A lot of talk has been going on the interwebs the last few weeks since this songs performance at the MTV VMA's about it's lyrical content. I just finished reading an article and photo essay about how this song is a mirror of how rapists talk to their victims just a few minutes ago. I enjoy the simple beat and catchy hook. I'm a sucker for a great hook. Up until 10 minutes ago i never cared about the lyrics enough to worry about them. Having now read the lyrics i'm even more upset at the light the song is being viewed in.
While the candor is exceptionally juvenile and employs vernacular that is certainly offensive: the much lauded "You the finest bitch in this place" lyric. I fail to see where it is "Rapey." I'm sure i'm pissing most of America off by saying this, but the whole song reads as a call for a woman to escape the bondage of the expectation of chastity and relationships that treat a womens sexuality as subservient to a man. The song may promote promiscuity but in all the instances i can see in the song it's all just childish boasting about how the singer can give the female in question what he thinks she desires. One childish prostration after another he asks her to pay attention to him and exhibits why he would be valuable to her in her liberated state where he won't judge her for immodesty.
To sum up the song is not. "I know what you want now take it." It's more "The world has unfairly tried to put all women into one camp and i say break out, but while you're at it, if you're horny, I got the goods."
If you think it advocates rape you're prolly an asshole. If you think it's stupid and presumptuous you're probably a reasonably intelligent person or at the very least not a d-bag who thinks all men are rapists in hiding.
I'm not sure if this works on this blog but it is about a song so i feel like it's worth a shot.
Nicky P