Songs you should know - Let a Ho be a Ho!

While Tortilla Chips and Milk is still trying to find it's identity (How do you like that? I've embodied the blog AND referred to it in the third person!) I'm going to throw out different ideas for recurring topics. Today, I'm going to delve into my iPod and take a closer look at a song that I consider one of my favorites that you probably haven't heard before. For my first choice, we'll take a trip back to apx. 1990 and the Fifth Ward section of H-Town(Houston) and revisit, Willie D, Akshen/Scarface, Ready Red, and Bushwick Bill, the trigga happy muthaf*ckin Geto Boys. Now the first time I heard of the Geto Boys was on MTV news where they reported that the Geto Boys video for "Do it like a G.O" had been banned from the network. They showed the clips of the video and all I can remember was a midget waving a stick or machete around. It was the coolest 15 seconds of music video I had ever seen. Naturally, I had to hunt for this album and purchase it ASAP. Back in the day Tipper Gore was leading her war against profanity in music so I had to go to three different record stores before I could buy it since I was under 18 at the time. I'm not one to complain about the good ole' days, but seriously, nowadays any kid with a computer can download hardcore porn, but I had to be 18 to experience "explicit lyrics". Fuck them, fuck them up their stupid asses!!!!

Okay, so I pop the cassette in my car and had to pull over because I was laughing so hard at the classics "Gangsta of Love", "Read these Nikes" and "Size Ain't Shit" (rapped by Bushwick Bill, a midget) . The album was more vile than anything I had heard at the time. The Geto Boys were worse than NWA, worse than 2LiveCrew, worse than Too$hort, and I soaked it all in like any curious suburban kid would. Most of their songs focused on the usual Gangsta Rap topics like Slangin 'cane, fuckin the ho's, and beatin a nigga down. There was one song however that served as a cautionary tale. It was a four and a half minute dissertation on life that Willie D preached to the other Geto Boys. It was a lesson that, whenever I have strayed from it's teachings, I have paid the price. From Paj's vault I present:

Let a Ho be a Ho
Artist: The Geto Boys
Album: Grip it! On that Other Level

My comments in italics. The song features a sped up sample of Pink Floyd's "Money" the song is upbeat and flows really nicely with the bassline. The introduction is a spoken exchange after some cash register sound effects.

Akshen: Yo D! What's up with this cash register shit?
Willie D: Aw that's just what the average Ho sees every she looks at a modren(sic) day man.
Akshen: Ain't that the muthaf*ckin' truth.
Willie D: Yeah and these fickle ass minded niggas wonder why a ho be with them one day and another goofy muthafucker the next.
Akshen: I say you kick some more of that shit D!

Yeahhhhh! There seems to be a lot of motherf*ckers blind to the fact
That a ho is gonna be just that
And this type of ignorance is the very
Reason why so many niggas in the god-d*mned cemetery
Now before you think this line is silly, think "Helen of Troy" for a sec. Yeah...I gots no love for ho's
Intelligence is on call
You don't treat a ho like a queen who behaves like a dog
Are you the type who wont put a ho in front of a trigger?
Then youse a ho assed nigga
Sadly, my friends and I are all " Ho-Ass Niggas"...as far as I know anyways
Godd*mned hound
Pound for pound
You knew the ho when she was f*cking the whole town
She f*cked you and gave your buddies a blow
But your trick *ss fell in love with the ho
Tried to change her make her be an angel
You keep putting your d*mn life in danger
This is one of my favorite bad rhyme schemes in all of hip-hop. It's second only to "Shawty crunk, on the flo wide open. Skeet so much they call her Billy Ocean"
Fronting niggas about that slutty *ss trifling crow
You gotta let a ho be a ho
In defense of this song I've always stood firm that "Ho" means an actual prostitute and not a woman in general. I have never been sure though.
She's a ho! D, how the fu*k you know?
Every time I see the ho she’s with a new negro
I giggle like a little girl every time I hear this line. Without fail. Every. Time.
She's the type of ho that's bound
To wear shorts up her *ss when your friends come around
She's the kinda ho that'll make you cry
The kinda ho you have to call before you come by
So why do you wanna kill when she says no more?
You ain’t the first to be dumped by a godd*mned whore
Crazy mother f*ckers fighting over ho's
Stealing for their *sses and jumping out of windows
If a ho wants out I let her skanky *ss go
Cos ima let a ho be a ho
Still not sure Willie is talking about prostitutes or women here. Comments? Thoughts? Anyone?

Willie D: Now do you all understand me so mutherfuckin far?
All: (sheepishly) Yeah...
Akshen: Hell yeah! I remember I let this one ho named Tina use my car, the bitch went to go see another nigga!
Willy D: (laughs) I fucked that ho!
Akshen:(in disbelief) muthafuckin right?
Willy D: Ask Bushwick and Red
Red: He went up in that bitch man
Bushwick: On the fer realla my nigga
See? Even the most hardcore gangsta is succeptible to ho trickery. There is no shame in admitting it, even if you are a Geto Boy.
Willy D: Akshen man I'm telling you...

I f*cked that ho before you even knew her
Made her p*ssy go brrrrr when I stuck my d*ck to her
I knew she was a ho the first time I met her
So I got another ho and took them to the other level of the game
Got them high as a kite
And f*cked both of those hoes that godd*mned night
Then I sat back and relaxed
As they 69ed and ate each others cats
I dropped tham off at home
God d*mn look at this sh*t my wallets gone!
This also actually happened to a friend of mine. He got rolled by two girls he picked up in a strip joint. I would say that it wasn't funny because it happened to someone I knew...but I would be a liar.
The ho's beat me but I left it alone
And used that sh*t as a stepping stone
I played it off the next time I saw the hoe
I just laughed and f*cked her *ss some more
She licked my *ss and sucked my balls
And if I feel right now I can get to them drawers
I'm not sure that he says "drawers' here but it's probably closer than my first guess which was "Lou Rawls"(I thought it was some street slang or something)
You gotta let a ho be a ho

Willie D: Yeah buddy Willie D ain't gonna let these ho's get him down. I ain't wining and dinin over none of you ho's I ain't buyin' you no leather, no suede, no jewray, no contacts, lee nails...I ain't buyin you no hair, no make-up, FOOD! None of that good shit!!
I always thought it was great that "FOOD" is included in the "good shit" list.
Bushwick: Tell 'em D!
You gotta let a ho be a ho!

Peace!

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