I call BS on this swearing sham

What do All-4-One, the '90s band, and our parliamentarians have in common? Hands-on-their-hearts empty promises! Just ask Laquisha and Shenenes

28 July 2024 - 00:00

I have two thoughts about this song. The first is, “What an absolutely torturous, wretched lil' ditty!” From the first time I heard it in 1994, it conjured up the sound of constipated alley cats fornicating. My second thought is that the song became a stubborn earworm for me for almost a week after I watched the swearing-in ceremony of our newly elected representatives in the seventh parliament of the republic. ..

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