Michael Knott is an American singer-songwriter and frontman for various bands, many of them Christian. He has released some 35 albums, including solo albums and with bands such as LSU and Cush.
Knott's music has sometimes been controversial in Christian circles, particularly due to profanity in the song "Rocket and a Bomb" (from the self-titled release of his former band Aunt Bettys) and original artwork in that album of Jesus Christ as a bartender. Knott's songwriting appealed to many people, particularly flawed Christians, who appreciated the honesty with which he tackled his own shortcomings. Examples include "Double," "Shaded Pain" and the aforementioned "Rocket and a Bomb."
Knott explained some of his views in an interview with HM Magazine, saying, "Basically, I'm a human being and I believe in Christ, period. It doesn't make my life rosy, it doesn't make my life terrible, it doesn't do anything with that. I know Christ."
Career highlights include LSU's epic Cornerstone appearance in '93 (band dressed in costumes), Aunt Bettys record-label bidding war and eventual signing with Elektra (1995) and a Jed the Fish "Catch of the Day" spin on KROQ for the Strung Gurus' "Sun-Eyed Girl." Members of Cush and Aunt Bettys joined Knott on stage for a Dennis Danell benefit concert at Verizon Wireless with a line-up that also included Pennywise, Offspring, X and Social Distortion. Aunt Bettys and Mike Knott songs are prominently featured in the 1998 indie film "Boogie Boy" (Imperial), exec-produced by Grammy-winning "Pulp Fiction" co-writer Roger Avary.
It's a little hillbilly country with a hip hop twist
Boot scootin boogie move your hips like this
Straw hats out in the sticks
Ya'll already know how we do it down here
Holla yee haw if you feelin like I'm feelin holla
Yee haw if you drinkin like I'm drinkin holla
Yee haw if you feelin up the cup
If you see a bad girl goin tell her saddle up
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up saddle up
It's a little bit of country with a hip hop twist
I'm not John and Kenny but I'm Big & Rich
So if ya really feel like I I feel
In your belly shirt and your high heels
You can treat it like a stack of hay
You can bail with me
We can take it to the crib or the hotel with me
Girls go crazy when they play my song
So where them Tequlia shots and them Jager bombs
And a cold Coors Light is what I'm drinkin on
And taking her home is what I'm bankin on
Might even drink Patrone till I sing off key
Matter fact tell the party next rounds on me
It's a little bit of country with a hip hop twist
Boot scootin boogie move your hips like this
Straw hats out in the sticks
Ya'll already know how we do it down here
Holla yee haw if you feelin like i'm feelin holla
Yee haw if you drinkin like I'm drinkin holla
Yee haw if you feelin up the cup
If you see a bad girl goin tell her saddle up
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up saddle up
Everybody's in the spot gettin drunk tonight
And we just came here to party we ain't startin no fights
I like them stelletos and how she fit in them jeans
The only thing that'd make it better would be me in between
She hollerin YEE HAW
Body rockin like a see saw
Let me see ya two step drop it like a free fall
Watch as she leans ya'll
Tell her back that ass up
Shawty bring the party from the club to the mack truck
Finally got my money now finally got my cash up
Country girls stay fit face down ass up
That's what's up
You see this cowboy hat with these Evezoo jeans
You know we rock it like that
It's a little bit of country with a hip hop twist
Boot scootin boogie move your hips like this
Straw hats out in the sticks
Ya'll already know how we do it down here
Holla yee haw if you feelin like i'm feelin holla
Yee haw if you drinkin like I'm drinkin holla
Yee haw if you feelin up the cup
If you see a bad girl goin tell her saddle up
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up saddle up
I said I think it's about time to bring the chickens to the floor
the chickens to the floor
the chickens to the floor
Cause all the bad girls make the rooster crow
the rooster crow
the rooster crow
I said I think it's about time to bring the chickens to the floor
the chickens to the floor
the chickens to the floor
Cause all the bad girls make the rooster crow
the rooster crow
the rooster crow
Cause it's a little bit of country with a hip hop twist
Boot scootin boogie move your hips like this
Straw hats out in the sticks
Ya'll already know how we do it down here
Holla yee haw if you feelin like i'm feelin holla
Yee haw if you drinkin like I'm drinkin holla
Yee haw if you feelin up the cup
If you see a bad girl goin tell her saddle up
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up saddle up
And we ain't gonna stop till the sun comes up
And the keg is tapped so tilt your cup
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
And we ain't gonna stop till the sun comes up
And the keg is tapped so tilt your cup
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)
Saddle up shawty saddle up (saddle up)