I know. It's a sacred day for a lot of people. Some people are going to think it is wholly inappropriate for us to start this week like this.
I promise you there's a tie-in to what happened on this date in 2001.
This single was released in 2002, the fourth single from Ludacris's 2001 album, Word of Mouf. The crass title - a reference to a common pejorative that either refers to a loud mouth woman or, more likely, just someone who was pissing Ludacris off that day - was frequently changed to "Move" to get it some radio airplay.
Which it got. The song was Ludacris's first Top 10 hit.
Now, the song is at least potentially misogynistic, and is absolutely violent. You can't sugarcoat that.
In 2004, the song was adopted by Democrats, with the titular pejorative changed to "Bush" - which made it the perfect song for people who were opposed to the Patriot Act and other slights to our liberties, as well as our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan regime change wards, that happened in the wake of the September 11th attacks.
Move, Bush, get out the way.
In 2017, with Ludacris's support, the lyrics were changed AGAIN to target someone different.
The song, steeped in violence, became a non-violent way to protest a president who declined to denounce the racists in Charlottesville, VA. and fostered division in our courtry.
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