The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Whoa
She a big chick
Big ol' legs
Big ol' thighs
Big ol' hips
Big ol' ass
Big ol' tits
(She's a baby, baby, baby)
She so big
Won't nobody even try to reach her mind
Age fourteen, eyes green
Young tender, supple, and fine
All those ohs and ahs slip as she lick her lips
Oh, they want to fuck her
The want to rub their dicks on her precious clitoris
They want to watch those big ol' tits settle and part a bit
They want to talk about it
Tell it, spread it, relive the conquest
How they beat on that ass and how the knock that shit
Don't stop
Won't stop
To recognize that there's more
More underneath that thickness
That sweet and round, brown, young, tender thickness
Now they like her quite eager
Sweet and meager
Shh
Don't you complain about my other women
Just drop that big thick ass on my stiffness
Make me nut all up on your gut with the quickness
Don't stop
Won't stop
Lift it
Yeah, girl, lift it
Lift it, baby
Drop it again
'Cause I ain't your tribesman no more
I ain't your friend
Come on, girl, just let me in
Let me into all that thickness
That sweet and round, brown, supple bigness
'Cause she so big, won't nobody even try to reach her mind
She's been degraded, exploited, not celebrated
Saturated with self-hatred
Let me say that again, please
She's been degraded, exploited, not celebrated
Saturated with self-hatred
'Cause every time she turns on the TV
What does she see?
Big ol' booty
And it don't have nothing to do with the song
Thus her definition of beauty
Thus her definition of beauty
Oh, oh, oh Lord
Oh Lord
Oh Lord
Let her
Let her recognize the magnificence you created
Lift her
Lift her
Lift her
Let her be elevated
Let her be elevated
Lord, Lord
Let her be elevated
Let her be elevated
'Cause she is so big
She so big
She so big
She so big
She so big
She so big
She so big
She so big
Let her be elevated
Let her be elevated
She a big chick
Big ol' legs
Big ol' thighs
Big ol' hips
Big ol' ass
Big ol' tits
(She's a baby, baby, baby)
She so big
Won't nobody even try to reach her mind
Age fourteen, eyes green
Young tender, supple, and fine
All those ohs and ahs slip as she lick her lips
Oh, they want to fuck her
The want to rub their dicks on her precious clitoris
They want to watch those big ol' tits settle and part a bit
They want to talk about it
Tell it, spread it, relive the conquest
How they beat on that ass and how the knock that shit
Don't stop
Won't stop
To recognize that there's more
More underneath that thickness
That sweet and round, brown, young, tender thickness
Now they like her quite eager
Sweet and meager
Shh
Don't you complain about my other women
Just drop that big thick ass on my stiffness
Make me nut all up on your gut with the quickness
Don't stop
Won't stop
Lift it
Yeah, girl, lift it
Lift it, baby
Drop it again
'Cause I ain't your tribesman no more
I ain't your friend
Come on, girl, just let me in
Let me into all that thickness
That sweet and round, brown, supple bigness
'Cause she so big, won't nobody even try to reach her mind
She's been degraded, exploited, not celebrated
Saturated with self-hatred
Let me say that again, please
She's been degraded, exploited, not celebrated
Saturated with self-hatred
'Cause every time she turns on the TV
What does she see?
Big ol' booty
And it don't have nothing to do with the song
Thus her definition of beauty
Thus her definition of beauty
Oh, oh, oh Lord
Oh Lord
Oh Lord
Let her
Let her recognize the magnificence you created
Lift her
Lift her
Lift her
Let her be elevated
Let her be elevated
Lord, Lord
Let her be elevated
Let her be elevated
'Cause she is so big
She so big
She so big
She so big
She so big
She so big
She so big
She so big
Let her be elevated
Let her be elevated
Lyrics submitted by myslumberingheart
Thickness Lyrics as written by Jill H. Scott
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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