Well, it's official. I must be old. The other day I was driving home from work, listening to the radio, and they played a new song called Rude Boy by Rihanna. As the song played, my jaw started dropping lower and lower. I was gobsmacked. They are actually playing this song on the radio?!?!? Now, before you jump to conclusions, please note: I AM NOT A PRUDE! In fact, I am far from it. I'm probably one of the most in-your-face, blunt, forthcoming, sexually aware people you will meet. So why was I gobsmacked? Because I know my 10 yr old daughter loves music. I know she loves to sing along with all of the songs she hears on the radio, and I know she'll know what the lyrics to this song will mean. Here are the lyrics (copy & pasted from http://www.elyrics.net/read/r/rihanna-lyrics/rude-boy-lyrics.html )
Rude Boy lyrics
Come here, rude boy boy
Can you get it up?
Come here, rude boy boy
Is you big enough?
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Come here, rude boy boy
Can you get it up?
Come here, rude boy boy
Is you big enough?
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Tonight I'm a let you be the captain
Tonight I'm a let you do your thing, yeah
Tonight I'm a let you be a rider
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up babe
Tonight I'm a let it be fire
Tonight I'm a let you take me higher
Tonight baby, we can get it on
Yeah, we can get it on yeah
Do you like it boy?
I wa-wa-want
What you wa-wa-want
Give it to me, baby
Like boom boom boom
What I wa-wa-want
Is what you wa-wa-want
Na na ah
Come here, rude boy boy
Can you get it up?
Come here, rude boy boy
Is you big enough?
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Come here, rude boy boy
Can you get it up?
Come here, rude boy boy
Is you big enough?
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Tonight I'm a give it to you harder
Tonight I'm a turn your body out
Relax, let me do it how I wanna
If you got it, I need it and I'm a put it down
Buckle up, I'm a give it to you stronger
Hands up, we can go a little longer
Tonight I'm a get a little crazy
Get a little crazy, baby
Do you like it boy?
I wa-wa-want
What you wa-wa-want
Give it to me, baby
Like boom boom boom
What I wa-wa-want
Is what you wa-wa-want
Na na ah
Come here, rude boy boy
Can you get it up?
Come here, rude boy boy
Is you big enough?
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Come here, rude boy boy
Can you get it up?
Come here, rude boy boy
Is you big enough?
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
I like the way you touch me there
I like the way you pull my hair
Baby, if I don't feel it
I ain’t faking, no no
I like when you tell me kiss it here
I like when you tell me move it there
So giddy up
Time to get it up
You say you a rude boy
Show me what you got now
Come here right now
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Come here, rude boy boy
Can you get it up?
Come here, rude boy boy
Is you big enough?
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Come here, rude boy boy
Can you get it up?
Come here, rude boy boy
Is you big enough?
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Love me, love me
Love me, love me
Love me, love me
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Love me, love me
Love me, love me
Love me, love me
Take it, take it
Baby, baby
Take it, take it
Love me, love me
Do you see why my jaw dropped now? I don't want my 10 yr old daughter singing this! What do I do? Do I ban her from the radio? Do I block Muchmusic from my tv? No, of course I won't. What I WILL do is sit down and talk to her. Listen to the song with her. Find out if she understands what this song is saying. And explain to her why I think it's inappropriate. Will that be enough? I hope so.
Thanks for listening.
I'll be back here soon.
xoxo
The new Kesha song ft. 3OH3 called Blah Blah Blah isn't much better. See for yourself:
Coming out your mouth with your blah blah blah
Just zip your lips like a padlock
And meet me at the back with the jack and the jukebox
I don't really care where you live at
Just turn around boy and let me hit that
Don't be a little bitch with your chit chat
Just show me where your dick's at
Music's up
Listen hot stuff
I'm in love
With this song
So just hush
Baby shut up
Heard enough
Stop ta-ta-talking that
Blah blah blah
Think you'll be getting this
Nah nah nah
Not in the back of my
Car-ar-ar
If you keep talking that
Blah blah blah blah blah
Boy come on get your rocks off
Come put a little love in my glove box
I wanna dance with no pants on
Meet me in the back with the jack and the jukebox
So cut to the chase kid
'Cause I know you don't care what my middle name is
I wanna be naked
But your wasted
Music's up
Listen hot stuff
I'm in love
With this song
So just hush
Baby shut up
Heard enough
Stop ta-ta-talking that
Blah blah blah
Think you'll be getting this
Nah nah nah
Not in the back of my
Car-ar-ar
If you keep talking that
Blah blah blah blah blah
Your always talking that shit
But never laying the bitch
Yeah
I don't care who you are
In this bar
It only matters who I is
Stop ta-ta-talking that Blah blah blah
Think you'll be getting this
Nah nah nah
Not in the back of my
Car-ar-ar
If you keep talking that
Blah blah blah blah blah
Posted by: Jill | 01/20/2010 at 12:50 PM
Well whoa.
No, I don't want my kids listening to that garbage either. But sex sells. So, they "I'm a writin bout sex y'all." Big ups, props and all that crap.
I'm a clean my kitch now yo. Lots of leftovahs. Needs frideratin.
Peace. xoxo
Posted by: Gillian | 01/20/2010 at 06:56 PM
Well, what a sweet little lullaby! I think your approach to talking rather than banning is a good call. Funny how some parents slam our kids for listening to AC/DC because it deals with drugs but then they throw dance music on with lyrics that are pretty sexual. Go figure!
Thanks for the heads up on this one...
Posted by: Tracey | 01/21/2010 at 04:31 PM