I keep hearing “black widdle baby” instead of “black widow, baby”.

“Black Widow” seems about 14 minutes long. But only recently did I discover it goes “I’m a black widow, baby.” not “I’m a black widdle baby.”

It had mystified me slightly why such a slinky, repetitive song was sung from the first person perspective of a little baby, let alone a specific skin color. Most pop songs are about grown-ups, common themes: “You do/did this to me”, “I feel this way”, “Let’s do this thing”, on an on. It’s about time that another song emerged from a baby’s perspective. An odd choice, lazily delivered, but okay. Whatever.

For that matter, why would a baby singing on behalf of herself (assuming this from the female voice), clearly capable of speech, use the phrase “widdle” for “little”? Was it parroting the baby talk the adults engage in around the baby? Maybe (realize I had only spent a dozen or so seconds contemplating the song before changing the station), this baby was mocking the adults around her for being so patronizing?

Finally, I saw a song title on a Top 10 list somewhere, and put together there was a popular song named “Black Widow”, and I heard it wrong. After finally listening to it all the way through, to my disappointment it’s another boastful song from a grown-up first-person perspective about one’s prowess in mating and exacting some degree of emotional satisfaction. *yawn*

The baby hip-hop/dance genre remains woefully unexplored. To my knowledge, the only legitimate entry remains “Dur Dur d’être bébé!” by Jordy, a French novelty song in 1992. Get on this, babies with a story, and stop horsing around!