Boondocks song written and produced by Joe South. It tells the story of a young man who laments that people put him down because he was born in the boondocks. He is in love with the boss man's daughter and vows to work slavishly until, one day, he can "move from this old shack" and fit in with her society. Throughout the song, he asks that the "Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks". Boondocks The boondocks is an American expression that stems from the Tagalog word "bundók" ("mountain"). It originally referred to a remote rural area,
Pause (The Boondocks) relationship with the company. When "Pause" aired, Perry had two series broadcast on Turner networks, "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" and "Meet the Browns" on TBS. Pause (The Boondocks) "Pause" is the eighth episode of the third season of the Adult Swim original series "The Boondocks". It aired on June 20, 2010, and on October 11, 2010, on Centric. The title refers to a blue collar African-American cultural practice used to remove any ambiguity after making a double entendre that may be possibly misinterpreted as a claim or implication of homosexual orientation. The phrase "no homo" may also be used