For today's song, I'm going to tell a story I hope you all read and enjoy. Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice is the song I'm choosing, for a couple of reasons. First, because I actually really liked and still like Vanilla Ice in so many ways. I was obsessed with his music when this song and album came out even though so many didn't. Yet so many did, because it was a hugely popular song and still well known today.

The second reason I'm choosing this song is because of my dad. Yes, my dad! In 1991 when Vanilla Ice was coming to the West Palm Beach auditorium in West Palm Beach, FL, I decided I was going to the concert. The original plan was to go by myself. When I told my dad early one morning I was heading to go get in line for tickets, he said, "grab me one too and I'll go with you." I was caught off guard and thought it was a joke. Long story short, it wasn't a joke and my dad went with me to see Vanilla Ice at the age of 47 years old, I was 20.

Fast forward to the night of the concert. It's a night I will ALWAYS remember, and I do mean ALWAYS! My dad, again, 47 years old, standing on the seat dancing to the music and so much more. Vanilla Ice threw a white towel out into the audience right at us basically. In the row in front of us were two teenage girls, and the towel basically hit them in the top of the head. My dad reached out as well and it was he and one of the girls fighting over a sweaty towel from Vanilla Ice. My dad wasn't giving up and about the only time I saw my dad not show as much respect to someone as he normally did, yanked the towel from her. It was his for the keeping. She wasn't mad at all and even high-fived my dad for getting it. Again, something I will NEVER forget and something that brings a smile to my face every time I hear this song.

[Intro]
Yo VIP, let's kick it

[Chorus]
Ice, ice, baby
Ice, ice, baby

[Verse 1]
Alright stop, collaborate and listen
Ice is back with my brand new invention
Something grabs a hold of me tightly
Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly
"Will it ever stop?" Yo, I don't know
Turn off the lights, and I'll glow
To the extreme, I rock a mic like a vandal
Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle
Dance, go rush the speaker that booms
I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom
Deadly, when I play a dope melody
Anything less than the best is a felony
Love it or leave it, you better gangway
You better hit bullseye, the kid don't play
If there was a problem, yo, I'll solve it
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it

[Chorus]
Ice, ice, baby
Vanilla Ice, ice, baby
Vanilla Ice, ice, baby
Vanilla Ice, ice, baby

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