April 10th, 2009
3OH!3 – Don’t Trust Me
Time for this week’s song from my iPod:
3OH!3 (pronounced three-oh-three) is an American hip hop/electronica band from Boulder, Colorado that was formed in 2007. The members of the band are Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte. The name of the band comes from the area code the two members come from in Colorado. The music of the group is inspired by a combination of electronica and rap and has been praised for their unique sound. My daughter introduced the group to me (as most of the music I listen to has been). She told me that she hates them but can’t stop listening to them.
The group has been very successful, touring with the Warped Tour, Bamboozle, the Katy Perry European tour, and the Alternative Press tour. The group has had two albums. Their most recent album Want, released last year, peaked at 89 on the Billboard 200. The band’s single, “Don’t Trust Me,” came off this album and has been a huge success, certified gold and getting in the top 30 on two of the Billboard charts.
Don’t Trust Me
Black dress with the tights underneath,
I got the breath of the last cigarette on my teeth,
And she’s an actress (actress),
But she ain’t got no need.
Shes got money from her parents in a trust fund back east.
T-t-t-tongues always pressed to your cheeks,
While my tongue is on the inside of some other girls teeth,
T-tell your boyfriend if he says he’s got beef,
That I’m a vegetarian and I ain’t f***ing scared of him.
She wants to touch me (Woo ooh),
She wants to love me (Woo ooh),
She’ll never leave me (Woo ooh, Woo ooh, ooh, ooh),
Don’t trust a ho,
Never trust a ho,
Won’t trust a ho,
‘Cause a ho won’t trust me.
X’s on the back of your hands,
Wash them in the bathroom to drink like the bands.
And your setlist (setlist),
You stole off the stage,
Had red and purple lipstick all over the page.
B-b-b-bruises cover your arms,
Shaking in the fingers with the bottle in your palm.
And the best is (best is),
No one knows who you are,
Just another girl alone at the bar.
She wants to touch me (Woo ooh),
She wants to love me (Woo ooh),
She’ll never leave me (Woo ooh, Woo ooh, ooh, ooh),
Don’t trust a ho,
Never trust a ho,
Won’t trust a ho,
‘Cause a ho won’t trust me.
Shush girl shut your lips,
Do the Hellen Keller and talk with your hips.
I said, Shush girl shut your lips,
Do the Hellen Keller and talk with your hips.
I said, Shush girl shut your lips,
Do the Hellen Keller and talk with your hips.
Woo ooh, Woo ooh, Woo ooh…
She wants to touch me (Woo ooh),
She wants to love me (Woo ooh),
She’ll never leave me (Woo ooh, Woo ooh, ooh, ooh),
Don’t trust a ho,
Never trust a ho,
Won’t trust a ho,
‘Cause a ho won’t trust me
The video (in an edited version) is available on MTV so click here to see and hear.
Rebecca wrote,
I had an issue with this song the first time I heard it because of the Helen Keller references. I’m not so sure I have overcome this part, but realize my 15 year really likes this song (and the group) and doesn’t have a problem with it at all.
Sometimes I am too sensitive.
Link | April 10th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Beth wrote,
HAHAHAH! XD My soooong.
Told you it was one of those songs you can’t stop listening to…
Link | April 10th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Tom wrote,
I don’t have a problem with the Helen Keller reference because it isn’t meant as an insult to people who are disabled. They are only saying, “Shut your mouth.” And, of course, the whole song is meant as a joke. If you watch the video you can see that these guys really aren’t taking themselves seriously. When the two of them got together, they were in other groups and thought this was just going to be some fun to “drop some rhymes.”
And Beth, it isn’t noon yet! What are you doing up!!! And I’ve listened to the song about a dozen times.
It sounds like a song that would go over big at a rave.
Link | April 10th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Rebecca wrote,
Ah, this is what my Hannah explained to me as well.
Seems as those Beth has come around and now loves the song too!
Link | April 10th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Beth wrote,
Basically.
It’s just so…catchy. XD
Not to mention, it gets stuck in your head so easily. That’s how I actually started listening to them. One of my friends put the song on, and it just stuck with me. XD
Link | April 10th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
A56 wrote,
Amber and Sam own this song!!!!!
Link | April 14th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
55 wrote,
WOW
Link | May 5th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Julie wrote,
I strongly disagree. To have young girls hearing, repeatedly, Shush girl, shut your hips, wiggle your hips — is a not-so-subtle social message. Don’t talk. Stifle yourself. Just give me your body. It’s the ultimate in objectification of a woman. I’m really sad this is still getting an audience in 2009. Every time I hear it I plan to contact 20 people and tell them to complain to radio station 99.5 and ask them to STOP promoting this by playing it on the airwaves. IT’s degrading; there is no debating it folks, as much as you might like the beat. You are NOT overly sensitive if this hurts your feelings because it degrades disabled people as well. TO say, “They didn’t mean it” or “it’s supposed to be funny,” is to suggest that the racist entertainment of the 40′s and 50′s presenting AFrican-Americans tap dancing over watermelons was also “funny” and “no one meant it that way.” GET REAL people. This song needs a good national boycott and the message to the band starts with YOU and ME. GET IT OFF THE AIR.
Link | May 17th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Tom wrote,
That is one way to explain the song but of course it ignores what the lyrics actually say. Think of groupies. And not every musician wants them around or wants to hear from them. And the line is telling her to shut up, stop telling him lies, and just dance.
Link | May 17th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Brill wrote,
Seriously, these boys are GENIOUSES and the fact that they objectify women is what makes them so hott!!
I have to admit, the first few times that I heard that song I absolutely loathed it. With a passion. I found it unbelievable not only that they would dare to make such degrading statements towards women, but that girls would actually listen to them!
Then, the song got stuck in my head.
I listened to it, over and over. It began to feel like a guilty pleasure. So I listened to their other songs, and I fell for them. It was a constant love/hate battle, but it wasnt until recently that I admitted it was love.
Now, this is where the genious part of them comes in:
It is said that if you want to win a woman’s heart, you have to affect her EMOTIONS. In a BIG way. It doesn’t matter if it is a negative or positive emotion, what matters is that you don’t go unnoticed, because ” from hate to love there’s only one small step.”
Well, it’s true!! Goddamnitt….
Let’s not forget their extremely catchy tunes.
These guys are geniouses, GENIOUSES I tell you!!
Link | June 4th, 2009 at 2:55 am
JJ wrote,
^Wow. Learn to spell ‘Geniuses’ right
I am not sure whether to love or hate these guys. Hate and love there songs at the same time.
Link | June 7th, 2009 at 11:34 am