It's hard out here for a legislator.

Just ask Rep. Susan Fisher. According to a post on Jordan Schrader's Capital Letters blog, the Asheville Democrat joined Mebane Democratic Rep. Alice Bordsen and New Bern Democratic Rep. Alice Underhill for a parody of the Oscar-winning song "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp."

The three were among 30 lawmakers selected from across the country to be fellows at the Flemming Leadership Institute at the Center for Policy Alternatives.

After the performance, Fisher said, African-American lawmakers wanted to know how three middle-aged white women knew the song.

"I was like, 'I reach across cultures,'" she said.