# Your favorite spoken-word segment in a song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218 "2020-07-13T15:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/61 "2020-07-15T18:09:40Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VExw77xJsBQ/maxresdefault.jpg "George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VExw77xJsBQ) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/62 "2020-07-16T11:02:09Z")
It began when they come took me from my home And put me in Dead Row, Of which I am nearly wholly innocent, you know. And I’ll say it again [I… am… not… afraid… to… die.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahr4KFl79WI) ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/64 "2020-07-16T11:47:22Z")
One of these days I’m going to cut you into little pieces ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/65 "2020-07-16T11:49:44Z")
> [@LoneRhino](#): > > One of these days I’m going to cut you into little pieces Good one. When I was a teenager listening to this song I could never quite interpret the whole sentence, god bless the internet. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/66 "2020-07-16T15:07:23Z")
Probably too obvious, butt… “Oh–my–god Becky. Look at her butt. It is so big, she looks like one of those rap guys’ girlfriends.” ---
**Author:** ![Scarlax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlax/32/2927_2.png) [@Scarlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlax)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/67 "2020-07-16T19:13:41Z")
Thanks **snowboarder\_bo** , I didn’t know either of those and had a good laugh. I also remembered that Chris Rock parodied _sunscreen_ With “No sex in the champagne room” ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/68 "2020-07-17T05:07:27Z")
I knew we met each other this morning for a reason Thinking, talking, we’ve worked out our problems Looked like we should have better days in front Just because we took our time to think and talk For a much better understanding ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/69 "2020-07-17T05:09:19Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WFmCCxMp7BE/hqdefault.jpg "War - Four Cornered Room") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFmCCxMp7BE) ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/70 "2020-07-17T19:04:49Z")
The outro of Patty Smith’s “Dancing Barefoot.” (I refuse to provide a link because I absolutely despise the grossly oversized images they insert.) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/71 "2020-07-17T19:42:01Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > (I refuse to provide a link because I absolutely despise the grossly oversized images they insert.) If by “they” you mean Discourse (with its OneBox feature), it only does that if you put the link on a line by itself. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/72 "2020-07-18T04:29:10Z")
The intro to “Listen to what the Man Said” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kRT3V-q_gBI/maxresdefault.jpg "Sir Paul McCartney & Wings - Listen To What The Man Said [Remastered] [HD]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRT3V-q_gBI) And the last line of “Pillow Talk”. What do you figure she’s saying OMG about? 😉 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NA2X1040_gY/hqdefault.jpg "Sylvia - Pillow Talk") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA2X1040_gY) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/73 "2020-07-30T19:02:27Z")
“Stepping Razor” by Peter Tosh has a spoken word bit during the guitar solo around the four minute mark. No idea what he’s saying though… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aLJFRgE4Ywk/hqdefault.jpg "Peter Tosh - Stepping Razor") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLJFRgE4Ywk) ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/74 "2020-07-30T21:07:18Z")
I enjoy Robbie Robertson’s “Somewhere Down The Crazy River.” The words aren’t that important; I just love the vibe/delivery. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lpP6OQs6Ipk/maxresdefault.jpg "Robbie Robertson - 1987 - Somewhere Down The Crazy River") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpP6OQs6Ipk) ---
**Author:** ![gnagtcha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@gnagtcha1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnagtcha1)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/75 "2020-07-31T14:25:55Z")
The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on. Doors “The End” ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/76 "2020-08-02T02:48:12Z")
The intro on the album version of _Undone - the Sweater Song_: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LvCzxhvpfsA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGBMgYSh_MA8=&rs=AOn4CLA17iq73ig1DbT6GeNVqsdGYY8JWg "Weezer - Undone - The Sweater Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvCzxhvpfsA) Sounds like two stoner/slacker college students back at school at the end of summer break - chatting before a concert. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/77 "2020-08-02T17:31:06Z")
I never said I was frightened of dying. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/78 "2020-08-03T00:00:40Z")
No one particular favourite, really, hence this crapload: The periodic ramblings in Frank Zappa’s “Suzie Creamcheese” and “It Can’t Happen Here”. “If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding!” David Grubbs’ freestyle intro to Bastro’s [I Come From a Long Line of Shipbuilders](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUpD8yitGJ8) (quiet, so crank’er) Buncha fun shorties off Black Flag’s _Damaged_ lp: [“What do they know about partying, or anything else?”](https://youtu.be/hcGtNqId7eo?list=PLfUV806q_Ri6fb7hJJ9s8Ct7BPVAD26-R&t=127) [“See what you can find in your mom’s liquor cabinet.”](https://youtu.be/21_be6S8w6k?list=PLfUV806q_Ri6fb7hJJ9s8Ct7BPVAD26-R&t=118) [“My name’s Henry…You’re with me now.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuLWPr9HmFM&list=PLfUV806q_Ri6fb7hJJ9s8Ct7BPVAD26-R&index=15) The Scorcese flick _After Hours_ brought to mind Peggy Lee’s [Is That All There Is?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU18fLbLoiY) (perfect soundtrack for that eventually macabre scene) And very apropros for these times: the kid at the end of The Nice’s _awesome_ cover of Bernstein’s _America_: [“America is pregnant with promise and anticipation but is murdered by the hand of the inevitable."](https://youtu.be/x_X9YqWu4pU?t=355) (the kid, btw, was the 4 y.o. son of PP Arnold, who often shared gig bills with the band when they first started out) [I’m seriously considering leaving home](https://youtu.be/p49qhscXgAs?t=174) (Nomeansno) oh how let down I’ll be if the following can’t be identified (and yeah - probably my favourite): “You know I’m born to lose, and gambling’s for fools. But that’s the way I like it baby I don’t wanna live for ever” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/79 "2020-08-03T00:33:22Z")
Missed edit window - technically, it’s only the last two lines that Lemme’s speaking. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/80 "2020-08-03T11:59:48Z")
> [@gnagtcha1](#): > > The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on. Doors “The End” This. My least favorite is the closing poem in the Moody Blues’ otherwise rather nice album\* “Days of Future Passed”: “…senior citizens wish they were young…”. Senior citizens? Couldn’t you think of a more poetic, less blandly clinical way to say “old people”? (\*Though, as the late great critic Lilian Roxon noted, it is “pretentious and overbloated”.) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spoken-word-segment-in-a-song/915218/81 "2020-08-03T15:48:43Z")
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