So, uh, here are some choice lyrics, which make me livid that Rihanna (and the story behind her alleged abuse at the hands of boyfriend Chris Brown) is being utilized to dramatize this:
Baby don’t worry bout it
Hey there don’t even think about it
You worry bout the wrong things
The wrong things
You worry bout the wrong things
The wrong things
You worry bout the wrong things
The wrong things
You worry bout the wrong things
The wrong things ...
Tell me right now you really wanna spend your whole life alone?
A little time out might do you good, might do us good fore we be done for good.
Coz I can make it good I can make it hood I can make you come I can make you go
I can make it high I can make it fly make you touch the sky hey maybe so
All the time you be up in my checking through my cellphone baby no
You wanna kill the vibe on another night? Here’s another fight
Oh here we go
Oh here we go
Baby don’t worry bout it
Lady we’ll go out to the floor
Anyway they don’t know you (They don’t know) like I do
They’ll never know (Never Know) you
Anyway they don’t know you (Never Know) like I do
They’ll never know you ...
All of the time you wanna complain about the nights alone
So now you’re here with me show some gratitude leave the attitude way back at home
Yeah you see em look baby let em look give you cold looks cuz we look cold
Yeah you heard about all the word of mouth don’t worry about what we can’t control
All the talk in the world lost in the world til you finally let that thing go
You wanna check into the heartbreak hotel but sorry we’re closed.Baby don’t worry bout it
Baby we’ll go out to the floor
Um, I really don't appreciate Kanye being a mouth piece for the mess that is Chris and Rihanna. Of course, maybe I shouldn't read too deeply into this, except I take domestic violence seriously (on my local news today was yet another story of some man shooting his old lady before turning the gun on himself: we'll be hearing more of this as the economic crisis worsens, especially since we all want to pretend that DSV is just the normal way women and men are supposed to interact with each other).
Anyway, hurry up and watch the vid before YouTube pulls it down!
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Wasn't the album released months before the incident though?
Yeah, but not the music video.
hmm, being that Kanye is a huge Rihanna fan and spoke out in support of her after the incident I don't know if he would do that intentionally... i just don't see it.
Also, I keep hearing people saying that they expect incidences of DV to increase as the economy worsens - I've heard this has not ever shown true in the past. I know this year we have seen an increase in the number of DV/SA survivors we've seen in my neighborhood hospital, but we don't know the reasons why...
Nina, violence in general tends to go up when the economy worsens. In fact, the latest statistics of crime increase shows that the poorest hit cities (like Detroit for example) have increased on the violent end.
If you'd rather not look at DSV as tied to this, that's up to you. I'm just stating my own concerns.
Further, what I was commenting on, with this new "Paranoid" video is that it's interesting Kanye chose Rihanna to be in this video when the lyrics to the song seem to highlight a DSV subtext. Of course, Kanye (and Rihanna) may be tongue-in-cheek about it all, but I'm not really comfortable with how this all plays out - especially when we did not really have many useful conversations that highlighted the problem of DSV.
this is anecdotal but at least is written in accessible language vs. the 20-30 years of research on this topic that is written in highly specialized language:
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=4025
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