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Pump It

Artist: Black Eyed Peas

Album: Monkey Business

Contains themes requiring parental guidance
Contains themes requiring parental guidance

Minimum age: Age 16+

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This Black Eyed Peas track 'Pump It' is primarily an upbeat, energetic party/dance song, but contains several elements warranting caution for younger audiences. The song includes racial slurs ('niggas') used in a casual, boastful context, mild profanity ('damn,' 'shit'), and notably contains sexual innuendo and suggestive themes. Lines such as 'she wanna hit 'n' run,' referencing a woman who claims she's not interested but appears backstage anyway, imply casual sexual encounters. The lyric 'when we play, you shake your ass' and references to girls being 'all on us' contribute to a theme of sexual availability and seduction presented in a boastful, objectifying manner. There are also themes of braggadocio and responding to rivalry/haters. No explicit drug or alcohol references or violence are present. The racial slur usage alone warrants parental guidance, and combined with the sexual innuendo and objectification of women, the content is not suitable for younger children.

Themes
party/dance
boastfulness
sexual innuendo
casual sexual encounters
objectification of women
profanity
racial slurs
rivalry/haters
self-promotion

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Lyrics

Ha, ha, ha Pump it Ha, ha, ha And pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Turn up the radio Blast your stereo Right (ha, ha, ha) Niggas wanna hate on us (who?) Niggas be envious (who?) And I know why they hating on us (why?) 'Cause that's so fabulous (what?) I'ma be real on us (c'mon) Nobody got nothing on us (no) Girls be all on us From London back down to the U.S. (S.S.) We rockin' this (contagious) Monkey business (outrageous) Just confess, your girl admits that we the shit F-R-E-S-H we (fresh) D-E-F, that's right we def' (rock) We definite, B-E-P we reppin' it So Turn me up (turn it up) Turn me up (turn it up) Turn me up Come on baby, just Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) And say, "Oh-oh, oh-oh" Say, "Oh-oh, oh-oh" Yo, yo Turn up the radio Blast your stereo Right now (huh) This joint is fizzlin' It's sizzlin' Right Yo, check this out right here Dude wanna hate on us (dude) Dude need to ease on up (dude) Dude wanna act on up But dude get shut like flava shut (down) Chick say she ain't down But chick backstage when we in town (ha) She like man on drum (boom) She wanna hit 'n' run (err) Yeah, that's the speed That's who we do That's who we be B-L-A-C-K E-Y-E-D P to the E Then the A to the S When we play, you shake your ass Shake it, shake it, shake it girl Make sure you don't break it, girl 'Cause we gonna Turn it up (turn it up) Turn it up (turn it up) Turn it up Come on baby, just Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) And say, "Oh-oh, oh-oh" Say, "Oh-oh, oh-oh" Yo, yo Turn up the radio Blast your stereo Right now (huh) This joint is fizzlin' It's sizzlin' Right Damn (damn) Damn (damn) Damn (damn) Damn (damn, oh) Damn (damn, oh) Apl.de.ap from the Philippines Live and direct, rocking this scene Breaking on down for the B-boys And B-girls waiting to do they thing Pump it, louder come on Don't stop, and keep it goin' Do it, let's get it on Move it! Come on, baby, do it (uhh) La-da-dee-da-da-dee-da On the stere-ere-ere-ere-o (huh) Let those speakers blow your mind (Blow my mind baby) Just let it go, let it go Here we go (huh) La-da-dee-da-da-dee-da (come on, yeah) On the radi-adi-adi-adi-o (huh) The system's gonna feel so fi-i-i-i-i-i-ine (I'm fine, yeah, I'm fine and you?) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) Pump it (louder) And say, "Oh-oh, oh-oh" Say, "Oh-oh, oh-oh" Yo, yo Turn up the radio Blast your stereo Right now (uhh) This joint is fizzlin' It's sizzlin' Right


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