Ida Cox's "Fore Day Creep" is often mistakenly entitled, "Four Day Creep." It's that stealthy stealth·y
adj. stealth·i·er, stealth·i·est
Marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. See Synonyms at secret. move that gets someone home before daybreak. Things are a little too clear in the light of day and some people might just question your intentions or your state of mind. Interestingly, Ms. Ida connects questionable intentions in a woman with economic distress but does not seem to draw the same implications from infidelity in a man. In the third verse, infidelity in a man is only to be expected as the natural state of affairs.
Fore Day Creep -- Lyrics by Ida Cox
When you lose your money don't lose your mind
When you lose your money don't lose your mind
When you lose your good man please don't mess with mine.
And I'm gonna buy me a bulldog to watch my man while he sleeps
I'm gonna buy me a bulldog to watch my man while he sleeps
Men are so doggone crooked, afraid he might make a four day creep.
Girls I'm gonna tell you this, ain't gonna tell you nothin' else
Girls I'm gonna tell you this, ain't gonna tell you nothin' else
Any woman's a fool who thinks she's got a whole man by herself
But if you got a good man and don't want him taken away from you
Girls if you got a good man and don't want him taken away from you
Don't ever tell your friend woman what your man can do
Lord Lord I'm getting up in years
Lordy Lordy Lordy I'm getting up in years
But mama ain't too old to shift her gears
And I'm a big fat mama, got the meat shakin' on my bones
I'm a big fat mama, got the meat shakin' on my bones
And every time I shake, some skinny gal loses her home
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