Modern Poetry Edition #60 {Snap!}


"Tonight," he said, "I have the high privilege and distinct honor of my own, as the first chief to begin the MPulitzer award ceremony with the words:"

"Welcome, Sir Bobby Brown to the pinnacle."

That's it for tonight.  B-Brown edges out Montell, Stevie and Kool.  And the gang, too.  And Shannon.  Whitney did not attend.  Bobby left early saying, "It's my money, I earned it, I can do what I wanna do."

We love you Bobby.

Till next time, Peace, Love and tender-Roni.

--Sean

Modern Poetry Edition #60 {Snap!}
[12/1/06]
This Is How We Do It by Montell Jordan
Let The Music Play by Shannon
**Don't Be Cruel by Bobby Brown
Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder
Get Down On It by Kool and the Gang

**Winner of MPulitzer

 

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Three-ee-ee Score-ore-ore and none poems agooooooooooo...

There was no Modern Poetry at all. It was a dark period in poetical history. Much darker than the last 6 weeks you've been forced to go without new MP. So here it be. Sop it up with a biscuit.

"The better you look, the more you see." -- Sorry I just love that. It's from Bret Easton Ellis in his '99 book Glamorama, which is pretty good.

This edition was inspired (and I use the term loosely) by some of the best tracks I've heard on the new Snap! 94.1 in Memphis. I own no stock in the station and am completely unaffiliated with the radio broadcast industry -- I will even listen to sports talk radio and NPR on occasion, especially when the latter is reviewing the genius that is Van Morrison.

Have I blathered on enough yet to make the intro sufficient? No? Okay, here's a little more. Q&A style, an introduction to our prose this week:

     What do hip couples say to voyeurs? "This Is How We Do It"

     What do you have to do in Alex's if Marquis has jukebox money? "Let The Music Play"

     How can the golden rule be simplified and updated for today's youth? "Don't Be Cruel"

     What would have happened if the Queen had knighted True Grit's Rooster Cogburn? "Sir Duke"

     What's the smartest thing to do when you get up on the wrong side of the bed? "Get Down On It"

And the best lines from the poems this week:

     Let's flip the track, bring the old school back.
     So we started dancing and love put us into our groove.
     Now you know my name, now I know your game.
     Music is a world within itself with a language we all understand.
     Get down on it - get your back up off the wall.

And there were two more I wanted to include, Donna Summer's On The Radio and Midnight Star's No Parking On The Dance Floor. Look for them soon or maybe later in Snap!2 I will keep 'em in my back pocket for now.

And, you know, vote!

--Sean

This Is How We Do It by Montell Jordan
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This is how we do it
(This is how we do it)
La la la la la la la
La la lo lo lo lo oh
(This is how we do it)
La la la la oh

This is how we do it, it's Friday night
And I feel all right
The party's here on the West side
So I reach for my 40 and I turn it up
Designated driver take the keys to my truck
Hit the shore 'cause I'm faded
Honeys in the street say, "Monty, yo we made it!"
It feels so good in my hood tonight
The summertime skirts and the guys in Kani
All the gang bangers forgot about the drive-by
You gotta get your groove on, before you go get paid
So tip up your cup and throw your hands up
And let me hear the party say

I'm kinda buzzed and it's all because (This is how we do it)
South Central does it like nobody does (This is how we do it)
To all my neighbours you got much flava (This is how we do it)
Let's flip the track, bring the old school back (This is how we do it)

This is how we do it, all hands are in the air
And wave them from here to there
If you're an O.G. mack or a wanna-be playa
You see the hood's been good to me
Ever since I was a lower-case G
But now I'm a big G, the girls see I got the money
Hundred dollar bills y'all

If you were from where I'm from then you would know
That I gotta get mine in a big black truck
You can get yours in a '64
Whatever it is, the party's underway
So tip up your cup and throw your hands up
And let me hear the party say

I'm kinda buzzed, it's all because (This is how we do it)
Ooh South Central does it like nobody does (This is how we do it)
To all my neighbours you got much flava (This is how we do it)
Let's flip the track, bring the old school back (This is how we do it)

I'm kinda buzzed, it's all because (This is how we do it)
South Central does it like nobody does, nobody does (This is how we do it)
YNV, SCC, (This is how we do it) all my homies
I'll never come wack on an old school track (This is how we do it)
Check it out!

Once upon a time in '94
Montell made no money and life sure was slow
All they said was 6'8" he stood
And people thought the music that he made was good
There lived a D.J. and Paul was his name
He came up to Monty, this is what he said
You and OG are gonna make some cash
Sell a million records and we'll make in a dash

Oh I'm buzzing because (This is how we do it)
South Central does it like nobody does (This is how we do it)
To all my neighbours you got much flava (This is how we do it)
I'll never come wack on an old school track (This is how we do it)

I'm kinda buzzed, it's all because (This is how we do it)
South Central does it like nobody does, nobody does (This is how we do it)
Oh it's party time (This is how we do it)
Straight up comin' from the West side (This is how we do it)

OG's got the flava, yeah (This is how we do it)
And Monty doesn't like nobody, doesn't (This is how we do it)
Come on now, Def Jam, you know what it (This is how we do it)
This is how we do it (This is how we do it) baby

Let The Music Play by Shannon
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We started dancing and love put us into a groove
As soon as we started to move
The music played while our bodies displayed through the dance
Then love picked us up for romance
I thought it was clear
The plan was we would share this feeling just between ourselves
But when the music changed the plan was rearranged
He went to dance with someone else
We started dancing and love put us into our groove
But now he's with somebody new
What does love want me to do
Love said..

Let the music play, he won't get away
Just keep the groove and then he'll come back to you again
Let it play
Let the music play, he won't get away
This groove he can't ignore, he won't leave you anymore

He tried pretending our dance is just a dance but I see
He's dancing his way back to me
Yes he discovered we are truly lovers
Magic from the very start
Cause love just can't we prove
And anytime we move
And even though we danced apart
So we started dancing and love put us into our groove
As soon as we started to move, as soon as we started to move
Love said..

Let the music play, he won't get away
Just keep the groove and then he'll come back to you again
Let it play
Let the music play, he won't get away
This groove he can't ignore, he won't leave you anymore

He tried pretending our dance is just a dance but I see
He's dancing his way back to me, he's dancing his way back to me
Love said..

Let the music play, he won't get away
Just keep the groove and then he'll come back to you again
Let it play
Let the music play, he won't get away
This groove he can't ignore, he won't leave you anymore

Don't Be Cruel by Bobby Brown
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Girl, the only thing that matters in my life
Is that I'm down for you and treat you right
You've got no call to treat me cold as ice
Ohoh, girl

As long as I've been givin' my love to you
You should be givin' me your love, too
But you just keep on actin' just like a fool
You know it ain't cool

Uh don't be cruel
'Cause I would never be that cruel to you
Uh no, oh oh, no -- Uh don't be cruel
Uh girl, you need to change your attitude
Uh no, oh -- Uh don't be cruel

Hey yo' Kimmy what's up with this attitude
I thought I was bein' real good to you
I treat you sweet, take you out at night
But you never say thanks girl that ain't right
I bought you diamonds even gave you pearls
I took you for a cruise all around the world
I treat you high post but you play me close
If I want to drink up you won't even toast

Girl, I work so hard for you from 9 to 5
So you could have the finer things in life
Since you're the kind that's never satisfied
Ohoh, girl
As long as I've been givin' my heart to you
You should be givin' me your heart, too
But you just keep on actin' just like a fool
You know it ain't cool

Uh don't be cruel
'Cause I would never be that cruel to you
Uh no, oh oh, no -- Uh don't be cruel
Uh girl, you need to change your attitude
Uh no, oh -- Uh don't be cruel

From fancy cars to diamond rings
I've just about given you everything
There's really not much I won't do for you
I bought you 12 yellow roses and candy, too
I like to be up front and never play the back
But the way you treat me girl is like a heart attack
I'm real troop trooper and with all the times
That you were by my side diggin' dollars outta crock

Ohoh, girl
As long as I've been givin' my love to you
You should be givin' me your love, too
But you just keep on actin' just like a fool
You know it ain't cool
It just ain't cool!

Ow! Don't be cruel...

Uh, uh, uh
Uh, uh, uh...

We used to hang out tough just kickin' around
We discovered a love that had never been found
You gave me your heart I gave you my mind
But a true love affair we could never find
Although I want you bad I could let you go
'Cause there's a lot of girls out there that won't say no
But due to fact that I want you, Jackie
I want you more than human eyes can see
But you had to start givin', tryin' to make a killin'
Thought about the dollars I make and you were willin'
To be with me Bobby B., but with a bad attitude I can't compete
Now you know my name, now I know your game
You want to be with me you got to be the same way
That another girl would be and if you wanna be with me

Uh don't be cruel
'Cause I would never be that cruel to you
Uh no, oh oh, no -- Uh don't be cruel
Uh girl, you need to change your attitude
Uh no, oh -- Uh don't be cruel

Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder
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Music is a world within itself
With a language we all understand
With an equal opportunity
For all to sing, dance and clap their hands
But just because a record has a groove
Don't make it in the groove
But you can tell right away at letter A
When the people start to move

They can feel it all over, They can feel it all over, people
They can feel it all over, They can feel it all over, people

Music knows it is and always will
Be one of the things that life just won't quit
But here are some of music's pioneers
That time will not allow us to forget
For there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo
And the king of all Sir Duke
And with a voice like Ella's ringing out
There's no way the band can lose

You can feel it all over, You can feel it all over, people
You can feel it all over, You can feel it all over, people

You can feel it all over, You can feel it all over, people
You can feel it all over, You can feel it all over, people

You can feel it all over, You can feel it all over, people
You can feel it all over, You can feel it all over, people

You can feel it all over, You can feel it all over, people
You can feel it all over
I can feel it all over
all over now, people

Can't you feel it all over, Come on let's feel it all over, people
You can feel it all over, Everybody-all over, people

Get Down On It by Kool and the Gang
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What you gonna do? You want to get down? Tell me
what you gonna do? Do you want to get down?
What you gonna do? You want to get down?
What you gonna do? You want to get down? - Tell me.

Get down on it, get down on it, Get down on it, get down on it
come on and Get down on it, get down on it
Get down on it, get down on it.

How you gonna do it if you really don't want to dance
By standing on the wall? Get your back up off the wall. Tell me.
How you gonna do it if you really don't want to dance?
By standing on the wall. Get your back up off the wall

'Cause I heard all the people sayin':
Get down on it. Come on and
Get down on it - if you really want it
Get down on it - you gotta feel it
Get down on it - get down on it
get down on it
Come on and get down on it baby baby
Get down on it - get down on it - get down on it.

I say people - what? What you gonna do?
You've gotta get on the groove
If you want your body to move. Tell me
Baby.

How you gonna do it if you really don't want to dance
By standing on the wall? Get your back up off the wall. Tell me.
How you gonna do it if you really won't take a chance
By standing on the wall? Get your back up off the wall.

'Cause I heard all the people sayin':
Get down on it - get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - when we're dancin' - get down on it
Get down on it - get down on it

Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - come on and
Get down on it - baby
Baby
Get down on it - get down on it - get down on it.

What you gonna do? - Do you want to get down?
What you gonna do? - Get your back up off the wall.
Dance
come on get our back up off the wall.
Dance
come on!

Get down on it - come on and
Get down on it - if you really want it.
Get down on it - you gotta feel it
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - come on and
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - and while you're dancin'
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - you move me baby
when you move
Get down on it - get down on it

Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get your back up off the wall
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get down on it
Get down on it - get your back up the wall