A sampling of lyrics

… from three of the six songs that have been number one on the Billboard Hot 100 this year.

(Faint-hearted people may be offended.)

Gold Digger
by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
[Current number one, fourth week]

[Chorus]
(She give me money) [Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles]
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I’m in need)
But she aint messin wit no broke niggaz
(She give me money)
Now I aint sayin she a gold digger (When I’m in need)
But she aint messin wit no broke niggaz

[Second Verse]
18 years, 18 years
She got one of yo kids got you for 18 years
I know somebody payin child support for one of his kids
His baby momma’s car and crib is bigger than his
You will see him on TV any given Sunday
Win the Superbowl and drive off in a Hyundai
She was spose to buy ya shorty TYCO with ya money
She went to the doctor got lypo with ya money
She walkin around lookin like Michael with ya money
Should of got that insured GEICO for ya money
If you aint no punk holla We Want Prenup
We Want Prenup!, Yeaah
It’s something that you need to have
Cause when she leave yo ass she gone leave with half
18 years, 18 years
And on her 18th birthday he found out it wasn’t his

Hollaback Girl
by Gwen Stefani
[Number one four weeks, May 7 – June 3]

Oooh, this my shit, this my shit [4x]

I heard that you were talking shit
And you didn’t think that I would hear it
People hear you talking like that, getting everybody fired up
So I’m ready to attack, gonna lead the pack
Gonna get a touchdown, gonna take you out
That’s right, put your pom-poms down, getting everybody fired up

A few times I’ve been around that track
So it’s not just gonna happen like that
Cause I ain’t no hollaback girl
I ain’t no hollaback girl
[2x]

Candy Shop
by 50 Cent with Olivia
[Number one nine weeks, March through April]

[Chorus]
[50 Cent]
I take you to the candy shop
I’ll let you lick the lollypop
Go ‘head girl, don’t you stop
Keep goin ’til you hit the spot (whoa)
[Olivia]
I’ll take you to the candy shop
Boy one taste of what I got
I’ll have you spending all you got
Keep going ’til you hit the spot (whoa)

For the record, the other three songs:

Let Me Love You by Mario (nine weeks)
We Belong Together by Mariah Carey (fourteen weeks)
Inside Your Heaven by Carrie Underwood (one week)