Analysis Of Erykah Badu's Song Booty

Erykah Badu talks about what another woman has versus what she has and how her man still wants Erykah, in her song “Booty.” In the first verse she says, “your booty might be bigger, but I still can pull your nigga.” This brings up a good point, often in hip hop and the culture surrounding it, a girl with a big booty is more desireable. Slim figured, Erykah Badu is contradicting that by saying she can still get the other girl’s man. This song is interesting because throughout the versus Erykah is basically ridiculing the other woman and showing while she is better, showcasing the expected competition between women for a man’s attention. Than in the refrain Erykah is explaining why she does not want a man that is already involved with someone, it is likely that he would do it to her to, she is also warning the other woman and urging her

The lines: “you got a nine-to-five and a six-to-ten, but your nigga told me not to work again,” exemplifies that. The woman has to work several shifts to support herself and possibly her man, but the man tells Erykah that she does not need to work, meaning he will take care of her. This could be taken as a sign of respect for Erykah, saying that she means enough to him not to have to work. So, the man can be caring and have good qualities but by looking at the bigger picture, and seeing what he is doing to the woman he is supposedly with, it is clear that he is not doing the right thing. If he likes Erykah and what she has going for her better than his woman, he should do right by the woman he is with and brake it off before going after someone else. Eykah mentions not wanting the man because he has not made any arrangements with his woman, like agreeing to see other women, or breaking up. In general, it seems like Erykah believes a man should respect his woman, and women should also respect each other rather than being jealous and judgemental of each