Story Behind The Song

I originally made this track for my cousin- a spoken word artist- when he said he wanted to record a radio friendly song. As it turned out, he was only kidding. I decided to appropriate the track myself- write an anti-violence lyric with a (hopefully) c

Song Description

an attempt to teach crisis de-escalation tactics to young people, in a way that is dancable and funky.

Lyrics

Everybody get a little hot sometime
steaming up like you jogging in the sunshine,
there ain't nothing wrong with what you feel inside
every now and then, gotta just let it ride-
As long as we alive, we gon' catch feelins
but it don't gotta lead to no dirty dealins
As sure as it came on mad strong,
give a little time, it'll leave you alone.

It's a tough gig- livin' in a body
'specially when our thoughts start getting naughty,
for example, (gat damn!) take a look at shawty,
danncing round like she want something, real hottie.
Every playa in the club got an eye on her
racking their brains for some game to try on her
is she trying to seduce us? I guess she could...
maybe she's just dancin', feelin good!
Either way, I decide I'm gon see what she talkin bout
step up to her, she starts walkin out:
even if she came up smilin',
I never really have any right to start wildin',
I need to recall, after all, what I'm really seeing
is just another human being-
I wouldn't want somebody cussin' and grabbin' at me,
I think it's safe to assume that neither does she!

copyright 2006 Black Bodhisattva Prod.