Read

Today is supposed to be Howard Zinn readalong day, but that’s just not gonna happen. The last thing I wanted to do yesterday was spend my birthday thinking about Zinn and A People’s History, so today you get a song instead. I know…you had you’re heart set on Zinn. I’m sorry.

After the last Salt ‘n Pepa song, Amy put in a request for Shoop, which turned out to be pretty fun. However, I’ll tell y’all right now…I’m not touching Push It. I tried (I got as far as “write it real good,” which I’ll confess totally cracks me up (I’m easily entertained by myself), but there’s just not much there in the way of lyrics. It’s a catchy tune, though…I’ve been singing it all week).

Anyhoosie. Shoop. Which is now Read. For Amy:

Hey, yeah – I wanna read, baby

Read
[Oooo, how you doin', baby
No, not you
You, the hard-covered one, (ha-ha) yeah
What's your title?
Damn, baby, that sounds awesome]

Here I go, here I go, here I go again (again?)
Girls, what’s my weakness? (Books!)
Ok then, browsin’, trowlin’ through Barnes and Noble (word)
I saw, I looked around, and I couldn’t believe this
I swear, I stared, it was Chernobyl
The author had it goin’ on with somethin’ kinda…uh
Wicked, wicked (oooo) – there’s no equal
I’m not shy so I asked for the sequel
A geek? No, that don’t make me
See what I want is to dive into it deeply
Felt it in my brain, it’s so insane, no way to abstain
Then I turned the next page, make me wanna read all night long
Read it, need it, ‘til my eyes turn to grit
Came to my senses and I chilled for a bit
Don’t know how you scree the deeds that I need
So well it’s a spell, hell, makes me wanna read read read

Read a book
Read a book
Read a book a book a book
Read a book
Read a book
Read a book a book a book
Read a book
Read a book
Read a book a book a book

Ummm, you’re sweeping and I’m weeping ‘specially at the end
Author, wanna thump your thinker for a book like that
Can I get a hankie with all that plight and blight?
If words could slay you would be dyn-o-mite
You’re a downer – boom! It’s all doom and gloom
Still wanna know how does it end?
Straight up, wait up, hold up, Author-Man
Keep it up and you’re gonna lose a fan
Well-a, I like ‘em real long, chunkster style by the mile
But not all full of guile
And unlike Donne, I wanna have some fun
Come (come) and (hmmm) hit me a home run
‘Topian, fiction, all part of my creed (please)
Baby, see you and I concede, you make me wanna…

Read read a book (Baby, hey)
Read a book
Read a book a book a book
Read read a book (Don’t you know I wanna read, baby)
Read a book
Read a book a book a book
Well let me bring you back to the subject, books on the brain
Books get you hot, make you learn things arcane
When you read a great book, my darling
The world falls away and away fall your worries
When I find a bitchin’ book betcha bottom dollar I’m readin’ like a Rhodes scholar
[Yo, book, I wanna like, read you]
Getcha getcha pages ready it’s time to go steady

On your mark, get set, read, let me read, wanna read
All the books on the shelf my own self
I spend all my dough, on you, cuties
Read read a bookie like that one with Sookie
You, I love you with your pretty covers, you make me discover
You make me wanna scream, “Oooo, oooo, oooo!”
I like what ya do when you do what ya do
You make me wanna read

Read read a book
Read a book
Read a book a book a book
Read a book
Read a book
Read a book a book a book

[Oh, my goodness, girl, look at this
It's the cutest cover ev-ah!
And it's comin' this May! Oooo!]

She and Fizzy B wanna read with me, cool (uh-huh)
But I’m a loner, just books and munchies like a stoner (that’s right)
I read my books for the hell of it, just for the thrill I get
Mmm mmm mmm, for the smell of it (smell it)
I need to know, what’s the hot read (hot read)It’s 50 Shades of Grey (damn)? That book’s taken over like a weed (yeah)
Sandy’s gotta read it, book club, whatta flub
So what you gonna do?
What you gonna do?
Mmmm, I wanna read

Read read a book
Not that book
Read a book a book a book
Read a book
Read a book
Read a book a book a book

Read read a book
Read a book
Read a book a book a book
Read a book
Read a book
Read a book a book a book

Oooooooooooooh, you make me wanna read
Hey yeah, I wanna read, baby