It's Hard Out Here

It's Hard Out Here

By: Bill O'Reilly for BillOReilly.com
Thursday, Mar 09, 2006 http://billoreilly.com/index.jsp

And the winner is... "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp!" The Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences would like to inform the world that this is the best movie song of the year, and you best believe it.

Taking its place beside other best movie songs like "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," "Moon River," "A Whole New World," and "Fame," the pimp song, performed in the film "Hustle and Flow," is now enshrined forever in movie history.

You ain't knowin'?

Actually, that's the refrain from the song chanted about seven thousand times within the body (no pun intended) of the work.

The basic theme of "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" seems to be that selling women for sex is a competitive industry with no health benefits or paid vacation. That is hard, indeed. Pimping isn't all it's cracked (no pun intended) up to be. The long hours and demanding clientele do take a toll.

As the show business community looked up to the Oscar stage last Sunday, they could not help but be impressed with the lyrics of the best song selection:

Wait I got a snow bunny, and a black girl too
You pay the right price and they'll both do you,
That's the way the game goes, gotta keep it strictly
pimpin - gotta have my hustle tight
Makin' change off these women,
Yeah!

Where have you gone, Henry Mancini?

Now, what are we unenlightened, non-showbiz people to think about the best movie song of the year? If you saw the rap group "Three 6 Mafia" perform their classic, you can decide for yourself. But, no question, the Academy voters were sticking it "to the man."

And who's the man? That's us, folks. The people who pay to watch movies. They are sticking it to us.

But why? All we do is enable many foolish people to become wealthy and famous. We buy magazines to read about them, we watch TV programs that kiss their posteriors, and some of us pay ten bucks to see their movies, which are often incomprehensible.

No serious person could think that awarding a song that describes the "pimp life" would play well in Tulsa. So whas up with that, as they say in the hood?

The pinhead apologists for a decaying music industry will trot out the same canard: The pimp song simply reflects street life as it exists today. Okay, fine. If you find that reflection worthwhile, well, that's why you live in America.

In Al Qaeda dominated Northern Pakistan, "Three 6 Mafia" would find themselves beheaded. By the way, it's not easy being a terrorist, either.

The truth is that Hollywood doesn't really like the folks very much. They see us as marginal intellects who couldn't possibly understand the art on display in the pimp song. So they voted for an effort they knew would displease many Americans. This is called "arrogance."

It is hard to believe that any sane person could think "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" is worthy of an artistic award. I know I "ain't knowin'," but I'll submit this thing was written in five minutes on a bar napkin someplace.

However, I will concede that being a pimp is probably more difficult than it appears. But it isn't nearly as difficult as sitting through that best movie song of the year.

For one thing, I'm not displeased, I'm glad they decided to finally switch it up, not that a song about a normal rainy day is bad though. I see it as a touchstone for the group, I'm sure producer Juicy J put his heart n soul into making the actual instrumental seeing what the movie itself stood for, the origins of America's music in the south. As for the lyrics, though most might not immediately jump on the hook, they're as disputably creative as any other lyricist's. Now if the fag movie had won, that would have been some arrogant shyt there.

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Originally Posted by UnViaje

For one thing, I'm not displeased, I'm glad they decided to finally switch it up, not that a song about a normal rainy day is bad though. I see it as a touchstone for the group, I'm sure producer Juicy J put his heart n soul into making the actual instrumental seeing what the movie itself stood for, the origins of America's music in the south. As for the lyrics, though most might not immediately jump on the hook, they're as disputably creative as any other lyricist's. Now if the fag movie had won, that would have been some arrogant shyt there.

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Howdy UnViaje,

I understand where yer comin from,but I wouldn't be proud of a song that glorifies and legitimizes,pimpin and prostitution and the gangster lifestyle.

Also,I think that it would be more accurate to say "the origins of hip-hop music in the South..",which ,although being American,does not represent the body of music in the South..many would argue that C&W,Blue-grass and Jazz,are more pertinent to the music of the South.

Yup..if the movie about gay cowboys had swept all the awards,that would most certainly have been arrogant..but then,Hollyweird liberals are shame-less and it's expected to a certain degree.

Have a good one ...

No, I did mean the origins of American music, Hip Hop just happens to be a faction, music sholars would also agree its a cousin to Jazz. I'm with you on the other genres you mentioned that are indeed part of the southern collective as well, but the entire embodiment of the film had the foundation of musical southern roots even if Hip Hop happened to be exclusive. Also, aside our country's religously intertwined government, history shows pimping, prostitution, and the gangster lifestyle [in both literal & metaphoric terms] is the real America.

"history shows pimping, prostitution, and the gangster lifestyle [in both literal & metaphoric terms] is the real America."

So are the Ku Klux Klan.

Altogether now:
"roast a nigger on the fire..."

It's real man. It's happening, so let's celebrate it!!! :pimp:

(I assume my Oscars in the post)

Times are changing.

Allow me to be the first to say: Who cares? It's a fucking song.

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Originally Posted by Return of the redi

"history shows pimping, prostitution, and the gangster lifestyle [in both literal & metaphoric terms] is the real America."

So are the Ku Klux Klan.

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nah, just ignorant, insecure inbreds
kinda like you

agreed bhallg2k

Well, we forget to mention that 50-60 years ago, a white person wouldn't be caught dead listening to blues or jazz, "black" music. It was inspired by the devil... Even Presley was controversial in his early days, because his music was too "black". Today, Presley, blues and jazz are considered quintessential American music.

Well excellent. Let's all join hands and sing Kum By Ah and pray that one day, we too can sing songs about bitches and ho's....

How I look forward to our backward society learning more about these enriching cultures.
After all, if it's black, it MUST be of cultural benefit to us all, retarded inbred cretins that we are.
I mean, granted, black societies have never produced written language or science. But hey, white men can't jump, so who are we to talk?

The song is good and yes times are changing .(song too)

Of all the songs that were nominated, that one was the best? Wow

I wish it had been something like. Blue print to hip hop By BDP QRSone