Touched By a Gangsta
May 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yesterday morning, Clark was up way too early as ususal. After he’d kicked and babbled and smiled his toothy grin at me from the side car for long enough that it was clear we weren’t going back to sleep, I finally scooped him up and headed downstairs to make coffee. As I blearily started grinding the beans, I realized that these lyrics were bouncing around in my sleepy head:
I love it when you call me me Big Pop-pa
Throw your hands in the a-ir
If you’re a true play-ah
I love it when you call me Big Pop-pa
etc.
I paused to to wonder at the utter random-ness of that song being stuck in my little, white, mom-head, bopped along with it, and went about my day.
But then later, I was in the car. I have a pattern I follow in order, of 6 radio station presets until a good song makes me stay. I usually end up staying with the first one or two stations, but that time, commercials and bad music had me on choice number 5, which happens to be KUBE. This is the station that all the kids listen to, the one with the current pop music on it. And I shit you not, they were PLAYING THAT SONG. Really! How random is it that I was in the car, listening to the radio, that I got five deep in my station rotation, and that the hot pop station was playing a song from 15 years ago?
And then, AND THEN, the song ended and they said it was the Notorious B. I. G’s birthday.
Can you believe it? Isn’t that crazy? So, perhaps I was visited in the night by Biggie Smalls. Let’s hope his message wasn’t too important, because apparently, I’m too fatigued to remember it.
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May 23rd, 2009 at 7:22 pm, Kelly T Says:
That song is one of Aoife and my favorites to dance to. She knows it well. It’s such a great song for bouncing. We love our big papa! Try out “The Genius of Love” by the Tom Tom Club. Excellent for bouncing around the house as well!
May 24th, 2009 at 12:50 pm, Noreen Says:
I feel like there is a message regarding Aaron and Clark’s relationship. Maybe Clark should be working on saying “Papa.” Just putting it out there.
May 25th, 2009 at 8:48 pm, tia Says:
i’m so into these types of “ka-wink-ee-dinks!”
May 29th, 2009 at 1:21 pm, Jenny Says:
Kelly T: Ha! Aoife, a connoiseuer of fine rap.
Noreen: Who knows! He seems to be closer to Mama these days.
tia: I know, right? I still think it’s so weird.
June 7th, 2009 at 11:33 pm, Jenn Says:
Ha. That cracked me up. Love love love the title.