Sunday, April 22, 2007

This day in music history.

April 22, 1972, John Lennon's latest single release is banned by almost all radio stations in the USA because of the "offensive language". The song is called "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" and even though it was banned from radio play it sold enough copies to hit number 57 on the charts.
Woman Is The Nigger Of The World by John and Yoko
Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes she is...think about it
Woman is the nigger of the world
Think about it...do something about it
We make her paint her face and dance
If she wont be a slave, we say that she don't love us
If shes real, we say shes trying to be a man
While putting her down, we pretend that shes above us
Woman is the nigger of the world...yes she is
If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave of the slaves
Ah, yeah...better scream about it
We make her bear and raise our children
And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen
We tell her home is the only place she should be
Then we complain that shes too unworldly to be our friend
Woman is the nigger of the world...yes she is
If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave to the slaves
Yeah...alright...hit it!
We insult her every day on TV
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence
When shes young we kill her will to be free
While telling her not to be so smart
we put her down for being so dumb
Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes she is...
if you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave to the slaves
Yes she is...
if you believe me, you better scream about it
We make her paint her face and dance
We make her paint her face and dance...