but think you would tear apart a William Faulkner novel for bad punctuation. Nicki Minaj's schtick is absurdity and hyper-unrealistic imagery and wordplay. If she truly met this guy in the Sky, then any confluence of cultural scenarios she imagines is perfectly feasible. If you check out the video (and listen to the ethereal arrangement of the song), it will become obvious that this is a fantastical romp through the fantasies that this guy conjures up in her, and not to be taken literally, line by line.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't find the Die Hard line and the "toddlor" line funny, which is how they were intended, then you're not getting her humor. Nicki is in fact a terrific rapper--she lulls you and makes you laugh with an overtly (and intentionally) lame line, then she knocks you out with a razor sharp one that shows what she's really capable of. The way she bounces back and forth is what creates than unique, wacky, unpredictable Nicki Minaj feel.
In my humble opinion, it's OK to poke fun at the inconsistencies, but you open yourself to missing out on the funnier joke. Just sayin'.
@prttybrwneyes When I return from this weekend I'll work on the formatting. I don't know what happened to make it come across like that.
ReplyDelete@Micah - I know Nicki is a plenty capable rapper, and I've heard her rip a track to shreds. I just feel this song is all quirk and lame lyrics, mixed with awful singing. The Die Hard and toddler portion just grate me. Where in this track is the razor sharp wit that is her calling card? She doesn't display it in my opinion. I think it's a weak single.
Also, part of the point of this blog is just to take things literally and blow them a out of proportion.
You're right about Faulkner though. "Absalom, Absalom" had so many typos. I guess the editor is the same who missed capitalizing e.e. cummings name on his poetry.
Hahaha a Samurai speaking Thai...that's stupid.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure about making the assumption that a person with a lot of cash lying around it a drug dealer. That's a bit of a stretch; a lot of lower income people tend to shy away from mainstream commercial banking (i.e. just cash the checks at the gas station and move on). Careful, you're starting to sound like Tipper Gore saying all rap is about drugs. LOL!!!
Other than that, STUPID song. I'm not impressed with Ms. Minaj at all. Annoying, non-rapping, chipmunk voiced, plastic buttocked heifa.
@Micah: I dunno, cuz- I'd rather be impressed with surprisingly CLEVER rhymes than intentionally stupid ones. I can make up something stupid!
ReplyDeleteGoing down street, I was eatin' a burger
When I saw a masked man- Oh no! A burglar!
I stuck out my foot when he ran by me
His face his the ground like, "Whoa! Blimey!"
See? Dumb rhyme! Haha!