10 Ways Missy Elliott Changed The Game

Pussy Don’t Fail Me Now

And she explained herself and her willingness to talk about sex, in a bit of stream of consciousness PSA, on the outro for her song “Pussycat” aka “Pussy Don’t Fail Me Now.”

She said:

“You know what kill me about people? They be like ‘Why you got to sing all these nasty songs?’ Why yo mouth so trashy?’ …But see I be representin’ for the ladies. Cuz we got something to say. We been quiet too long. We’ve been real ladylike. Real patient. We didn’t get mad when Prince had his butt cheeks out. We thought he was going to turn around to the front and maybe have that out too. We was disappointed. You know? But things happen. We don’ dealt with guys saying stuff, what they gon do to us in the bedroom on wax. So I had to represent for my ladies and school them on how to keep they man on lock. Sex is an issue we like to sweep under the rug but we shouldn’t…”