MUSIC 1936 vs. 2006
You be the judge as to how far we've progressed in
70 years:
The Oscar winning song from 1936
"The Way You Look Tonight"
From: Swing Time (1936)
Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire
Music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Someday when I'm awfully low
When the world is cold
I will feel a glow
Just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight
Oh, but you're lovely
With your smile so warm
And your cheek so soft
There is nothing for me
But to love you
Just the way you look tonight
With each word
Your tenderness grows
Tearing my fear apart
And that laugh
That wrinkles your nose
Touches my foolish heart
Lovely, never ever change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you pleas e arrange it
'Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight
The Oscar winning song of 2006
from Hustle and Flow (2006)
Music and Lyrics by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman
and Paul Beauregard
You know it's hard out here for a pimp (you ain't
knowin)
When he tryin to get this money for the rent (you
ain't knowin)
For the Cadillacs and gas money spent (you ain't
knowin)
Will have a whole lot of bitches talkin shit (you
ain't knowin)
(Academy Award show version) Will have a whole lot
of witches jumpin ship!
In my eyes I done seen some crazy thangs in the
streets
Gotta couple hos workin on the changes for me
But I gotta keep my game tight like Kobe on game
night
Like takin from a ho don't know no bett er, I know
that ain't right
Done seen people killed, done seen people deal
Done seen people live in poverty with no meals
It's fucked up where I live, but that's just how
it is
It might be new to you, but it's been like this
for years
It's blood sweat and tears when it come down to
this shit
I'm tryin to get rich 'fore I leave up out this
bitch
I'm tryin to have thangs but it's hard fo' a pimp
But I'm prayin and I'm hopin to God I don't slip,
yeah
[Chorus]
Man it seems like I'm duckin dodgin bullets
everyday
niggaz hatin on me cause I got, hos on the tray
But I gotta stay paid, gotta stay above water
Couldn't keep up with my hoes, that's when shit
got harder
North Memphis where I'm from, I'm 7th Street bound
Where niggaz all the time end up lost and never
found
Man these girls think we prove thangs, leave a big
head
They come hopin every night, they don't end up
bein dead
Wait I got a snow bunny, and a black girl too
You pay the right price and they'll both do you
That's the way the game goes, gotta keep it
strictly pimpin
Gott a have my hustle tight, makin change off
these women, yeah
Sadly this is NO joke. It is true.
