And that Afro-Cuban-style percussion right there in the middle. Fantastic.
Just another vote for yeah- He’s Kidding like Jason = Jason Kidd the Basketball player.
For what it’s worth, in the Jenny Owens Young cover she clearly says “Pole” in the basement and mimes a pole with her hands.
I’m going to keep reading this thread in hopes that someone explains WTF “herre” is.
“Herre” is a deliberate mispronunciation of the word here. We black people always need a cool way to say shit. See also these:
(other deliberate msipronuciations)scared->scurred, business->bi’ness
(str -> skr at the beginning of a word) skrip club. skrawberry daiquri, Meryl Skreep
(-eezy) Lil Wayne->Weezy, Chris Brown->C. Breezy
You will find a lot of examples at Urban Dictionary(.com).
It’s a pole in the basement. As in a stripper pole. She gets offended “wha?” so he plays it off by saying he’s just Kidding like Jason. As in Jason Kidd, the basketball player. She accepts that he is kidding “oh” and they live happily ever after.
More like some black people with regional accents will often colloquially spell words the way they pronounce them.
That’s exactly right, and is the only redeeming quality to the song. I thought it was pretty funny. I always resented the fact that preteen and teenaged girls like my stepdaughter were running around singing that song. Of course, until that “Lollipop” song came out, which was even worse. Nothing like very thinly veiled references to dick-sucking to prep the young girl’s mind for her future.
You prefer, say, “My Humps”?
My first curse! (on the Dope - obviously) Thank you Biggirl!
Pole of course now seems totally fitting. However, I read the wiki link to your b-ball player Jason Kidd (as I know nothing about basketball - cricket? Another story) but saw nothing about Poles In The Basement. Just sporting prowess, church and wife-beating.
As for the song itself, I like it - but was worried as I said upthread that a ‘bowl in the basement’ and ‘Jason’ might refer to a ‘2 girls 1 cup’ type scandal of which I was unaware. Thankfully its JUST perving over women dancing for you.
Thanks to all
MiM
Thank you for sharing this. Well done, indeed!
It cracks me up when Pam says “What!?” 
I liked Weird Al’s version in Trash Day (“Rotten Herre”)
Some Lysol… some Comet… I gotta mop and it’s got your name on it.
What?!
I’m only kidding doggonit.
Oh.
Unless you’re gonna DO IT!
“I’m just Kidding, like Jason”
The written lyrics mention a HOLE in the basement after he basically tells her to quit playing games and wasting his time… I’d assume it’s a threat? Like come fuck wit me or get lost haha idk the lyrics make even less sense after reading them!
I used to believe that lyric referred to poverty for some reason like she wasn’t having it if he had poor friends and that’s why he says jk so quick… I was like 10 when this song came out tho hahahah
With a few more clicks I managed to find out: Kidding like Jason is a play on Jason Kidd’s name, a pro ball player. I thought it was the killer cuz of the basement thing or maybe a comedian cuz I’m not into basketball and never knew he was a player til looking into the lyrics tonight tho.
I know I’m late to this thread but it was fun reading these answers and into the lyrics for myself.