Sorry to bust you open on this thread, but last time I listened to the words of hey ya it was all about waiting for the right girl. My wife happens to think that is the sweetest song on the album just because of what it is about. She can look past the whole bitch thing, and I think most people can. If you don't like it, you don't have to listen to it. Just choose what ever is the lesser of 2 evils. I chose to continue to listen to Outkast.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 6:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: (313) Re: hey ya? I'm under the impression that it came out promo-only as a double A side with "I Like The Way You Move", both as album cuts, ie no remixes or anything. I'm a huge fan of Outkast's music but I wish they would talk about women and sex in a more positive way. I just can't stand hearing men use the word "bitch" and continue to be apalled by how many men in hip hop and r n b continue to talk about lesbians in a negative way ie either "i'm so much of a man lesbians want me too" and/or "she doesn't want me so she must be a lesbian". i still think much can be learned from prince, who talked about women and sex very very often, but always positively. Prince seemed to celebrate sexuality for the sake of it, whereas for Outkast and many hip hop and r n b acts, sexuality is talked about as a "power" issue of "men having power over women", which I find distasteful. Speaking of NERD, Pharrell seems to talk about women and sex positively. my CDN .02. Andrew Duke
