Doing the "Helen Keller"
I feel so old when I criticize contemporary music lyrics, but a current hit really has me steamed.
I keep hearing my girls sing "Do the Helen Keller." So I asked what it means to "do the Helen Keller," and of course they have no clue. They just like the song.
Here are the obscene lyrics by 3Oh!3:
"Don't trust a ho, never trust a ho
Won't trust a ho cause the ho won't trust me
Shush girl, shut your lips
Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips"
How could any recording company or radio station allow this to get through? Where is the self-censorship? If they sang, "Do the Adolf Hitler and goose-step like a Nazi," would that become a hit too?
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