Salt-N-Pepa

Released: December 31, 1991

Songwriter: Herby “Luvbug” Azor

Producer: Herby “Luvbug” Azor

Artist: Salt N Pepa
Album: Juice Soundtrack
Song: He's Gamin' On Ya

[Aw, yeah]

(Gamin' on ya) Mmmm, he's gamin' on ya, girl
So look out now
(Gamin' on ya) Oooo-whee, here he comes, here he comes

Once upon a time called now is where it all begins, you see
As the plot thickens and your heartbeat quickens
My sister, my sister, look out, here comes the big-big gabber
And he's badder than the Mad Hatter
Sellin' dreams, climbin' Jacob's ladder
Your life he'll shatter cuz it don't matter to him
He's out to get some (?trimmed?), can't let him in or you'll get done in
So stop, don't let him run up on ya cuz all he wants to do is bone ya

He's gamin' on ya, oh yeah, he's gamin' on ya girl
Yeah yeah yeah (gamin' on ya), can't ya see? Can't ya see?
He's gamin' on ya, and he's playin' games
He's gamin' on ya, oh, when ya know
Ow, ow, gamin' on ya

Well first you get dissed and treated like a slut
Treats ya like shit when he won't see the butt
Your boots are juicin' - oooo, guess what?
He's gamin' on ya (Word up, so...)
How in the hell do you let yourself go and get played again?
You know he wants the skins or calling you honey when he needs something
(Word) It ain't funny (nope), me, I don't trust nothing, see

He's gamin' on ya (yeah yeah)
He's gamin' on ya (yeah yeah)
Gamin' on ya (yeah yeah)
Gamin' on ya [Listen to the big, big, big Pep] (yeah yeah)

Young and dumb and tryin' to get over
Swift with the tongue and bubbly like soda
So play like you don't know
And you won't go out like underarm odor
You need to get a grip and think about the shit you're doin'
Or it won't be too long before your reputation's ruined
Look at you now - you're being taken and don't have a clue
There's a sucker born every minute, right? True
So check out how it's goin' down
Slippin' and dippin' you all around

He's gamin' on ya
He's gamin' on ya
Gamin' on ya (Can't you see?)
Gamin' on ya

He's gamin' on ya (So how ya know?)
Gamin' on ya
Gamin' on ya
Gamin' on ya (Baby baby baby, please)

Don't let him tell ya off or sell ya off
You're better off without him
Don't give a damn about him
Ain't nothin' dope about him

He's gamin' on ya (yeah yeah)
Gamin' on ya (yeah yeah)
He's gamin' on ya (yeah yeah)
Gamin' on ya (yeah yeah)

(Ad lib)

Salt-N-Pepa is arguably the most successful female rap group of all time. The group began with Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton meeting while studying to be nurses. James got Denton a job at a Sears department store, where her boyfriend Hurby “Luv Bug” Azor also worked. Azor was studying music production and he asked them to help on a school project, an answer record to Doug E. Fresh’s “The Show” they named “The Showstopper” – recorded in 1985 under the name Supernature.

After the legendary Queens DJ Marley Marl played “The Showstopper” on his radio show, the group began getting booked for shows. One lyric in “The Showstopper” was ‘We the salt and pepper’, and people kept requesting ‘that salt and pepper song’, so they changed their name to Salt-N-Pepa. Deejay Deidra “Spinderella” Ropa was added soon after.

SNP’s debut album Hot, Cool, & Vicious originally spawned a minor hit in the UK with “My Mike Sounds Nice” in early 1987. But it was the re-release of a remix of “Push It”, originally a quickly-thrown together b-side for their fall ‘87 single “Tramp”, that shot the group into international stardom. The song reached the top 10 in eleven countries around the world in 1988.

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