Milli Vanilli

Released: November 14, 1988

Songwriter: George Reyam Fred Jay Frank Farian

Producer: Frank Farian

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She was the meanest cat
In old Chicago town
The meanest cat
She really moved them down
She had no heart at all
No, no, she had no heart at all

(Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma, Ma Baker)
She taught her hardened sons
(Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma, Ma Baker)
No one could argue with the guns
And she could never ever cry
But she knew better how to die
(Ma Baker)

She left a trail of crime
Across the USA
And when one boy was killed
She really made them pay
She didn't care at all
Oh no, she didn't care at all

(Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma, Ma Baker)
She taught her hardened sons
(Ma-Ma-Ma-Ma, Ma Baker)
No one could argue with the guns
And she could never ever cry
But she knew better how to die

(Freeze)
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Ma Baker is the FBI's most wanted woman
(I'm Ma Baker)
If you have any information about
(Ma Baker)
Please contact the nearest police station
(Ma Baker)

But she knew better how to die

(I'm Ma Baker)

Milli Vanilli was a German pop/R&B group that rose to fame in the late 1980s. After winning a Grammy for Best New Artist, it was revealed that the two “members” of the group, Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, were frauds. They had not performed any of the music themselves, and had lip-synced all of their performances. Numerous lawsuits were filed after this revelation and their Grammy was revoked, marking the first time a Grammy had ever been rescinded from an artist.

Their debut album, Girl You Know It’s True, went 6x Platinum before being completely deleted from the catalog of Arista Records, making it one of the largest-selling albums ever to be taken out of print.

After the controversy, Milli Vanilli split into two different groups. Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan became Rob & Fab, and released a self-titled album that commercially flopped, selling only around 2,000 copies. The actual studio performers formed The Real Milli Vanilli (also known as Try ‘N’ B to avoid any name recognition), and released an album called The Moment of Truth.

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