Voodoo Doll

Black Eyed Peas

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The devil comes and I try to stall and
Soon my subconscious and conscious might start to brawl
And I put up my walls
And they begin to fall
As this cunning demon takes me as it voodoo doll
Darkness sets in as the horns start to grow
Suddenly I become somebody I dont know

[Chorus]
Whoa-what do I do?
Ooh ooh ooh oh
This body’s temple of doom
Whoa-what can I say?
To-ohh-ohh oh make all of this go away
I got many different names, but 2u it’s all the same
I be the crawlin in your skin, I be the reason 4 your sin
I be the cunning in your charm, and I be the needle in your arm
Call me once might let you got, call me twice and then IM gonna get ya

Mind playin tricks on me
Im paranoid, homie
Nobody know what Im going through
God, I’m so lonely
I know I’m loosin it
I’m hearing..wispering
Somebody’s watching me, clockin me, hear my heart tickin’
Worshiping 2gods can get you in deep
Crystal ball show you things you’re not supposed to see

[Chorus]
Whoa-what do I do?
Ooh ooh ooh oh
This body’s temple of doom
Whoa-what can I say?
To-ohh-ohh oh make all of this go away
I got many different names, but 2u it’s all the same
I be the crawlin in your skin, I be the reason 4 your sin
I be the cunning in your charm, and I be the needle in your arm
Call me once might let you got, call me twice and then IM gonna get ya

You know I’m comin for ya, u know Im gonna get ya

Black Cat Bone - A mystical charm that is actually a bone from a black cat that has been ritually processed. Carried for good luck.

Blues - Musical form that came from rural African-American experience. Using flatted and bending notes in the common music scale, an ultra-emotional sound developed.

Boogie-Woogie - A Blues style most associated with the piano. From the ragtime and stride piano traditions of New Orleans and Kansas City, it evolved into a very Texas musical form.

Bourbon Street - Traditional party street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Famed for music and decadence.

Dust My Broom - Break up with a lover. Start an new life by cleaning out the old.

Griot - A griot is a West African performer who perpetuates the oral traditions of a family, village, or leader by singing histories and tales. Griots typically perform alone, accompanying themselves on a stringed instrument, and are considered by many musicologists a critical African root of the solo acoustic blues that developed among African American communities during the early 20th century. (1)

Gris-Gris - A magical spell or voodoo technique.

Hands - A collection of voodoo charms worn or carried for protection and luck.

Harp - A harmonica. Also known as the Georgia Saxophone.

HooDoo - A mix of African spirituality, Voodoo, and Christianity. Folk magic of the rural South.

Hoochie Coochie Man - A slang term referring to both a type of suggestive dance, as well a class of conjurer or folk doctor in the voodoo tradition. In the Willie Dixon song "Hoochie Coochie Man," made famous by Muddy Waters, the latter is the definition being used. However, the sexual suggestiveness of the song itself has led to an expanded definition, in which the hoochie coochie man is someone with sexual prowess and appeal as powerful as the magic of a voodoo conjurer. (1)

JellyRoll - A metaphor for the female genitalia.

Jinx - The bearer of bad luck. A mojo hand would be worn for protection from a jinx.

Johnny Conqueroo - A woody tuber related to the sweet potato used in a mojo hand.

Juju - African musical genre and another term for a mojo hand.

Laissez les bon temps rouler - Popular Cajun phrase in New Orleans that means "Let the good times roll." (3)

Mojo - A magical spell or item. Someone could put some bad mojo on you or you could carry a mojo hand to ward off these evil intents.

Root Doctor - Person versed in magical cures from plants.

Voodoo Jazz - 

Fusion of the Haitian meringue with traditional voudou songs. Developed in '40s and '50s. Becoming popular again. (2)

Yea You Right - New Orleans' answer to every question.

Zydeco - Cajun dance music that is a combination of traditional Cajun music, rhythm and blues, and African blues.(3)

References

(1)  Blues Glossary: http://www.pbs.org/theblues/classroom/glossary.html

(2)  Afropop Worldwide: www.afropop.org

(3)  American Library Association Cajun Glossary: http://www.ala.org/ala/nmrt/comm/cajunglossary.htm

Background

What are these songs, and
What do they mean? I know
little of music and can say
nothing in technical phrase,
but I know of something of
men, and knowing them, I
know that these songs are the
articulate message of the
slave to the world.

W.E.B. DuBois