Thought for Food

Nov 26, 2009

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Sugar Hill Gang, “Rapper’s Delight”

mills makes me smile:

I was under the mistaken impression that this song’s long verse on a disastrous meal was Thanksgiving-themed. My mom is a phenomenal cook, so I suppose I’ll just hope that this doesn’t describe your experience today.

Have you ever went over a friend’s house to eat
and the food just aint no good?
I mean the macaroni’s soggy the peas are mushed
and the chicken tastes like wood.
So you try to play it off like you think you can
by sayin’ that you’re full,
and then your friend says, “Momma, he’s just being polite,
he ain’t finished -uh, uh- that’s bull.”
So your heart starts pumpin’ and you think of a lie,
and you say that you already ate,
and your friend says, “Man, there’s plenty of food,”
so you pile some more on your plate.
While the stinky food’s steamin’ your mind starts to dreamin’
of the moment that it’s time to leave,
and then you look at your plate and your chicken’s slowly rottin’
into something that looks like cheese.
So you say, “That’s it, I got to leave this place,
I dont care what these people think.
I’m just sittin’ here makin myself nauseous
with this ugly food that stinks.”
So you bust out the door while it’s still closed
-still sick from the food you ate-
and then you run to the store for quick relief
from a bottle of Kaopectate…

Happy Thanksgiving!