Pretty Woman

Track 7 on As Clean as They Wanna Be (LP)

The song is a parody of Roy Orbion’s 1964 hit “Oh, Pretty Woman”. Label owner Luke Campbell initially tried to get clearance to use elements of the original track, but the… Read More

Jan. 1, 19891 viewer13.3K views

Pretty Woman Lyrics

[ ] = all the other Crew members

Verse 1: Luke
[Pretty woman] Ha haaa, walkin' down the street
[Pretty woman] Gir, girl, you look so sweet
[Pretty woman] You, you bring me down to the knees
[Pretty woman] You make me wanna beg please
[O-o-o-o-oh, pretty woman]

Verse 2: Fresh Kid Ice
[Big hairy woman] You need to shave that stuff
[Big hairy woman] You know, I bet it's tough
[Big hairy woman] All that hair, it ain't legi-i-it
[Cause you look like Cousin I-I-I-I-It]
[Big hairy woman]

Verse 3: Brother Marquis
[Ball-headed woman] Girl, your hair won't grow
[Ball-headed woman] You got a teeny-weeny afro
[Ball-headed woman] You know, your hair could look nice
[Ball-headed woman] First you got to roll it with rice
[Ball-headed woman]
(spoken) Here, lemme get this hunk o' beans for ya
Ya know whatI'm sayin'? Ha ha! This better than Rice-a-Roni!
Ha ha ha ha ha!
[O-o-o-o-oh, ball-headed woman]

Bridge:
(Mr. Mixx) Big hairy woman, come on in ...
(Marquis) And don't forget your ball-headed friend
(Luke) Hey, pretty woman, let the boys jump in-n-n-n!

Verse 4: Mr. Mixx
[Two-timin' woman] Girl, you know you ain't right
[Two-timin' woman] You was out with my boy last night
[Two-timin' woman] That takes a load off my mind
[Two-timin' woman] Now I know the baby ain't mine
[O-o-o-o-oh, two-timin' woman]

All:
O-o-o-o-oh, pretty woman!

About

The song is a parody of Roy Orbion’s 1964 hit “Oh, Pretty Woman”.

Label owner Luke Campbell initially tried to get clearance to use elements of the original track, but the song’s publisher refused. He released it anyway on the ‘clean’ version of the group’s third album, and the label found themselves being sued for copyright infringement. However, the Supreme Court ruled in the band’s favor, expanding the scope of protection of parodies, even when written for profit.