Hmmm... "Give It To Me Right" - Really?

Okay, okay,
He's got my number and
You can't, you can't
Warn me baby here I am
Either you make the time
Or just forget me

I'm not, I'm not
Tryna run your life
That's why, that's why
I'm nobody's wife
But when I want, when I want it
You gotta be ready

I don't want it all the time,
But when I get it,
I better be satisfied
So give it to me right,
Or don't give it to me at all

I don't think you understand,
How real it is for me to find
A man who thinks he can
So give it to me right,
Or don't give it to me at all
yeah yeah

On time, on time
I expect you to be
Oh my, oh my
Baby in my fantasy
You can't get it right,
Then just forget it

No ways ok
For you to go around
uh uh, today
You better make a touch down
You know what I like,
Won't you accept it

I don't want it all the time,
But when I want it,
You better make me smile
So give it to me right,
Or don't give it to me at all

I don't think you understand,
If you can't please me,
I know someone who can
Give it to me right,
Or don't give it to me at all

This is the real life baby
This is the life that makes me say
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahh

This is the real thing baby
When I'm alone I can make me say
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahh

I don't want it all the time,
But when I want it
You better make me smile
So give it to me right,
Or don't give it to me at all

I don't think you understand,
If you can't please me,
I know someone who can
So give it to me right,
Or don't give it to me at all

Give it to me right
Give it to me right

Give it to me right,
Or don't give it to me at all

Give it to me right,
Or don't give it to me at all

"Give It To Me Right" - Melanie Fiona

I think that I have come to the realization that a certain ex-wife of mine doesn't feel obliged to extend some sort of apology to me for wasting two years of my life, and while it disappoints me to no end, it further demonstrates the type of person she is, and I know that she will reap what she has sown.

Since I already had gone through the trouble of finding the lyrics to this song, I will tell you the background on my connection to it, and why it is now on my list of banned songs.

For starters a year ago, I was coerced into using my frequent flyer miles to go to Seattle and visit a good friend of mine for the weekend (another opportunity for her to screw around with this dude). During the trip, I spent most of the time thinking about her and writing her a long winded letter about how I was sorry things have been going the way they were and a bunch of other crap, but more importantly, while hanging out with my friend and his brother and running around in the streets of Seattle, I was given a couple of opportunities to what I now know to "return the favor". Wanting to honor my marriage and my wife, I chose to do the right thing, and had I not, I would be the one vilified by everyone regardless of if my ex-wife's infidelity had ever come out.

What's the connection with this song, you ask? Sorry, I got off on a tangent... this song was pretty popular on the radio around that time, and my ex seemed to walk around humming it or singing along (let's not get into how well she could sing) whenever the song came on... Personally? I have always thought the song lacked any real character, was a bad representation of the song the main melody was sampled from ("The Time of the Season" by The Zombies), and overall didn't speak well for a beautiful black woman starting her musical career.

Give it to me right,
Or don't give it to me at all

Really? Outside of that lyric being yet another microcosm of my failed marriage, I would smack my young daughter if I heard her walking around singing that. Another glowing example of our society being over-sexed and relishing in our own instant gratification. If you can't get what you want right now, keep it moving until you find someone else who will. I will be the first to admit that I listen to things far worse on the quality scale musically, but I have learned to maintain the difference between Reality and Reality TV. Rarely have I kept or truly appreciated anything that was given to me without some hard work or sacrifice. If everything is disposable to you, you become disposable yourself. We are all more than what we can provide for others.

No disrespect to Melanie Fiona - at the end of the day, she did what she needed to do to sell records. Fortunately the CD got better after you skip track 1 - "Give It To Me Right" is officially banned.