Music Review: Sarai "Pack Ya Bags"
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Pack Ya Bags
Album: The Original
Year: 2003
Sarai kicks her boyfriend out of her house in the languid "Pack Ya Bags."
Shaky Mid-Eastern strings open the single, creating a skittish tone. As the bass is patted in the background, Sarai introduces the song with a "yeah, okay" and a grunt.
In the first verse, she blames her boyfriend the break-up. He's always ticked off. She can do whatever he did for her. He carries 22 caliber guns which she mocks. In her circle, it's like he drives a luxury car. She denies that she's a groupie and boasts about her small fortune. She brushes him off, saying she was only dating him for someone to talk and sex. She tells her boyfriend to stop feeding her lines. She's self-reliant and doesn't need a man in her life. She sees he's poor, although he has little money. "You see a woman got to do what a woman got to do/If your man keep on trippin’ then you need to cut him loose/Ain’t nothin’ he could do for you that you can’t do/What I’m supposed to go, “Oohâ€, ‘cause he rollin’on 22s/No, I’m ain’t one of those after-show h**s/And if you don’t know I gots my own dough/I only need you for companionship...I just need you to keep your lips between my hips...This independent chick and anything I want I gets/Don’t even try me with those player scripts, I know the game/Actin’ like you big money, but really small change..."
In the chorus, she gives the classified section of the paper with the available apartments, 20 dollars for a cab so he can look for one and a kick in the crotch just because. "Here go the classified ads (Pack ya bags)/Here go the 20 for the cab (Pack ya bags)/Here go the kick in your pants (Pack ya bags)/Get out (Just pack ya bags)/Here go the classified ads (Pack ya bags)/Here go the 20 for the cab (Pack ya bags)/Here go the kick in your pants (Pack ya bags)/Get out (Just pack ya bags.")
In the second verse, she rips off Snoop Dogg and uses a variation of the "-izzle" slang. She tells him to stop begging. She warns him to call her cell phone all time or dropping by unannounced. She demands him to move out now and put his stuff somewhere else. She admits she's upset about dumping him but she it was the best possible option. She tells him she will be fine. She's a strong girl She plans to stay single until she gets horny enough. "That’s right, you got to beat it, boy/All the blizzy-blizzy blah, I ain’t hearin’ it, boy...Now don’t be blowin’ up my celly ‘cause your on ignore/Ain’t no more walkin’ through my door/Now come and get your, get your s*** off my porch/And I know you hear the hurt in my voice/But I had no choice, you made me do it by force/But you know your girl gon’ be a’ight/I’ma keep on movin', keep my head up high/Probably chilly-chilly-chill till the time is right/That I feely-feely-feel I need a man in my life/But for now I’ma keep it tight/Till I burst under pressure when my temperature rise."
In the third verse, Sarai repeats the "-izzle" slang. It's not only the worst suffix ever but the best way to get to a laugh. Sarai cannot pull the saying without revealing what a poser she is. She also says she would've left him but he kept turning her on. She doles contradictory advice to other wannabe-teengirl-thugs-with-hearts-of-gold: think of love as Metal Gear Solid. Except without the reference. She becomes a guest Seventeen writer for a few seconds. She tells girl to speak up if they think something is up and it will help them determine if this guy is right for them. "You got to gizzy-go/‘Cause I don’t want you bein’ in my life no more/I shoulda told you long time ago/But my mind was sayin’ yes and my heart said no/Ya’ll know how that love thing go...Think it’s a, it’s a game, but that thang ain’t no joke/Let it be known if you see somethin’ wrong/‘Cause understandin’ that-that help you out in the long.."
The chorus is repeated four times to end the single.
The scattered "Pack Ya Bags" has Sarai playing two roles: tough, street girl and vulnerable young woman who has the sense to leave. But without indication of what happened in the relationship, she relegated to being a harpy.
The arrangement is also weird. The Mid-Eastern beats fade into a light, barely there bass. Coupled with Sarai's throaty rapping, it's a combination of too many trends. None of the sounds mesh well. Either it's a stripped down rap song or it's a Mid-Eastern influenced one, it cannot be both.
Album: The Original
Year: 2003
Sarai kicks her boyfriend out of her house in the languid "Pack Ya Bags."
Shaky Mid-Eastern strings open the single, creating a skittish tone. As the bass is patted in the background, Sarai introduces the song with a "yeah, okay" and a grunt.
In the first verse, she blames her boyfriend the break-up. He's always ticked off. She can do whatever he did for her. He carries 22 caliber guns which she mocks. In her circle, it's like he drives a luxury car. She denies that she's a groupie and boasts about her small fortune. She brushes him off, saying she was only dating him for someone to talk and sex. She tells her boyfriend to stop feeding her lines. She's self-reliant and doesn't need a man in her life. She sees he's poor, although he has little money. "You see a woman got to do what a woman got to do/If your man keep on trippin’ then you need to cut him loose/Ain’t nothin’ he could do for you that you can’t do/What I’m supposed to go, “Oohâ€, ‘cause he rollin’on 22s/No, I’m ain’t one of those after-show h**s/And if you don’t know I gots my own dough/I only need you for companionship...I just need you to keep your lips between my hips...This independent chick and anything I want I gets/Don’t even try me with those player scripts, I know the game/Actin’ like you big money, but really small change..."
In the chorus, she gives the classified section of the paper with the available apartments, 20 dollars for a cab so he can look for one and a kick in the crotch just because. "Here go the classified ads (Pack ya bags)/Here go the 20 for the cab (Pack ya bags)/Here go the kick in your pants (Pack ya bags)/Get out (Just pack ya bags)/Here go the classified ads (Pack ya bags)/Here go the 20 for the cab (Pack ya bags)/Here go the kick in your pants (Pack ya bags)/Get out (Just pack ya bags.")
In the second verse, she rips off Snoop Dogg and uses a variation of the "-izzle" slang. She tells him to stop begging. She warns him to call her cell phone all time or dropping by unannounced. She demands him to move out now and put his stuff somewhere else. She admits she's upset about dumping him but she it was the best possible option. She tells him she will be fine. She's a strong girl She plans to stay single until she gets horny enough. "That’s right, you got to beat it, boy/All the blizzy-blizzy blah, I ain’t hearin’ it, boy...Now don’t be blowin’ up my celly ‘cause your on ignore/Ain’t no more walkin’ through my door/Now come and get your, get your s*** off my porch/And I know you hear the hurt in my voice/But I had no choice, you made me do it by force/But you know your girl gon’ be a’ight/I’ma keep on movin', keep my head up high/Probably chilly-chilly-chill till the time is right/That I feely-feely-feel I need a man in my life/But for now I’ma keep it tight/Till I burst under pressure when my temperature rise."
In the third verse, Sarai repeats the "-izzle" slang. It's not only the worst suffix ever but the best way to get to a laugh. Sarai cannot pull the saying without revealing what a poser she is. She also says she would've left him but he kept turning her on. She doles contradictory advice to other wannabe-teengirl-thugs-with-hearts-of-gold: think of love as Metal Gear Solid. Except without the reference. She becomes a guest Seventeen writer for a few seconds. She tells girl to speak up if they think something is up and it will help them determine if this guy is right for them. "You got to gizzy-go/‘Cause I don’t want you bein’ in my life no more/I shoulda told you long time ago/But my mind was sayin’ yes and my heart said no/Ya’ll know how that love thing go...Think it’s a, it’s a game, but that thang ain’t no joke/Let it be known if you see somethin’ wrong/‘Cause understandin’ that-that help you out in the long.."
The chorus is repeated four times to end the single.
The scattered "Pack Ya Bags" has Sarai playing two roles: tough, street girl and vulnerable young woman who has the sense to leave. But without indication of what happened in the relationship, she relegated to being a harpy.
The arrangement is also weird. The Mid-Eastern beats fade into a light, barely there bass. Coupled with Sarai's throaty rapping, it's a combination of too many trends. None of the sounds mesh well. Either it's a stripped down rap song or it's a Mid-Eastern influenced one, it cannot be both.