TAYLOR SWIFT RIPPED OFF CHILDREN'S SONG

When I first heard Taylor Swift's single "Shake It Off", I thought it sounded familiar. There was something about its peppiness and repetitive lyrics that made me pause—I had heard it before. I knew I had. It haunted me for months.

Recently, I realized why it sounded so familiar to me and I knew that I had to share this discovery to the world and reveal Swift's despicable crime:

She stole the music and lyric ideas from a song I learned in Kindergarten about animals.

It sickens me to know that in a music industry where mimicry and song-stealing is all too prevalent, the artist known for her song-writing abilities and innovation is just as guilty as everyone else. But to steal a song written for CHILDREN?! For the love of all that is good in the world--THE CHILDREN, TAYLOR. HOW COULD YOU? Taking a simple, pure song written with the intent of educating children and slightly tweaking the words to turn it into another hit for your album? It's lazy, it's illegal, and it's nauseating. Regrettably, I must say that I will no longer be listening to your music even more than I wasn't listening to it before.

Now, for the first time on the internet, I am revealing the real words to the song Taylor Swift stole.

It's called "Cows go Moo." And it goes like this:

Down on the farm—

The place that has a barn

There are animals

There are animals

They make lots of noise

Some of them are boys

At least that's what people say

That's what people say

But they keep talkin'

Can't stop, won't stop squawkin' 

But they all sound different

So today, I'm gonna tell you what they all say:

The horses go neigh, neigh, neigh, neigh, neigh

The chickens go bawk, bawk, bawk, bawk, bawk

The sheep go baa, baa, baa, baa, baa

Sheep go baa, sheep go baa

The dogs go bark, bark, bark, bark, bark

The cats go meow, meow, meow, meow, meow

The cows go moo, moo, moo, moo, moo

Cows go moo, cows go moo

Outside the farm—

Where they don't have barns

There are animals

There are animals

They have lots to say

They make noise all day

Is that something you know?

Is that something you know?

But they keep talkin'

Can't stop, won't stop squawkin' 

But they all sound different

So today, I'm gonna tell you what they all say:

The snakes go sss, sss, sss, sss, sss

The lions go rawr, rawr, rawr, rawr, rawr

The fish go blub, blub, blub, blub, blub

Fish go blub, fish go blub

The owls go hoot, hoot, hoot, hoot, hoot

The frogs go croak, croak, croak, croak, croak

The mice go squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak

Mice go squeak, mice go squeak

(The lovely rap/chant thing was inserted by Ms. Swift and does not appear in the original version)

The chicks go peep, peep, peep, peep, peep

The pigeons go coo, coo, coo, coo, coo

The roosters go cocka doodle deedle doodle doo

Cocka deedle doo, deedle doo

The bees go buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz

The crickets go chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp

But the cows go moo, moo, moo, moo, moo

Cows go moo, cows go moo

Cows go moo

Cows go moo

Cows go moo
Cows go moo

(Jamal Wiggins. Teaching Kidz Stuff © 1992)

Spread the word, friends. Don't let a celebrity use her power and influence to rip off the talents and hard work of a lesser known lyrical genius. We need to expose what she did and make her pay the price. I have a feeling she won't be able to just "shake" this one off. 

Do it for Jamal.

Do it for the children.