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Yam, the King of the Crops Lyrics
felt sick, felt good
the heat burns, old wood
muscles in my arms pump like machines
the jericho palm tree is plush and green
bright sun, the new day
i felt sick in a good way
felt the fever climb when you came down
all the way across town
and you brought me a plate of sweet potatoes
sun fading overhead
the sunset, bright red
your green eyes, your smooth walk
fresh tomato, celery stalk, you cook
pot of pari basmati rice
i felt good, you looked nice
you stood like galatea, over me
fried garlic, kim chee
and you brought me a plate of sweet potatoes
the heat burns, old wood
muscles in my arms pump like machines
the jericho palm tree is plush and green
i felt sick in a good way
felt the fever climb when you came down
all the way across town
the sunset, bright red
your green eyes, your smooth walk
fresh tomato, celery stalk, you cook
pot of pari basmati rice
i felt good, you looked nice
you stood like galatea, over me
fried garlic, kim chee
and you brought me a plate of sweet potatoes
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Submitted by
weezerific:cutlery On Oct 10, 2004
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The "Things Fall Apart" thing comes up again in "Coco-Yam song" and "Hand Ball" (Which contains a quote).
Apparently John was hungry.
haha
yams being the king of crops comes up a lot in the book things fall apart by chinua achebe, but since that book is about african tribes and the invasion of white men and western culture, i don't see any other similarities. so this is a pretty useless comment. eh maybe there's some blatant thing i'm missing that connects the two.
this song is about having sex.
Not to be be overly simplistic, but I think this song is about a lady bringing the narrator a bunch of food, and he likes her, regardless of food quality ("feeling sick in a good way") and the title is him transferring his like of the lady onto the food. "king of the crops" because she cooked them for him and thus the yams are partly responsible for the relationship.
Man, all I have to do is cook yams for some dude and he's hooked???? Why didn't I think of that :) I think he just sounds happy that someone is with him. M guessing the second stanza is very important to the song's meaning, but damned if I know what it means:)
Man, all I have to do is cook yams for some dude and he's hooked???? Why didn't I think of that :) I think he just sounds happy that someone is with him. M guessing the second stanza is very important to the song's meaning, but damned if I know what it means:)
Man, all I have to do is cook yams for some dude and he's hooked???? Why didn't I think of that :) I think he just sounds happy that someone is with him. M guessing the second stanza is very important to the song's meaning, but damned if I know what it means:)
Man, all I have to do is cook yams for some dude and he's hooked???? Why didn't I think of that :) I think he just sounds happy that someone is with him. M guessing the second stanza is very important to the song's meaning, but damned if I know what it means:)
I swear I hit the 'add reply' only once. Dang, I'm not doing a double dose of cookin' for ANY guy !
I swear I hit the 'add reply' only once. Dang, I'm not doing a double dose of cookin' for ANY guy !
Oh, much like Crystal Castles, this band really sux :)
Oh, much like Crystal Castles, this band really sux :)