LOL! I loved the song "Roaches"! That song was regularly played on U93 back in the fall of 1986, around the same time that "Rumors" charted. They had a nighttime request show, the "Top Ten At Ten" and around new year's, they did a "Top Ten At Ten of 1986". Both "Rumors" and "Roaches" made the list!
For those of you who have never heard "Roaches", here are the lyrics:
How did roaches get started
Started by dirty people and
They was nasty, sleazy, sloppy
They house they never clean it
Roaches have big families
Your house they think they own
I tried to kill one on the couch
Using my telephone
Roaches think they cute
Girl i'm not impressed
It ticks me off when I find 'em
Wearin' my momma's dress
Look at all these roaches
Around me everyday
Need somethin' strong
To make 'em go away
Look at all these roaches
I can't take it no more
Get up at night, turn on the light
And see the floor show
Did you hear the one about tina
Who's sloppy as a moose
She got some raid, then she sprayed
They drank it like orange juice
Did you hear the one about michael
They say his roaches are gay
I tried to fumigate to make 'em straight
But they just stayed that way
Lots of pesticides
Big money I done spent
None of them be workin'
So I charge my roaches rent
Look at all these roaches
Around me everyday
Need somethin' strong
To make 'em go away
Look at all these roaches
I can't take it no more
Get up at night, turn on the light
And see the floor show
Can't go no place
The drain board they would linger
They see my face, they laugh
They flip me off with the middle finger
They run so fast
They always get away
I bet you there'll be roaches
Runnin' around on judgement day
I think i'll write the mayor
Have him pass a law
That would help me get these nasty roaches
Off my wall
Look at all these roaches
Around me everyday
Need somethin' strong
To make 'em go away
Look at all these roaches
I can't take it no more
Get up at night, turn on the light
And see the floor show
(roach and rapper arguEing)
My house is fine, I ain't got time
For roaches over here
Came home from a hard days work
And found they drank all my beer
My house is fine, I ain't got time
For roaches over here
Came home from a hard days work
And found they drank all my beer
ROACH:
Well I be chillin' in the bathtub
Swimmin' in the pool
Eatin' leftovers
Is the golden rule
Well i'm the hip hop roach
And i'm raisin' hell
When i'm in NY
I'm down with LL
Rats don't like me
But I don't care
'cause i'm down by law
And this I swear
When i'm in L.A.
I'm down with Bobby Jimmy
I like bad ??????
And he's got plenty
The roach
The roach
The roach is on the wall
BOBBY JIMMY:
This is a raid
Raid
Raid
Raid
Raid
Stop roaches from runnin' around
Stop roaches from runnin'
Stop roaches from runnin' around
Stop roaches from runnin'
Stop roaches from runnin' around
Stop roaches from runnin'
Stop roaches from runnin' around
Stop roaches from runnin'
Stop roaches from runnin' around
Stop roaches from runnin'
Stop roaches from runnin' around
Stop roaches from runnin'
Stop roaches from runnin' around
Stop roaches from runnin'
Stop
- and I always liked playing music in the car, so I sat in the front. We heard Rumors several times that week in August. My brother loved it. It reached the upper top 20 in my personal chart-even though I didn't quite love it. The tune was catchy enough that I never forgot the chorus! The song was never in rotation in Peruvian radios but it still stayed somewhere in my subconscious. I downloaded it 8 years ago and it's usually in my MP3 player / iPhone as a guilty pleasure
