Take a pizza my heart, now baby

Other songs Herman Cain should have sung about pizza: An achievement incrowdsourcing

If you don't live, work and breathe on the Internet, there's a chance you missed the above video of former Godfathers pizza chairman and current GOP contender Herman Cain singing a song about pizza and bastardizing The Beatles in the process.

It's admittedly silly and gave everyone a good laugh, but the real reward came when Twitter (props to locals @JCGorczynski, @stevemart and others) took to the web to offer up other songs Cain could have — and should have — dedicated to pizza. Below are some of our favorites:

Papa Roach's "Last Resort" — Cut my life into pizzas/ This is my last resort/ Suffocation/ No breathing/ Don't give a fuck if it's not pizza I'm eating

Janis Joplin's "Take Another Little Piece of My Heart" — Come on and take it/ Take another little pizza apart now, baby/ Break it/ Break another little pizza apart I know you will

The Wreckers' "Leave the Pieces" — There's nothing you can do or say/ You're gonna break my heart anyway/ So just leave the pizzas when you go

Ashlee Simpson's "Pieces of Me" — It's as if you know me better than I ever knew myself/ I love how you can tell/ All the pizzas, pizzas, pizza's for me/ All the pizzas, pizzas, pizza's for me

Elvis Costello's "Peace, Love and Understanding" — And each time I feel like this inside/ There's one thing I wanna know/ What's so funny 'bout pizza, love and understanding?

And our personal favorite, a collaboration with @KyleJack:

Carly Simon's "You're so Vain" — I had some dreams/ they were cheese on my pizza, cheese on my pizza/ You're so Cain, you probably think this song is about pizza

Do you have any pizza-infused lyrics to contribute to our growing catalogue? Expand on our list in the comments.

Thanks, Queen Bey

Pop icon Beyoncé donates $100,000 to University of Houston Law School

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Pop megastar Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has donated $100,000 to the University of Houston Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic through her BeyGOOD Foundation. The gift will allow the clinic to hire fill-time faculty to head it, benefiting the students who study there.

“I am delighted that the BeyGOOD Foundation has made this very generous gift to the UH Law Center,” said Leonard Baynes, dean of the UH Law Center. “Not only will this funding help establish a full-time criminal justice clinic that provides pro bono legal services in our community, but it will also supercharge our already excellent criminal law and justice programming.”

The clinic is one of nine at UHLC. It helps students learn to navigate the criminal justice system, especially on behalf of clients that are underserved by skilled attorneys. People of color are affected disproportionately by a lack of good, ethical representation.

Beyoncé, the most decorated artist in Grammy history and easily the biggest musical star native to Houston, has a long history of advocating for criminal justice reform. She was a staunch supporter of the police reform following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, asking law enforcement to “stop killing us” in a web post. In 2020, she penned an open letter to the Kentucky attorney general asking for justice in the death of Breonna Taylor.

Through her BeyGOOD Foundation, established in 2013, Beyoncé has focused mostly on expanding the prospects of Black-owned business and offering education opportunities to students. Forwarding the cause of legal representation in Texas while also helping out marginalized communities compliments her other philanthropic work.

“At UH Law, we envision a legal profession where ‘everyone has the opportunity to prosper,’ as BeyGOOD envisions, and we will achieve this vision by providing access to strong and effective legal representation in criminal proceedings,” Baynes said. “And together, through this gift, the BeyGOOD Foundation and UHLC will shepherd the next generation of criminal justice attorneys in the city of Houston, the state of Texas and the nation.”

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