"Move Bitch" is a rallying cry for anyone with someone in their way. Ludacris says the "bitch" can be a guy or a girl - anyone keeping you from where you need to be. The title phrase quickly entered the popular lexicon, used to vent frustrations at anyone with too leisurely a pace, like slow drivers in the fast lane.
The word "bitch" has been used, uncensored, in plenty of rock and pop songs, for example: "The Bitch Is Back" by Elton John (1974) "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks (1997) "Work Bitch" by Britney Spears (2013) But knowing a rap song couldn't get away with it, Ludacris removed "bitch" from the radio edit (titled "Move B---h"), replacing it with various sound effects so we hear "move..." followed by a scream or whip. We can blame this on the '90s rappers who used "bitch" to refer specifically to women in a very derogatory way.
After this song took off, the comedian Chris Rock did a bit about how hard it was becoming to defend rap music. In the old days, Rock claimed, groups like Public Enemy had a lot of meaning in their songs, but there's not much you can say about this one: "Well you see, the bitch is in his way, and he needs her to move."
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