Hip Hop With A Little Too Much Flavor

Last Friday afternoon, J and I were packing up to head down to the Loop to purchase some tickets for an upcoming Scissor Sisters show. My coworker, A, handed me her iPod and asked me to listen to Akon's I Wanna Love You. I told her that I knew the song, that I liked the song and that I heard it on MTV2 every morning. She kind of chuckled and then explained that when she made the decision to download it she chose the explicit version because "who cares about a few curse words, right?" Totally. However, she said that once she started playing the song in her car she immediately felt like she had made a huge mistake. I smugly hit play on the iPod thinking to myself "this can't be that bad". Uh, right. Basically, for the next few minutes I went from shocked to nervous giggling while A looked at me with an "now do you see what I'm saying?" expression. I think Akon singing "I wanna fuck you" rather than "I wanna love you" definitely changes things a little bit, don't you? And, to hear every unbleeped "pussy" and "dick" Snoop throws down just makes me blink a lot. Listening to the explicit version of that song was like once foolishly ordering a 3-star curry when the palate really and truly is used to a 1-star. I had the same reaction: "GOOD GOD!" -K

[Akon, Clean]
I see you windin n grindin up on that pole,
I know u see me lookin' at you and you already know
I wanna love you, you already know
I wanna love you, you already know

[Explicit]
I see you windin n grindin up on that pole,
I know u see me lookin' at you and you already know
I wanna fuck you, you already know
I wanna fuck you, you already know

[Snoop Dogg, Clean]
If u pick me then I'ma pick on you
d-o-double g and I'm here to put this [bleep] on you
I'm stuck on [bleep] and yours is right
Rip ridin' them poles and them doors is tight
And I'ma get me a shot for the end of the night
Cuz {bleep] is [bleep] and baby your [bleep] for life.

[Explicit] [I bleepin miss the bleeps]
If you pick me then I’ma pick on you
d-o-double g and I’m here to put this dick on you
I'm stuck on pussy and yours is right
Rip ridin’ the poles and them doors is tight
And I’ma get me a shot ‘fo the end of the night
Cuz pussy is pussy and baby your pussy for life.