Monday, April 4, 2016

I want more than a piece, I want answers

I love '80s and '90s R&B. I especially love the New Jack Swing era that Teddy Riley ushered in. In fact one of my favorite groups from that era was Guy and one of my favorite songs is "A Piece of my Love." It's a great R&B song but the lyrics are trifling as hell.

The song starts with the chorus "You can have a piece of my love, it's waiting for you, girl it's true." Now at first blush this sounds nice then you think about it for a second and say wait a minute what you mean a piece Aaron (Aaron Hall is the lead singer in case you didn't know) all I can get is a piece.

Then he starts off the first verse with "You can't have all of me 'cause I'm not totally free, I can't tell ya everything that's going on." Um what!? you're not totally free so are you married? have a girlfriend? What the hell is going on and what do you mean you can't tell me?

Oh but he's not done. "There's a few things in my past that should not be explained, I'm asking you baby stay with me for a lil while." Ok now you're just being all out ridiculous. I can't know why you're not totally free and you won't explain some things about your past. What did you do that is so bad it shouldn't be explained? Then you have the nerve to ask me to stay with you, Negro....

"Please hush no questions asked, lay back and relax." I know good and doggone well that you didn't just tell me to shut up and don't ask you no questions because I have plenty of questions. Plenty and no I won't lay back and relax when you haven't explained a gahtdamb thing.

Then there's the chorus of "you can have a piece of my love" yaddy yaddy yada. Now on to the second verse. "I know that this is wrong but the feelings so strong." Feelings, schmeelings fool if it's wrong it's wrong and I still don't really know why it's wrong since you won't tell me anything or let me ask any questions.

"I wish this could last forever, but it wouldn't be the same, tell me who would be to blame if we were to hurt all over again." You would be the one to blame Aaron, You because your trifling ass is trying to get away with giving me a piece of your love while you're not totally free whatever the hell that means.

"Please hush no questions asked lay back and relax, take off your shoes, let your pretty sexy hair down. I'm here now baby I'm giving a piece of me." Sooooo you're telling me to shut up, relax and get undressed because you're here now to give me a piece of you. I don't know how long I'm going to have you but I should just shut up and be happy with the piece you're giving right?

How about no. Guy y'all tried the hell out of it with these lyrics and I'm sure some women let you get away with it but not I. I was too young at the time this song came out to really understand how trifling it was but I see now. This song has to be in the hall of fame of trifling song lyrics.

That being said I will still sing along when it comes on the radio. What are some of your favorite trifling song lyrics?