TLC's No Scrubs hailed as "nailing mansplaining years before its time", even though it makes no mention of anything remotely like "mansplaining".

bufedad · 2017-03-28T13:11:28+00:00

This song is about women refusing to date men who are economically challenged. I'm not sure how that pertains to mansplaining. Maybe someone would like to femsplain that to us.

jeff_the_nurse · 2017-03-28T16:16:59+00:00

I mean, it's still a bit of a misandrist song, but not in that way.

KingRobotPrince · 2017-03-28T11:16:08+00:00

Or watch the video. It's still a great song.

thrway_1000 · 2017-03-28T14:18:35+00:00

https://archive.is/ihGRy

KingRobotPrince · 2017-03-28T11:14:11+00:00

Let me know if you can spot mansplainng here:

"No Scrubs"

A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly And is also known as a buster Always talkin' about what he wants And just sits on his broke ass 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. I don't want none of your time and, no,

[Chorus:] I don't want no scrub A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me Hanging out the passenger side Of his best friend's ride Trying to holler at me I don't want no scrub A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me Hanging out the passenger side Of his best friend's ride Trying to holler at me

But a scrub is checkin' me But his game is kinda weak And I know that he cannot approach me 'Cause I'm lookin' like class and he's lookin' like trash Can't get with a dead-beat ass 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. I don't want none of your time, no.

[Chorus]

If you don't have a car and you're walking Oh yes, son, I'm talking to you If you live at home with your mamma Oh yes, son, I'm talking to you, baby If you have a shorty but you don't show love Oh yes, son, I'm talking to you Wanna get with me with no money Oh no, I don't want, no, oh

No scrub No scrub, no, no No scrub, no, no, no, no, no No scrub, no, no No

[Music video's spoken part:] See, if you can't spatially expand my horizons Then that leaves you in a class with scrubs, never rising I don't find it surprising if you don't have the Gs To please me and bounce from here to the coast of overseas So, let me give you something to think about Inundate your mind with intentions to turn you out Can't forget the focus on the picture in front of me You as clear as DVD on digital TV screens Satisfy my appetite with something spectacular Check your vernacular, and then I get back to ya With diamond-like precision Insatiable is what I envision Can't detect acquisition From your friend's expedition Mr. Big Willy, if you really wanna know Ask Chilli, could I be a silly ho? Not really T-Boz and all my señoritas Are steppin' on your FILAs But you don't hear me, though

[Chorus 4x]

gxslim · 2017-03-28T19:15:26+00:00

Always preferred this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP33_uFlzTM

Cern_Stormrunner · 2017-03-29T22:38:14+00:00

Ugh. I remember when that damned song came out. The job i was working at had the local pop radio station playing. Must have heard that song every thirty minutes.

Cern_Stormrunner · 2017-03-28T16:54:20+00:00

What a shit post.

Title	TLC's No Scrubs hailed as "nailing mansplaining years before its time", even though it makes no mention of anything remotely like "mansplaining".
Author	KingRobotPrince
Upvotes	15
Comments	14
Date	March 28, 2017 11:12 AM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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