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Grits Ain't Groceries, 1969
Written by Titus Turner, 1955
Little Willie John released this song in 1955 as "All Around the World." In it, the narrator professes his love for a girl and gets all Sonnet 116 on us, saying, "Well, if I don't love you baby, I tell ya / Grits ain't grocery / Eggs ain't poultry / And Mona Lisa was a man." Over shimmering guitar, and muscular drum beat, and blaring horns, Little Milton booms his message out. It's a masterclass of emotive soul and funk. The verses are brash, heroic declarations of love and redemption. Milton's willing to dig a ditch with a toothpick and search the world with blistered feet to win back his woman. In just under three minutes, we get a full arc: boastful devotion, desperate longing, and a confession of past sins from a man who's lost it all, but won't lose her again.
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