February 10, 2005
The Piece of Utter Crap I Currently Have Stuck In My Head
So, apparently, there is an American Idol contestant or winner named Fantasia. And I say "apparently" because I don't watch the show; it hurts to watch people less talented than me; I heard this on the radio.
Anyway, Fantasia has put out a song called "Baby-Mama." Or "Babymama." Is it one word or hyphenated? I could Google it, but I just don't care. But Fantasia's mother was a babymama, so she really felt the need to give a shout-out to all the babymamas out there. I'm totally not making this up. You'll hear it.
It starts with a few select babymamas -- perhaps friends of Fantasia? -- saying Hi to the children (mamababies?) who made them babymamas. Which is odd since I believe it had to be, in fact, the babydaddies who made them babymamas, but we'll just let that slide.
The chorus goes like this:
B... A... B-Y... M... A... M-A
This goes out to all the babymamas
This goes out to all the babymamas
Now, I don't mean to go all Rush Limbaugh on your asses, but is this the sort of thing we should be glorifying -- unwed mothers? Do they really need to be immortalized in song? Wasn't "Love Child" enough?
No, I know, this song is not really that offensive like, say, "Cop Killer" or "Camel Toe" or "When Doves Cry," but something about it just doesn't sit right with me.
Perhaps it's just the word. When did babymama become a word? And how unhip am I for even asking that?
And, Fantasia's babymama, if you're going to name your child after a Disney flick, I think Herbie the Love Bug would have been the better choice.
Comments
good morning,
i just wanted to respond to the above letter. the song babymama is not glorifying being an unwed mother it is however giving due respect to the mothers who have excepted responsibility for the children they became pregnant with instead of taking an "easy way out." (i.e.abortion) today with the number of unwed mothers increasing so rapidly, this song is not glorifying. It is simply recongnizing and honoring those mothers in the world who stand up and do a full time 24 hour job alone.
it says so much more than being a babymama. it says congrats to the single mother who goes to work every day, school and still manages to give the upmost care for her child. All while alone with no husband. For those mothers who are fortunate to have a spouse or a significant other probably wouldnt be able to relate to a song that praises the hard work of a single mother. I think it would be a great idea for you to listen to the song again and perhaps step outside of a sheltered world and see reality that single mothers have a hard job and they do it everyday, all day with little or no recognition.
have a great day
Posted by: shenna at February 6, 2006 07:43 AM