Looks like most of you are getting it, but for those that aren't, here's the deal. (first off, yeah, the lyrics posted up top are totally wrong)
Basically, this song is Kelis' Milkshake, but for guys. In the verses he's just calling out that he's got skills, and that ladies will be pleased, so they can form a line...
But what makes this song interesting is the obvious pain in the delivery. It's not a celebration of his sexuality, it's more like a lamentation. He's saying, in short, "yeah yeah yeah, I've got all this great stuff about me. You're going to love me, even when I'm falling apart, you're still going to want me, but here's the deal...I'm going to cheat on you. Are you still in?" The song is called Me, My Yoke and I. A yoke is a device that binds beasts of burden together. It's also a link between two bodies. And it's also a metaphor for a burden that you have to carry.
The line, repeated at the climax of each verse, is "My God gave me a rod for fishin'". You don't have to be Freud to understand what his "rod" is. And "for fishing" means, that he's going to use it, over and over again, to catch women and reel them in. The fact that he says "My God gave me..." means that he feels that he has no choice in this. And THAT is his yoke to bear. He's going to meet women, fall in love with them, and they for him, but his burden is that he knows that he's going to cheat on them. At least half the songs on this album are plainly about infidelity, and this is one of them. This song is genius, as is the whole album.
Looks like most of you are getting it, but for those that aren't, here's the deal. (first off, yeah, the lyrics posted up top are totally wrong) Basically, this song is Kelis' Milkshake, but for guys. In the verses he's just calling out that he's got skills, and that ladies will be pleased, so they can form a line... But what makes this song interesting is the obvious pain in the delivery. It's not a celebration of his sexuality, it's more like a lamentation. He's saying, in short, "yeah yeah yeah, I've got all this great stuff about me. You're going to love me, even when I'm falling apart, you're still going to want me, but here's the deal...I'm going to cheat on you. Are you still in?" The song is called Me, My Yoke and I. A yoke is a device that binds beasts of burden together. It's also a link between two bodies. And it's also a metaphor for a burden that you have to carry. The line, repeated at the climax of each verse, is "My God gave me a rod for fishin'". You don't have to be Freud to understand what his "rod" is. And "for fishing" means, that he's going to use it, over and over again, to catch women and reel them in. The fact that he says "My God gave me..." means that he feels that he has no choice in this. And THAT is his yoke to bear. He's going to meet women, fall in love with them, and they for him, but his burden is that he knows that he's going to cheat on them. At least half the songs on this album are plainly about infidelity, and this is one of them. This song is genius, as is the whole album.