Millie Jackson - Rappin' with Millie J
Gary Sperrazza!, Black Music, September 1980
"So now ladies and gentlemen it is star time...ARE YOU READY FOR STAR TIME!!!...(yells, applause)...Thank you and thank you very kindly...It is indeed a great pleasure to present to you at this time...The HARDest working woman in show business...The woman who sang 'bitch' (rim shots, trumpets bleat)...'ass' (rim-shots, trumpets, applause)...a million dollar seller, 'god-dam' (r.s., t., strong applause)...her very latest release, 'hell' (tumultuous applause, screams)...Miss Dynamite...The Amazing Miss 'Please Please Please, My Ass, I DEMAND' herself...THE STAR OF THE SHOW...MILLIE JACKSON AND HER FABULOUS SOUL REVUE!!"
Total word count of piece: 1970
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