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Kelis - Jerk Ribs

Kelis - Jerk Ribs Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Food
Released: 2014

Jerk Ribs Lyrics

And my ear drum, reminds me
His name was just way down in my feet
And this moment, well, I can't breathe
You can't control, something that's getting free
And the rhythm's, exciting
Oh when I start this road full of streets
I'm glad you get this one for cheap

In Harlem, where I started to breathe
Your beat was like a soundtrack to me
I was the girl, my daddy was the world
He played the notes and keys
He said to look for melody in everything

It feels just like it should
I wake up, this, this is what it looks like
So don't miss this, this is what it looks like
So call on me, it feels just like it should
So call on me

The best favorites, go through me
I press the strings, I love everything
Hurtful pain, forget the time and keep staying
Hold the doors, dance and give it away
Just around me, I hear it
And melody was right over me
But whistleblowers happened for me

It feels just like it should
I wake up, this, this is what it looks like
So don't miss this, this is what it looks like
So call on me, it feels just like it should
So call on me

In Harlem, where I started to breathe
Your beat was like a soundtrack to me
I was the girl, my daddy was the world
He played the notes and keys
He said to look for melody in everything

It feels just like it should
I wake up, this, this is what it looks like
So don't miss this, this is what it looks like
So call on me, it feels just like it should
So call on me
[x3]

Writer/s: ROGERS, KELIS / SITEK, DAVID ANDREW / SIMON, TODD
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Jerk Ribs

The first single from Kelis' Food album, this was released on January 28, 2014, but it had previously been available to download for free from the singer's website since April 2013.

Food was produced by TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek. Speaking about the album's title, Kelis told HipHollywood : "We recorded in a house. It was Dave's house and he lives really close to me. It was a huge band, so people were there, and people are hungry. So we were eating, and recording, and singing, and eating some more and it was a lot of that. It wasn't the plan but that's just what it ended up being because that's just who we are. It was really natural and it felt really good and it tasted really good too."

The Food title is thematically appropriate to Kelis' own skills. She trained part-time as a chef in the late 2000s, eventually graduating from Le Cordon Bleu culinary school. Her Saucy and Sweet show premiered on The Cooking Channel on February 25, 2014.

The eclectic video sees Kelis posing for photoshoots and performing at a garden party. "This song is the cornerstone of my album," she told Time magazine. "So I wanted the video to look like my life, my love - back to the beginning."

This was originally named "Call On Me" before Kelis reverted to the random placeholder title Dave Sitek used to describe the song in the studio.

Kelis - Milkshake

Kelis - Milkshake Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Tasty
Released: 2003

Milkshake Lyrics

My milk shake brings all the boys to the yard,
And there like,
Its better than yours,
Damn right its better than yours,
I can teach you,
But I have to charge

I know you want it,
The thing that makes me,
What the guys go crazy for.
They lose their minds,
The way I wind,
I think its time

La la-la la la,
Warm it up.
Lala-lalala,
The boys are waiting

My milk shake brings all the boys to the yard,
And there like,
Its better than yours,
Damn right its better than yours,
I can teach you,
But I have to charge

I can see you're on it,
You want me to teach the
Techniques that freaks these boys,
It can't be bought,
Just know, thieves get caught,
Watch if your smart,

La la-la la la,
Warm it up,
La la-la la la,
The boys are waiting,

My milk shake brings all the boys to the yard,
And there like,
Its better than yours,
Damn right its better than yours,
I can teach you,
But I have to charge

Once you get involved,
Everyone will look this way-so,
You must maintain your charm,
Same time maintain your halo,
Just get the perfect blend,
Plus what you have within,
Then next his eyes are squint,
Then he's picked up your scent,

Lala-lalala,
Warm it up,
Lala-lalala,
The boys are waiting,

My milk shake brings all the boys to the yard,
And there like,
Its better than yours,
Damn right its better than yours,
I can teach you,
But I have to charge.

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Publisher: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUB GROUP, WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC INC, SONY ATV MUSIC PUB LLC
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Milkshake

A "Milkshake" is a girl's sensual energy - what makes her stand out from the other girls. Taken more literally, it is about a girl who dances seductively and attracts the attention of boys in the club. Her "milkshake" is the way she shakes her boobs (the source of mother's milk). It can also be taken to mean oral sex. Bringing the "boys to the yard" could be about attracting boys like a dog in heat.

Kelis (last name: Rogers) was 24 when she recorded this, but it was still a comeback. After graduation from La Guardia High School, which was inspiration for the movie Fame, she signed a record deal and released her first album in 1999. The album was produced by The Neptunes - Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams - who went on produce hits for acts singers like Nelly, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. Despite a hit single called "Caught Out There," Kelis was dropped from her label and waited years before Arista Records signed her and released Tasty. Williams and Hugo wrote this song.

In the December 12, 2004 Observer Music Magazine, Kelis said that Milkshake "means whatever people want it to; it was just a word we came up with on a whim, but then the song took on a life of its own."

Kelis performed this on Saturday Night Live February 14, 2004. Later that year, the song was featured in the movie Mean Girls, which was written by SNL star Tina Fey. According to Fey, the scene was written as the character Regina George's little sister giving a lap dance to a teddy bear, but the director insisted they change it. Instead, they had the girl dance to "Milkshake."

This was used in the movies Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) and Norbit (2007). It was also featured on the TV shows The Simpsons, Nip/Tuck, and Ugly Betty.

In 2014, Kelis dropped the bombshell that she doesn't drink milkshakes. She said she has positive feelings about the song, however, telling Spin: "It played a huge part in where music went. I'm aware of that, I don't regret it or resent it at all."

The video was directed by Jake Nava, who did many of Beyoncé'a clips, including "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" and "Crazy In Love."

"Milkshake" was shot in a Brooklyn diner called Relish, with the signage changed to make it "Tasty's Yard." Kelis gave some hints to the song's true meaning with lots of provocative poses and dance moves in the video.

The Neptunes' production was inspired by Brazilian women. When Pharrell Williams of the duo was in Brazil, he found himself surrounded by beautiful girls and a type of music that he compared to as "booty shakin' music in Portuguese." Inspired, he created a dance all night feeling for this song.

Kelis - Rumble

Kelis - Rumble Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Food
Released: 2014

Rumble Lyrics

It's the strangest thing
To have you back in my face
With all those years passed
I guess I just got used to my space

I don't know how to feel
This whole thing seems so surreal
So you keep one foot out the door
I know I said 'leave' but, baby, don't go

We got so much history
I hurt you, you hurt me
No, we don't need therapy
What I need is you here

And even though I know I'm right
Just like some lapse in my memory
You're back to me, hand on the door
I want you, baby, don't go

I'm so glad you give back my keys
Oh, I'm so glad you give back my keys
Oh, I'm so glad you give back my keys
My keys

You got so many issues but I guess I can top me, too
I'm just fine by myself
But I don't know who's gonna help you
I'm not no secretary, I'm nobody's Major D

But like a lapse in my memory
I want you, baby, don't go
Baby, don't go, baby, don't go
Baby, don't leave, yeah
Stay the night, baby
Don't go, baby, oh, hey, baby, don't, baby, don't go

I'm so glad you give back my keys
Oh, I'm so glad you give back my keys
Oh, I'm so glad you give back my keys
My keys

I'm so glad you give back my keys
Oh, I'm so glad you give back my keys
Oh, I'm so glad you give back my keys
My keys

Writer/s: ROGERS, KELIS / SITEK, DAVID ANDREW / SIMON, TODD
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, O/B/O APRA AMCOS
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Rumble

Perhaps referencing her marriage breakup with Nas, this Funk-Soul torch ballad finds Kelis in emotional turmoil as she yearns for her ex despite kicking him out. "No we don't need therapy, what I need is for you to leave" she croons, before pleading soon afterwards, "baby don't go."

Kelis - Friday Fish Fry

Kelis - Friday Fish Fry Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Food
Released: 2014

Friday Fish Fry Lyrics

I said, oh my daddy, game's over
I said, oh my daddy, game's over
I said, oh my daddy, game's over
I said, oh my daddy, game's over

I said I'm making you peace
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down onmy knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees

You said: that's the thing
And I just don't want to fight
See, the bottom of what I said
Is that, take that man, take that man to bed
On the contrary
I know who to sit
I know you ain't right
You ain't right

Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees

'The idea sounds nice but
Darling, you're not even my type, you see'
Hey, you, yeah, you, yeah, you
I need ice, cold water
I need ice, cold water
She needs ice, cold water
She needs ice, cold water
She needs ice, cold water
She needs ice, cold water

'No, not too close to me

Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want now, baby
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees
Give me what I want
Give me what I need
I said, I'm begging you, please
I'm down on my knees

Writer/s: ROGERS, KELIS / SITEK, DAVID ANDREW / SIMON, TODD
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Friday Fish Fry

This call-and-response nod to Rockabilly is one of six songs on Kelis' Food album that have culinary-themed titles. Kelis told The Sun that she never specifically decided on a food theme, they just all came together that way. "The titles of the songs were put on as working titles, then the title of the album came later," she said. "Someone asked me what I wanted to call it an flippantly I was like, 'Food.' And then I thought, 'You know, that's a perfect name - I'm gonna keep it.'"