"U wanna see it? Shall I take it out?...take it out man."
One of the BADDEST songs of all time, let alone in the 80's. "The Stick" is gloriously stoopid. To be honest, it's the HARDEST cut The Time has ever done. Not saying it's the best...I'm saying it's the hardest. Hardest meaning the most bangin' for ya'll that don't know. Cold blooded ass rhythm guitar by P on the hook. And even the breakdown where P cuts up on lead guitar is killin'. The melody is cool. The whole song. As much as I love the tracks from this album, I've always bumped "The Stick" the most. And to think that Lisa co wrote this shit....no wonder P used Lisa so much. She was funky. Like a brutha. Lisa was totally different before Wendy joined the band. Lisa's sensibilty at that time, was perfect for P. Even Lisa's vocals was a big part of P's hardest shit. All of P's produced albums, his Controversy and 1999 albums to the first two Time albums and Vanity6 album, all had that dark, wicked, evil type of funk. And Lisa's vocals was a big part of that "sound". No surprise she got down on The Stick. Looking like she looked AND writing that kind of shit? Anyway, who else on here digs The Stick?

Funk at its best!!!




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Hell yeah. Take that motherfucker out and let's see it dammitt.

A truly bad ass jam from The Time.

Exactly. Lisa was bad as hell before Wendy came into the picture. Wendy came along and brought that artsy/fartsy shit to the music.

"U just come to quick
I'd rather work my stick"

The funk is so strong, I have to be sure to hold my nose anytime I give it a listen!

funkpill said:

....And there it tis'.

Not quite sure why Morris is telling a cat to "take it out man".

blackguitaristz said:

I'm not sure why he's telling a woman to "get it up" Prince and his role-reversal lyrics,lol.

GoActive said:

Get a little satisfaction
work the stick in the ride
Get a little satisfaction
work the stick in my ride
EVERYBODY!!

I've been listening to this track alot lately.

blackguitaristz said:

I think musically, he was saying "Let's end the song".

But I thought he said "Take it out band".

He said that on an early concert I heard on radio back in the day

SoulAlive said:

That's what I loved best about the Morris Day persona. Though it was evident he loved his women -- some of his more flamboyant mannerisms caused for an eyebrow or two to be raised from time to time (such as his quirky relationship with Jerome).

funkpill said:

I'm with you. I always thought he said "take it out band" as well.....

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funkpill said:

Yeah but he does say "U Wanna see it? Shall I take it out?" It always sounded like he said "Take it out, man." That's what it seems like he would say after asking if u wanna see it and shall I take it out.

blackguitaristz said:

I just listen to it again...

I hear "Band"

Like I stated it earlier, they had a concert on radio when they first came out and he says it clearly....

funkpill said:

I can dig it...but why does he ask "Do U wanna see it? Shall I take it out?"?

blackguitaristz said:

Probably part of Morris's persona

blackguitaristz said:

Yeah,that's what I always thought he was saying He's clearly making a reference to taking out his "stick",even asking "U wanna see it?" lol

Taurus said:

+1 I always thought it was a cue to end the tune. "Take it out band...I'm gone".

but just before he says that,he says "Do U wanna see it"? "Shall I take it out?"

so naturally,"take it out man" would make more sense

funkpill said:

I know that pill...I'm talking about the whole line. Obviously when Morris says "Do u wanna see it? Shall I take it out?", he's not talking about his band. Ya'll know that. Everybody knows what Morris is refering to when he asks "Do u wanna see it? Shall I take it out?" And the name of the song is "The Stick".

blackguitaristz said:

I guess being in the studio, it would sound strange.

But live in concert, I bet he meant that for the ladies

funkpill said:

Well, I have no doubt that it was P that had Morris say that in the song in the first place. That ties in with his twisting up the sex role play; Get It Up. Morris is telling that to whom? A woman? That's something a woman tells a man. P knew that...that's why he did it. Same scenerio as Jack U Off. Then much later with "If I Was Your Bitch", ooops sorry, "Girlfriend". Anyway, both times I saw the o.g. lineup of The Time in concert, Controversy and 1999 tours, Morris didn't even say that part in the song at all.

blackguitaristz said:

interesting

Yeah,Prince always wrote those confusing,role-playing lyrics It was his way of creating controversy.He did this alot during the early 80s."Get It Up" is a prime example.Typically,it's a woman who would be telling a man to "get it up" and not the other way around.Same with "Jack U Off".Imagine if he had written a weird lyric for one of his females to sing.....Vanity saying "boy I get a hard-on when you look at me like that" LOL

SoulAlive said:

Had Vanity stayed around abit longer, we probably would've got to hear her or Susan deadpan to their lover; "I'm sorry, but I'm just going to have to rape you!"

GoActive said:

exactly.

GoActive said:

I didn't "discover" this track until about '93--'94. That's when the songwriter and producer in me was coming to light and I was just playing damned near every record in the house in their entirety. On Spring Break '94 I was with my crew at the bowling alley, and I couldn't stop referencing this song. One of my girls was like "What are you talking about?"



Anyway, the Time's first lp is funky, from the opening of "Get It Up" to the last phrases of "The Stick"