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Don T Fight The Feeling: Song Analysis
I have been talking to my Mom about Hip Hop songs she has listened to, and after listening to some, I heard one that was quite interesting. This song, Don’t Fight the Feeling, by Too $hort. The song follows Too $hort, and his efforts to seduce Barbie, a women from the rap group The Danger Zone, whom is just not down to be his toy. This song is very explicit, but has its own charm to it, in very weird way. In the intro of the song, Too $hort right away calls this women a ho, and tells her that all he wants to do is have sex with her. While listening to that I had thought that was literally a misogynist-ass, who just wants this women for sex. I was wondering why my mom had liked this song To clarify, even the context of the song is very dirty

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