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This is my Christmas "rap" song, and in it, I am reclaiming a word that I think has been used badly and insultingly in the hip-hop community. And that word is "ho". The way they use it sounds misogynistic to me, and I don't like that. The word "ho" is meant to be an expression of happiness, joy, fun, or excitement. So, that is how I use it in my song. My song does have some well-intentioned and fun-loving innuendo, but it does not use the word "Ho" as anything other than a positive exclamation. I hope you enjoy it as I intended it. Ho! Also, I played all the instruments, and there are no loops. It was played straight through. Jamie Andrew was the engineer, and he sampled my voice on the word "HO" and also some of my laughter and he played those sounds back into the track live on a keyboard at different speeds as we listened back to the song. Jamie is great and I love what he contributed to this recording. We had fun!. Ho!
lyrics
chorus:
HO
HO HO
HO HO HO
HO HO HO, HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU
1. I'M A HAPPENNING ELF FROM THE OLD NORTH POLE
I'VE GOT SOUL, AND YOU KNOW I KNOW MY ROLE
I'VE GOT THE POISE TO MAKE THE TOYS THAT MAKE THE
NOISE
ENJOYED BY ALL GOOD LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS
BUT I'VE GOTTA SAY, WHEN I'M DONE MY DAY
COLLECT MY PAY, I HOP THE REINDEER SLEIGH AWAY OKAY
YOU KNOW I WANT TO PLAY
WITH A HO HO HO HIP HIP HOORAY
chorus:
2. I'LL WHIP OFF MY HAT AND BLOW MY NOSE
AND LOSE THE SHOES WITH THE CURLY TOES
I'LL TAKE OFF MY LITTLE GREEN TIGHTS, ALL RIGHT
I'LL BE READY STEADY GO TO WORK ALL NIGHT
I'VE GOT A BIG BAG OF GOODIES TO GIVE TO MY GIRL
MAKE HER FLAG UNFURL ON TOP OF THE WORLD
WHEN SHE HEARS MY LYRICS SHE'LL REMEMBER MY SONG
CUZ I DELIVER PRESENTS ALL NIGHT LONG
chorus:
solo:
3. I'LL BE USING MY DICTION TO DESCRIBE THE FRICTION
I'LL SCRATCH SCRATCH SCRATCH AT WHATEVER IS ITCHIN'
IT BE BITCHIN', BEWITCHIN', IN BETWEEN THE STITCHIN'
DO IT ALL FROM THE HALL RIGHT THROUGH TO THE KITCHEN
ALL OVER THE HOUSE, NOT EVEN A MOUSE
COULD DOUSE THE FIRE OF MY DESIRE, AIN'T NO LIAR
GONNA DRIVE HER INSANE WITH SOME SWEET CANDYCANE
AND COME NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN
HO
HO HO
HO HO HO
HO HO HO HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU, I SAID
HO
HO HO
HO HO HO
AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR , I SAID
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