LUDACRIS

Now this song is pretty old. It came out with Ludaversal about 2 months ago. What it does is portray a sort of doppelganger-ish reality in which both the mature, married, settled Ludacris and the Martin Lawrence look-alike, partying Ludacris want to chance roles perpetually.

Two things seemed stupid to me. Like, why did Martin Lawrence Ludacris ask settled-in Ludacris if he needed anything?! Wasn't the new neighbor in need of some things, here and there? Or is it in the rich man lifestyle something that's always squandering everything he has? Rich people aren't flashy like that. Dumb people are. Rich people are usually careful with their money, possessions, wealth. You can only see squandering rich folk in rap songs. That's what posh rappers believe being rich is all about. The second thing is this: why is it that rappers fall for that hoe-lady, bitch-chick routine? You're not supposed to call anyone a hoe(contrived from whore), especially if you say something as stupid as: "left these hoes to settle down with just one chick". So you're basically swimming in an ocean of hoes(very disrespectful), but then, all of a sudden, you pick one of them and she's immediately Cinderella, the chick (semi-respectful). Wow, you must have a keen touch, Luda! You turned a hoe to a chick in one phrase. Way to go!

Now this libertine attitude (I want this, no, I want this other thing) is called bovarism. I mentioned it once before. It's Madam Bovary's major trait in Gustave Flaubert's eponymous novel. She never settled for anything. It's a nasty little apple, but can't it be disposed of? Of course it can! Actually, I can't think of one stable, mature, self-dependent, working man that suffers, in the same time, of bovarism. The grass is greener on the other side for kids, for people that don't have a fully grown psyche.

Is this song relevant for anyone over 25, let's say? I don't think so. And what's with that "caterpillar to a butterfly" reference in the hook? That's not a proper metaphor for the "grass is greener on the other side" man/woman! Caterpillars form a chrysalis and then hatch into a butterfly. Their cycle is resolute. They don't turn back into a caterpillar. There's no back and forth like in the song. This songs makes me wanna give it a thumbs down. It sounds good, like all Ludacris' songs, but it's content is pretty lousy. It sounds indeed like something he'd make between acting and singing. Maybe Ludacris needs to pick sides and not make his song a metaphor for his own life, right?

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