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tike,
wanna take everything jumped off, so I a chance of messing it up over somebody who onty tikin' me 'cause l'm "Mike Jones." But you've got lyrics like "l got a lot of hoes 'cause I got a lot of money," Are you just saying that to sell records? /VJi No, that's reat. But when I say "l got a tot of hoes," I mean, I've got a lot up on me now because l've got money. Now a lot of hoes are comin'at me'cause I moved out of the ghetto, but I ain't takin' advantage of that.
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New Orteans and met her the same night. Me, her, and Choppa did a song together. She coot, man.
5o from then on we've been keeping in contact, She caLled me the other day, actuatty, My girt know about her, I mean, it ain't Like that. She's just reat, real coot. She's a good person.
so Paul, why do they callyou the chick magnet? Paulwall: ln my earlier raps I used to always refer to "catchin' boppers. " see, you've got golddiggers, groupjes, and boppers. A goLddigger is somebody who wants your money, a groupie is somebody who wants to steep with you cause of your status, and a bopper is somebody who just wanna be seen with you cause of your status. A bopper is generalty a How do girts usually approach you? ,1,1J: Man, they come up to me and sing [my girl, but not necessarily a girt. And it's not neces" songsl tike "Dick don't fail me now,," or "FeeL sarily because you're a rapper, you coutd be just good, don't you?" They're [ike, "Can you do a regutar person who has an Escatade on 24's so that for me? Can you show me that?" But they they wanna be seen with you. So, I used to atways coot, though, they don't be trippin'. say, l'm so fly that lcoutd catch boppers if I rode on spare tires and donuts. I ain't gotta have 24's, The lyrics to "Feel Good" sounds like it't girts stitt be boppin'off me cause l'm so fly. So my homeboys used to be tike, "You the chick magnet, based on a personal experience. J: (loughing) \eah, that was from the heart. Paut, l'm gonna stand next to you." You know, I've What that song reatty means is like, if a dude got a good personatity and good tooks, so I do genis with a girt and he puttin'it down on her, eraLty have a lot of girLs flock to me cause they've makin' her feel good mentatty and physicatLy, heard about the legend of Pautwalt. and she start trippin'or messin'up he's just reminding her. "You feetgood, don't you? Reat What exactly is the legend of Paulwalt? good, don't you? You don't want thi5 dick up PW: The bedroom tegend. They've heard about in nobody else good, don't you?" Basicatty, you the, um, squeakation of the bed springs, makin' better quit trippin' before I put it in somebody em feet like they watkin' on the moon. etse. Being on the road and having a lot of women throw themselves at you, how hard is it to be
in a committed relationship? ,1,1J: To be reat, it's not hard. But it's tike, if you've got a girt who you don't realty trust, then dudes are tike, "Shit, if she trippin' then l'm gonna be trippin'." But with me, that trust is there so I don't want nothing that'tl come back around on me and then I'tt be feeung guitty.
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50 you haYe a certain technique? Pl{i Yeah, I sexercise a lot. Three to four times a week, it hetps keep me in good shape. The Mushu Academy, that's where I tearned the tricks of the
trade.
it fair to say that you take advantage of the, uh, perks of being a rapper? PW: I witL say this: lt's kinda impossible for me to meet a girl that isn't at least somewhat intrigued by the fact that l'm a rapper. They might have seen me on TV or heard my music, but that only gets me so far. Some girts that'tt get you in they panties, but not atl the time. lf that's what I'm ls
Do you think people assume that you fuck groupies, since you're a rapper? aftet what's gonna get me in there is my personal" iUi A tot of fame brings a tot of girts, but it att ity and just my whote demeanor. I have four sisters depends if you want to take advantage of it or and I grew up wjth a singLe mother, so I don't disnot. lt ain't just rappers, it's footbatl ptayers, respect any women. Never have, never witt. I'm whoevet anybody that's successful and popu- reat respectful of atl ladies, but at the same tjme, tar in the public eye. And being famous means a tot of women are intrigued by me being a rapper. they paid, so a tot of girls, they after that meal So, do I exceed the timits? Maybe sometimes I do, ticket. And there's a tot of people that just be They might get to feet what it's tike to watk on the boppin', and I appreciate the love that people moon, on occasion. show. l'm a cool dude, but a lot of dudes do take advantage of it. With a lot of rappers, if a There aren't too many white rappers in the girt comes up and she fine and wants to do this game, so you're a minorlty. Do you prefer black and that, it's tike, "Wett, come on then, tet's women or white women? get in the truck and get busy." But nah, it ain't PW: Atl women, all women. I don't prefer any of tike that with me, and it ain't tike that with em, I just love all colors. Everything, for reat. a lot of other rappers too. lt's a job. I mean, don't get me wrong, I tove doing what I do. But What! Paulwall's ideal female look like? at the end of the day, it's a job. PW: Junk in the trunk, rear-end extended cab, gotta have that. Pretty face too, I tike att women, There's a rumor that says that you turned though. I tike big women, stim women, skinny women, but I preferwomen with junk in the trunk. down Mya, ls that true? hlJ: (loughing) Mya's a good friend, she's real See, some girls think they thick. lt be a tot of skincoot. She was tjstening to my CD, A friend of ny girts tatkin' about they "thjck" just cau5e they mine down in New Orteans had hit me and said, got a booty, but that ain't what "thick" is. "Thick" "Hey, I got somebody who's a fan of yours." He generalty refers to the thiqhs and hips. But I tike put her on the phone and said it was Mya. I was all types of girls, for reat, and I tike girts for they