Snopes: Yes, Kid Rock sang 'I like 'em underage' and 'some say that's statutory' in 'Cool, Daddy Cool'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Claim: Musician Kid Rock sang "I like 'em underage" and "some say that's statutory" in the song "Cool, Daddy Cool."

Rating: True


In early February 2026, online users shared a rumor claiming that, decades earlier, musician Kid Rock released a song with lyrics that included "I like 'em underage" and "some say that's statutory but I say it's mandatory." Users claimed the lyrics appeared in the song "Cool, Daddy Cool," which was used in the 2001 part-animation, part-live-action film "Osmosis Jones." Snopes received reader mail highlighting the matter.

The claim circulated in the days after Turning Point USA announced (archived) Kid Rock would perform in the conservative organization's "All-American Halftime Show," an event competing with the Super Bowl's official halftime performance, which was set to be headlined by Spanish-language rapper Bad Bunny.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kid-rock-underage-statutory/

[RockRaven]

1. Make sure to point this out to any MAGAts you encounter babbling about the RWNJ alternative

halftime show for the Superbowl this weekend.

[Srkdqltr]

2. He should sing it at the Super Bowl thing. People will love it.

[Igel]

3. "Show me the way to the next little girl."

Or, as at least once sung, "next little boy."

So much for The Doors.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Actually that song dates back to 1925

"The "Alabama Song"—also known as "Moon of Alabama", "Moon over Alabama", and "Whisky Bar"—is an English language song written by Elisabeth Hauptmann in 1925 and set to music by Franz Servatius Bruinier and Kurt Weill for Bertolt Brecht's 1927 Mahagonny-Songspiel."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Song

The Doors and David Bowie, both recorded their version of the song.