Along with all the cake, candles, streamers and presents come bittersweet, complicated feelings about turning one year older, from nostalgia for birthdays past to unbridled terror for the future, grief for one’s youth, confusion over what to do next and total happiness at the chance to live life to the fullest for another trip around the sun. It’s definitely a good thing that there’s such an abundance of birthday-themed music, because let’s face it - birthdays can be complex. Artists from Lesley Gore in the ‘60s to Stevie Wonder in the ‘80s to Katy Perry in the 21st century have all completely reinvented the long-established birthday singing tradition, with new and inventive melodies of their own. Whether you love it or hate it, it’s safe to say the tune and its many extended versions and comedic renditions aren’t going anywhere… but it doesn’t have to be the only song that defines your big day. In 1998, the Guinness Book of World Records even named it the most recognized song in the English language, more than a century after it was first written by sisters Mildred and Patty Smith Hill for the 1893 book titled Song Stories for the Kindergarten. Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.Gathering friends and family around a candlelit cake to sing “Happy Birthday to You” has been a birthday tradition in English-speaking households for over a century. Writer/s: KANYE WEST, MIKE DEAN, SONNY UWAEZUOKE, TAUHEED EPPS ![]() (Bad bitches contest you in first place!) Get it girl, get it girl, get it get it girl When I die, bury me inside the booty club (What I'm seein' from the back I can't front on) Tell the DJ play your song, this shit come on (Then hand the valet the keys to the Mercys') I show up with a check to your work place ![]() 'Cause I will turn you back to a pedestrian I'm jokin', I'm just serious, I asked herĭon't be actin' like no actress, if we preachin' then we practiceĭon't be reachin', don't be touchin' shit How 'bout she hit the 'West Inn' and get her best friend? She said, "How 'bout I get you jewelry from the Weston?" Put it on, give her a kiss, and tell her, "Do better" Went to her niece's graduation, man, I hate those kids 'Specially if you paid a couple payments on her mamma crib 'Specially if you put that BMW in her garage Y'all been together ten years, you deserve a ménage You go downstairs and fall asleep with the T.V. She holding out, she ain't givin' to the needy huh? It's my birthday, I deserve to be greedy huh? True to my religion, 2 everything I'm too different When I die, bury me inside the Truey store When I die, bury me inside the jewelry store When your girl leave me she need a hair salon Referee, with the whistle, brrt! hold his tech You the realest nigga breathin' if I hold my breath ![]() She got a big booty so I call her Big Booty When I die, bury me inside that Louis store When I die, bury me inside that Gucci store They ask me what I do and who I do it forĪnd how I come up with this shit up in the studioĪll I want for my birthday is a big booty ho
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