Music Monday: Hit ‘Em Wit Da Hee by Missy Elliott, Mocha, and Lil’ Kim

Music Monday is a meme that was created by Drew from The Tattooed Book Geek. Bjørn and I will pick a song alternatively on each Monday and share our thoughts about them. Bjørn’s pick this week is Hit ‘Em Wit Da Hee by Missy Elliott, Mocha, and Lil’ Kim.

Probably the most commercial song I’ve picked for Music Monday so far. It still packs a surprise. If Janet Jackson had even less of a voice and worked with Timbaland at his absolute peak, and then decided to sample Björk in a way so inspired that the sample now feels like the string part of ‘Hit Em Wit Da Hee’ rather than the opening of ‘Jóga’ – and I am a fan of the pre-disappearance-up-her-own-arse Björk – this would be the effect. Since I’m trying to avoid mainstream, because you’ve already heard all the mainstream music due to it being mainstream (except for Queen Timy, who has no idea how mainstream music sounds, unless it’s Taylor Swift’s ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’) I’ll point out this single mix is so rare I have it from a movie soundtrack. It’s not included on Missy’s Respect M.E. or the parent album. Too much amazingness, I suspect. Nobody was ready. Except M.E. I mean, me.

Uhh Missy, yeah B. I. G.
Ha ha, yeah, I like that

[Lil’ Kim]
Uhh, it’s the Q to the B to the double E, spittin’ lovely
And it don’t stop, rocks shine through my tank top
Where your bank stop, I deposit all the one drops (ha)
Think not, excuse me but uh I like to flow
Cause this joint knocks harder then Indicot and
I be off the wall like the Lox, nightbox filled with Benjamins
Me and my girl Misty gettin’ pissy up in Bennigans
Makin’ all of you rappers begin again, like Fennigan
Christians repent then sin again, girls wanna be my friend again
Lay up in my crib up wit’, get up in my linens and
While Misdemenor hit notes like Sarafinna, I subpeona you
To my funk grooves see, I hit you wit’ the huhhh!
She wit’ ya with the heeeee!

[Missy]
It wasn’t your car that had me all in love with you (you)
Cause I’ve got my own ride and a trunk full of tunes (tunes)
I drive through your hood
And I hit ’em with

Chorus

I hit ’em with the hee
I hit ’em with the
I stop ’em with the haaa (I stop ’em with the haaa)
Let’s drink to you and me, let’s drink to you and me
Meet me at the bar, heee haaa heee haaa

[Missy]
It wasn’t your money that had me all sprung out (sprung out! Sprung out sprung out)
Cause I got my own account and my bills in large amount
Aye hey hey
I drive through your hood

Chorus

I hit ’em with the hee
I hit ’em with the
I stop ’em with the haaa (I hit ’em wit’ the hee, I hit ’em wit’ the ha)
Let’s drink to you and me, let’s drink to you and me
Meet me at the bar (you can meet me at the bar)

[Missy]
Long Iced Tea slurp me swiftly, meet me at the bar
What’s up star? We know who you are
Shit, no shit I thought you hadn’t noticed
The way I roll this Dutch, the way I roll this Dutch
Niggaz love my style too much (ha ha)
Duck, here comes the shot Bang Bang pllllllrrr!
Drop, me and Timbaland like haaa we takin over blocks
Like a one billion bitch march

I hit em with the heee
I hit em with the haaaa
I hit em with the hee
I hit em with the haa
I stop em with the haaa (hee hee ha)
I hit em with the heee
I hit em with the haaaa
I hit em with the hee
I hit em with the haa
Meet me at the bar (meet me at the bar)

Tell me where the party at, where the party at toot toot
(You know what I’m sayin’, we about to be out like this)
Tell me where the party at, tell tell me where the party at toot toot
(for the year 2 thou, uh huh me Timberland remember me)
Tell me where the party at, tell tell me where the party at toot toot
(Lil’ Kim, none of ya’ll, none of them wanna fuck with us)
Tell me where the party at, tell tell me where the party at toot toot
(yeah we out nigga)