No Scrubs

Parallels between Anacreon Elegy 2 (West) (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by TLC

ltc-admin, 2015-03-13 12:47
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“I don’t kiss the guy who guzzles wine beside the brimming bowl and talks battles and tearful war, but the one who mingles dazzling gifts of the Muses and Aphrodite singing of lusty play.” In both the ancient and modern lyric, the women would rather have ‘exciting’ men who can impress them, rather then men who only think of themselves. In the ancient text the woman is displeased by the men who only talk about war (which interests them). In the TLC lyric, the women don’t want a guy who is “broke” and can’t associate with goddesses.

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A scrub is a guy that thinks he’s fly And is also known as a buster(buster) Always talkin’ about what he wants And just sits on his broke ass So. No, I don’t want your number(uh uh uh) No, I don’t wanna give you mine and No, I don’t wanna meet you nowhere No, I don’t want none of your time And no, I don’t want no scrub A scrub is a guy that can’t get no love from me Hanging out the passenger side Of his best-friend’s ride Trying to holler at me I don’t want no scrub A scrub is a guy that can’t get no love from me Hanging out the passenger side Of his best-friend’s ride Trying to holler at me A scrub’s checkin’ me But his game’s kinda weak And I know that he cannot approach me ‘Cause I’m lookin’ like class And he’s lookin’ like trash Can’t get with a deadbeat ass So No, I don’t want your number No, I don’t wanna give you mine and No, I don’t wanna meet you nowhere No, I don’t want none of your time No, I don’t want no scrub A scrub is a guy that can’t get no love from me Hanging out the passenger side Of his best-friend’s ride Trying to holler at me I don’t want no scrub A scrub is a guy that can’t get no love from me Hanging out the passenger side Of his best-friend’s ride Trying to holler at me If you don’t have a car And you’re walkin’ Oh yes son I’m talking to you If you live at home with your Mama Oh yes son I’m talking to you If you have a shorty But you don’t show love Oh yes son I’m talking to you Wanna get with me with no money Oh no I don’t want no.. No scrub..No scrub (No no) No scrub..(No, no no no) No scrub.. No, no. No, I don’t want no scrub A scrub is a guy that can’t get no love from me Hanging out the passenger side Of his best-friend’s ride Trying to holler at me I don’t want no scrub A scrub is a guy that can’t get no love from me Hanging out the passenger side Of his best-friend’s ride Trying to holler at me (Left Eye) See, if you can’t spacially expand my horizon Then that leaves you in the class with scrubs, never rising I don’t find it surprising and if you don’t have the Gs To please me and bounce me here to the coast of over seas So, let me give you something to think about Inundate your mind with intensions to turn you out Can’t forget the focus on the picture in front of me You as clear as DVD on digital TV screen Satisfy my apetite with something spectacular Shake your vernacular and then I get back to ya With diamond like precision Insatiable is what I envision Can’t detect acquisition from your friend’s expedition Mr. Big Willy, if you really want to know Ask Chilli, could I be your silly ho? Not really T-Boz and all my senoritas are steppin’ on you Filas but you don’t hear me, no No, I don’t want no scrub A scrub is a guy that can’t get no love from me Hanging out the passenger side Of his best-friend’s ride Trying to holler at me I don’t want no scrub A scrub is a guy that can’t get no love from me Hanging out the passenger side Of his best-friend’s ride Trying to holler at me (repeat to it Fades)

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No Scrubs