[Ads-l] Appeal for 21st Century/1990s Song Lyrics

[Baker, John]

"I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one."  Popularized by Jay Z in the song 99 Problems (2004), but the line originally is from an earlier song, also called 99 Problems, by Ice-T (1993).

"The Internet Is for Porn" (song title), from the musical Avenue Q (2003, but possibly included in a 2002 stage production).

"I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want," from Wannabe, by the Spice Girls (1996).

"Oops!... I Did It Again" (song title), by Britney Spears (2000).

"“How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor grow up to be a hero and a scholar?" and "Alexander Hamilton.  My name is Alexander Hamilton," both from Alexander Hamilton in the musical Hamilton (2015), but earlier performed by its composer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, at the White House in 2009.  


John Baker


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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dan Goncharoff
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 6:18 PM
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Subject: Re: Appeal for 21st Century/1990s Song Lyrics

"Hit me baby one more time"

"Isn't it ironic"

"So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999"

Just off the top of my head...

DanG

On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Galen Buttitta < satorarepotenetoperarotas3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Turn down for what", from the DJ Snake/Lil Jon song of the same name, 
> comes to mind.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 10, 2016, at 17:15, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > I am currently working on the second edition of the Yale Book of
> Quotations.  I would welcome any suggestions of famous lyrics from 
> popular music (hip hop, rock, pop, r&b, country, Broadway shows, etc.) 
> of the 21st century or 1990s.  "Famous lyrics" can include not only 
> longer passages but also short sayings or phrases that have "passed 
> into the language" or become catchphrases or memes.
> >
> >
> > Fred Shapiro
> >
> >
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