Pamida
Pamida /pəˈmaɪdə/ was a chain of department stores with more than 175 locations in 16 Midwestern and West Central U.S. states. Pamida stores were generally located in smaller communities that range from 3,000 to 8,000 in population. The Pamida name represents the first two letters of the first names of co-founder D. J. (Jim) Witherspoon's three sons: Pat, Mike, and David.
History
Pamida had its beginnings in a service merchandise business begun in 1948 by Jim Witherspoon and Lee Wegener. Witherspoon and Wegener opened their first retail outlet in Knoxville, Iowa in 1963 as part of the Gibson Products Company. A second store soon followed in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and the stores quickly expanded throughout the midwest. By the late 1970s, the stores were no longer associated with Gibson Products and began to be called "Pamida" after Witherspoon's children Pat, Mike, and David.
Witherspoon and Wegener sold Pamida in 1981 to employees, and in 1986 a unit of Citicorp acquired a controlling interest in the company. Several former Fisher's Big Wheel stores were also acquired in 1994. In 1999, ShopKo Stores, Inc. purchased Pamida and began operating the company as a division within the company. In 2000, ShopKo Stores, Inc. acquired Place's and converted the stores into Pamida stores. In 2005, ShopKo Stores, Inc. was purchased by an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc., a private investment firm. In 2007, Pamida was separated from ShopKo, and subsequently reestablished its corporate headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. On January 4, 2012, it was announced that Shopko and Pamida would merge and that all but six Pamida stores would be rebranded to Shopko Hometown stores. The stores in Sparta, Michigan, Litchfield, Minnesota, Ontonagon, Michigan, Albia, Iowa, Red Oak, Iowa, Corydon, Iowa, and Mount Vernon, Missouri were closed instead of converting to Shopko Hometown.
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Shad Business
by: PMD"Niggaz look shady"
[PMD]
It's nine-four, P's back in the door
Representin - hardcore, steppin through with the Squad tour
Mad brothers, know the lingo
And funky b-boy niggaz, they thumpin the single
From L.A. to Detroit, to Chi-Town
New York to Philly (Jersey) all around
cause it's strictly underground when I'm troopin with my sound
So save the temptation, money keep the limos
Cause that's not hip-hop, that's a fashion show
"How low can you go?" I'll tell you
?? dissin mad niggaz goin solo
Stop the press what is this? It's not rap kid
Bust it it's Shad Business
Chorus: PMD and DJ Scratch doing samples (*some unidentified*)
"People round town talkin this and that.."
[PMD] Shad Business
"People round town talkin this and that.."
[PMD] Shad Business
"People round town talkin this and that.."
[PMD] Shad Business
"People round town talkin this and that.."
[PMD]
So stop the press, no contest, no stress buddha sess
Yeah still snappin necks for some live effects
So where you comin from? The Boondocks, where my tune knocks
Pass the tinnocks to bust they loads like nine glocks
Yeah so what you sayin Hobbes?
Niggaz flock from blocks when I'm blowin up the spot
Nuff props to the moms and pops
at the one stop (what?) the violence, and racism
Black on black crime cause we're killin our brothers and sisters
Oh what tit for tat, he took this, she took that
Seems like you're guilty - until proven innocent with no facts
Some find this hard to comprehend this
It's far from equality - swing it P, it's Shad Business
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[PMD]
Enough with all the he say she say and nosy neighbors
You wanna do me a favor? Don't do me no favors
Cause nowadays "Niggaz look shady"
Fightin over the money and power, but can't take it to the grave see
I guess not -
- and that's called ignorance and it's ruinin hip-hop
So brothers wanna mess around - we mess around
And if brothers wanna "get down, get down" then we get down
cause PMD's bringin it swingin it
I hear my people callin me, and my fans singin it
Big up to Michael Jackson, and Michael Jordan
Iron Mike Tyson, Tupac Shakur an'
Flavor Flav, can't forget Snoop troop
I'm audi ghost, Swayze like kazoo
Shad Business
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