Lyfe Jennings’ latest song is causing a stir, and he doesn’t see the big deal.
Jennings’ song, “Slave,” was released on his album 777 last month, but it’s getting renewed attention for its interesting lyrics.
“Got your ass hoppin’ like a frog / Got your legs shakin’ like two wet dogs / This ain’t the part we fall in love / This is the part we kiss and f**k,” he sang. “I’m gon’ beat it like a slave / So you don’t run away / Got the whips and chains / Call me master.”
Some celebrities like Amanda Seales and Charlamagne Tha God criticized the song's lyrics. Seales posted a clip of her reaction to the song while Charlamagne reposted her video questioning the lyrics.
“Some of y’all don’t have any friends. If you did you wouldn’t make mistakes like this record,” he captioned the video.
Jennings felt a way about the criticism and blasted his critics to TMZ. The “Must Be Nice” singer accused his critics of being crabs in a barrel.
"You know what's weird is that y'all know that Lyfe done put out positive music my whole career. They ain't never supported my stuff," he said on Tuesday.
"You ain't never supported Boomerang, you ain't never supported S.E.X., you ain't never supported all that good music I did for Black people, and then you're gonna try and put something like this on your page? That's what's wrong with you Black folks right now, you always wanna grasp on to the most negative but you can't support the good."
Despite his opinion of the song, Charlamagne said it's nothing but love for Jennings. He didn’t even know who sang the song.
"I just thought the song was wack," he said. "The lyrics were so trash! How can he say we don't support him? We've interview Lyfe on The Breakfast Club. If Lyfe wanted to come up here now he could. But to be clear: Lyfe, I don't care about you singing about sex. I didn't think the song was negative. I just thought the song was wack. I thought it was so wack I had no idea it was you, because you, my guy, are better than that."
