No Scrubs By TLC: Poem Analysis

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The song that I choose is one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite singing groups. The name of this song is No Scrubs by TLC. I have always liked this song since I was little and would listen to it with my friends. Believe it or not this song actually helped me out when picking out a boyfriend. The lyrics to this song are quite simple I’ll explain what they mean to me.
Chili: A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly He's also known as a busta (another word for scrub). Always talkin' (talking) about what he wants and just sits on his broke ass. In these lyrics TLC is saying what their definition of a scrub is. [Refrain: Chilli] So no, I don't want your number, no I don't want to give you mine, and no I don't want to meet you nowhere, no don't want none of your time. These set of lyrics mean she is denying all the attempts a scrub will use to hang out with her. The next set of lyrics is the Hook of the song and it says: …show more content…

The girls are saying that no scrub will get any love from them. Also that scrubs don’t even have their own car trying to holler at her. [Chilli] Well a scrub checkin' me ( trying to talk) but his game is kinda ( kind of) weak and I know he cannot approach me cause I'm looking like class and he's looking like trash can't get wit' a deadbeat ass. To me in these lyrics mean a scrub cannot spit game on no female because what they say is lame and they can’t approach Chilli because she is sophisticated and he does not meet to her standards. The Refrain and Hook is still saying the

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