Brick House

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This is one of those phrases that started off as incredibly rude, and through sheer repetition (and dropping one key word) turned into a compliment. See, the original… Read More

Aug. 26, 19771 viewer111.8K views

Brick House Lyrics

[Intro]
Uh
Mmm, mmm, mmm

[Chorus]
Ow, she's a brick house
She's mighty mighty, just letting it all hang out
Ah, she's a brick house
I like ladies stacked and that's a fact
Ain't holding nothing back
Ow, she's a brick house
Well put together, everybody knows
This is how the story goes

[Verse 1]
She knows she's got everything
Mmm, that a woman needs to get a man, yeah, yeah
How can she lose with the stuff she use?
36-24-36, ow, what a winning hand

[Chorus]
'Cause she's a brick house
She's mighty mighty, a-just letting it all hang out
Ah, she's a brick house
Ow, like ladies stacked and that's a fact
Ain't holding nothing back
Oh, she's a brick house
Yeah, she's the one, the only one built like an Amazon

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[Verse 2]
Mmm, the clothes she wear, her sexy ways
Make a old man wish for younger days, yeah, yeah
She knows she's built and knows how to please
Sure 'nough to knock a strong man to his knees

[Chorus]
'Cause she's a brick house
Yeah, she's mighty mighty, just letting it all hang out
A brick house
I like ladies stacked and that's a fact
Ain't holding nothing back, yow

[Refrain]
Shaka gah shaka now now
Shaka gah shaka dow now
Shaka gah shaka dow now
Shaka gah shaka gah gah gah
Shaka gah shaka dow now
Shaka gah shaka dow now
Shaka gah shaka dow now
Shaka gah shaka, ow!

[Chorus]
Brick house
Yeah, she's mighty mighty, a-just letting it all hang out
Ow, a brick house
Yeah, she's the one, the only one built like an Amazon, yeah

[Refrain]
Shaka gow shaka gow shaka now now
Shaka gow shaka gow shaka now now
Shaka gow shaka gow shaka now now
Shaka gow shaka gow shaka, shake it
Shaka gah shaka gah shaka now now
Shaka gah shaka gah shaka now now
Shaka gah shaka gah shaka now now
Shaka gah shaka gah gah, shake it

[Outro]
Ow, a brick house

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This is one of those phrases that started off as incredibly rude, and through sheer repetition (and dropping one key word) turned into a compliment. See, the original expression, from early 1900s slang, was built like a brick shithouse.

At first it was straightforward – it was a dude who didn’t have much going for him, except by god he was muscular. Then someone got the idea of using it as a backhanded compliment for a woman … then someone left out the “shit” part … pretty soon people didn’t realize that it was insulting at all, and it just became an honest compliment for beautifully thick women.
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