The song is addressed to a girl, or girls in general, and describes the method of a man who seduces women with untruths ("rapping"). The singer says, "You know what he's after"; he concludes by saying there comes a point at which the man has his target where he wants her. The girl has to "face reality." The record ends with a small group of applause heard in the studio. Link
The word "rapper" is just one voiceless bilabial stop away from "raper," but "raper" isn't a real word, is it? Instead, we garnish the term with a specialist's suffix: rapist.
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No shortage of cowbell in that one.
As Merv Griffin used to say... OOOOO.
God, I hated that song when I was a little kid. Still do.
Stupid, same as just about all novelty songs, but with a good dose of evil tossed into the mix.
OOPS!!! Gotta go. Wife just called me to dinner. Seize ya later.
Raper is a fairly common surname in some places. A bit startling when an outsider like me is first confronted with it.
Yes, I'd forgotten I knew a girl in my teens with the last name of Raper.
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