Bitches & Sisters
Title | Bitches & Sisters |
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Artist | JAY-Z |
Album | The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse |
Release Date | 2002-11-12 |
Description | Bitches & Sisters is one of the bonus tracks from Jay-Z’s seventh studio album The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse. Frequent Hov collaborator Just Blaze produced the track, sampling Kim Weston’s 1970 version of the classic Soul ballad ‘When Something is Wrong With My Baby’ and the controversial N.W.A track ‘A Bitch Iz a Bitch’. Hov’s verses deal with similar themes of the West Coast group’s track, seemingly agreeing with Ice Cube’s opinion: not all women are bitches, but sometimes a bitch iz just a bitch. This is gonna be a shocker, but listen to the whole song…” Released six years into Jay’s Roc-A-Fella Records career, this is one of the last tracks in his discography that is explicitly misogynistic. Yet it can be seen as a tempering of his tendencies when compared to a song such as Big Pimpin'. In a 2010 interview Jay condemned his past treatment of women in his lyrics, but here we see a slight attempt to placate at least some of the female population with the distinction between “Bitches” and “Sisters”, implying that his more vicious lyrics are reserved for the former. |
Lyrics | [Chorus: N.W.A. sample] Let's describe a certain female Let's describe a certain female Let's describe a certain female [Verse 1: Jay-Z] (Bitch) you know my name and the company I own (Bitch) you like my style and you smell my cologne (Bitch) don't try to act like my track-record ain't known (Bitch) you probably gotta couple CD's in your home (Bitch) don't make me say it twice, you acting all up tight All sidity like, like, like you ain't a (Bitch) I ain't no ball player, you ain't gonna get pregnant and get Hit off with paper, you gonna get hit off and slid off Before the neighbors take off to go to work So just, take off your shirt, don't hit me with that church shit (Bitch) I got a sister who schooled me to shit you chickens do Tricking fools, got a whole Robin Givens crew that I kick it to They be hipping dudes, how you chickens move, I be listening too (Bitch, bitch, bitch) Don't make me say it thrice, you acting all up tight All sidity like, like you ain't a (Bitch) You ain't no better cause you don't be fucking rappers You only fuck with actors, you still getting fucked backwards (Bitch) Unless you fucked a dude on his own merit And not the way he dribbles or ball or draw lyrics You're a (Bitch), No ma, you're a (Bitch) [Chorus: N.W.A. sample] Let's describe a certain female Let's describe a certain female Let's describe a certain female [Interlude] Say Jay-Z, why you gotta go and disrespect the women for, huh? [Verse 2: Jay-Z] (Bitch) Sisters get respect, bitches get what they deserve Sisters work hard, bitches work your nerves Sisters hold you down, bitches hold you up Sisters help you progress, bitches will slow you up Sisters cook up a meal, play their role with the kids Bitches in street with their nose in your biz Sisters tell the truth, bitches tell lies Sisters drive cars, bitches wanna ride Sisters give-up the ass, bitches give-up the ass Sisters do it slow, bitches do it fast Sisters do their dirt outside of where they live Bitches have niggas all up in your crib Sisters tell you quick "you better check your homie" Bitches don't give a fuck, they wanna check for your homie Sisters love Jay 'cause they know how Hov' is I love my sisters, I don't love no bitchYou might also like |