Monday, January 14, 2008

But I Thought It Said....

I am famous for hearing wrong lyrics.  I'll be (thinking I'm) jamming to a song and my son will look at me like I have 4 heads.  The conversation will go like this:

What are you looking at?

You!

Why?

That is NOT what the song says!

What do they say then?

Oh.

I got it honestly though because my mom will tear up some lyrics and when you correct her, she'll just say "I like my version better!" LOL

It wasn't until a couple of months ago (go ahead, get your laugh on) that I figured out Janet was saying

Soap opera says and not So Barbara says in What Have You Done For Me Lately.  I just assumed Barbara was one of her friends, lol.

When I first heard Alicia's new cd, I thought she was singing about a Breakfast kinda love, not a Wreckless one.

On Holla Back Girl, I thought Gwen was saying "Eat bananas B-A-N-A-N-A-S".  It was only after we were talking in one of my Yahoo groups that I found she was saying "This shit is bananas".  What did I know?  I only heard it on the radio and they bleeped out shit!

The earliest song I remember jacking up was the Bee Gees How Deep is Your Love, when they say OOOOOO you n me girl...I thought they were saying OOOOOOO you ni**ger.  Hey, I was in grade school!

What lyrics have you misheard?  There's a whole website dedicated to misheard lyrics, so I know I'm not the only one! LOL

57 comments:

  1. Before Play tries to blast me, in "You Got Your Hooks In Me" by the O'Jays, I thought he said, "I talk like a bitch." LOL My mother overheard me singing along one day & politely informed me that he says, "I'm caught like a fish."

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  2. Michael Jackson's songs always mess me up...Atomic Dog(George Clinton)..messed me up as a teen...I still haven't verified if it's correct.. "I've got whores and they're outside on the street..working for me ..nothing but the dog in me." Bow wow yippey yay Bow wow yippey yay yippey yay..Pleeeeeease tell me I'm wrong..LOL

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  3. I knew you betta had said something! LOL I had you in mind as I was writing!

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  4. Clawwwwwwwwd! According to Yahoo lyrics, you are wrong Cy.

    Like the boys
    When they're out there walkin' the streets
    May compete
    Nothin' but the dog in ya

    Way wrong, lol.

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  5. Well, I know I'm going to get ALOT of laughs on THIS first one, but on Earth Wind & Fire's "That's the Way of the World", instead of "HEARTS OF FIRE" I would play and say "PACIFIER"!!! I KNEW that wasn't right, but for the LONGEST that's what "I" would say!

    Also, the most FAMOUS "lyric" mystery is on "Piece of my Love" by Guy. There's been a LONG TIME RUNNING rumor that Aaron Hall says "Dumb B*&$%" at the beginning, and it actually sounds like he does. They claim that's not what he says though.

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  6. Aw Sis, I done jacked up plenty of their songs too!

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  7. My sista from another mother!!! I thought the same thing!! ...before Play tries to blast me one mo' gin. LOL

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  8. This is funny. I have butchered so many songs, that I gave up keeping up. LOL

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  9. I know better, but a friend of mine messed me up with the song, Stir Up the Gift...he told me he sings it Stir Up the Grits...sang it to me for like 5 minutes. I canNOT sing that song right anymore, and certainly not with a straight face.

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  10. Good morning, Everyone!!!

    @ Subira- he DOES say Dumb Bitch!! (I heard it too!!!) LOL i told one of my friends about that LAST week, had her and her fiance' at the computer listenin with the speaker to their ears LOL LOL LOL...

    I am actually pretty good with music. I can listen to a song and pick out all the parts and at least sing the soprano/alto parts. I have an ear for catching (and correcting) lyrics and it pisses other people off! LOL

    This is a good site to find some misheard lyrics...
    http://www.kissthisguy.com

    This came from a song that had the line Excuse me while I kiss THE SKY. this lyric was misheard as Excuse me while I kiss This Guy... LOL

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  11. See, you're gonna have me clowning at church now!

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  12. That's the site I have linked in the blog!

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  13. LOL I didnt click the link before i posted it in my comment... sowwy

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  14. I am choking laughing at all of this...
    (and I heard that Aaron Hall really IS saying "dumb bitch"... and if you listen to the rest of the song, if "she" is falling for that okey doke ... whoever she is, yes, she's a dumb bitch!)

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  15. LOL My friend Michelle told me like 10 yrs ago LOL and I was like NUH-UHHHHHH!!! now I sing it along with the song... He does it with a bass in his voice so you can't HELP but notice it! LOL

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  16. LMAO..... you gone wanna beat somebody's ass over what you thought....

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  17. LYRICS.COM.....

    can't go wrong with checking it before you sing it....

    I think the one song that I hate after reading the lyrics is that damn Soulja Boy track "crank that",, shit dont make no damn sense... and I cant be caught singing it..

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  18. Deedles..LOL I've been singing Atomic Dog wrong ...LOL...
    Ok...What's the Michael Jackson song that goes at the bridge...."Imma say Imma say your mocha sock" I can't think of that doggone song..so I can post it...But it's a part that sounds like he's saying that..."Imma say Imma say your mocha sock."

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  19. I love that song and got it wrong to... lmao

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  20. Following is our senior song.....

    And I almost got in a fight with a friend about the words..."The seniors being sad" That's what I thought... But what they were saying the scene is being set...lol...

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  21. Ya'll got me rolling .....See, ya'll knew exactly what I was talking about..LOLOLOL That's it!

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  22. But what is a "ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa." I still dont know... lmao

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  23. I thought that was what they were saying too! LMAO I knew it didn't fit but that's what it sounds like. There are waaaaay too many songs I have messed up to even START listing. Especially Earth Wind and Fire and O'Jays tunes.

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  24. too many songs have been butchered by me to remember. ya'll are crackin me up though!

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  25. I thought he was being filled with the Holy Ghost when I was younger...LOL

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  26. Deedles..You know I'm mad about this here blog because now I have to learn the words to the song right.....See that's not good..LOLOLOLOL



    "I got Whores and they're out there on the street. Working for me. Nothing but the dog in me..." Now you know it sounds like that....

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  27. He was filled with something... but it wasn't no dang on holy ghost... thats probably whats wrong with him today... lmao

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  28. I know I know..it was the "Jesus" Juice..LOL

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  29. **HOWLING**

    OMG... WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAH
    He actually got that off some other REAL old song...

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  30. listening and singing the corrects lyrics to Wanna Be Starting Something...Ok..getting to my part...o ma ma se, ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa...You know I hope I'm not singing voodoo..LOL

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  31. Hey... im not singing that shit no more... I dont know what the hell Im saying or what it means... But you know Im lieing, cuz the next time that joint comes on, Im gone be grooving to it... lmao

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  32. Dang, he really was saying you're a vegetable!

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  33. Micheal was one nasty mofo.... if you really think about it... lmao

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  34. I wish I could think of some to add! Good blog!

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  35. I feel like being devilish & I need a favor from you all. If Kenny (Playcuzzin) is on your list, go to his guestbook, greet him & type the following: I despreeee despresh?

    Thanks a million! *hoping he doesn't see this* LOL

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  36. Gurl, this blog really made my day yesterday...It's amazing how your ears think they hear stuff but really it's sooooooooo wrong..LOL I should've known better..LOL

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  37. LMAO...see I dont even try to sing MJ songs, I just listen to them cuz I know I would be saying some words that ain't nowhere in the song.

    And dang...he really was saying You're a vegetable......

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  38. Is that why he calls lil home alone boy tomato?

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  39. Are you serious or are you still being silly? (CLAAAAAWD!)

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  40. LMAO.... Im just giggling on the long name...

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  41. Let me get this straight....He was saying ma ma se ma ma se ur a vegetable? LOL

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  42. or am I on the wrong song..LOL

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  43. LOL scroll down Cy, all the lyrics are posted. It's all one song, but two different parts of it.

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  44. Anybody gonna touch the Good Times song?

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  45. Ok, like I only found out last year that they were talking about hanging in the chow line? LOL *going to go find the lyrics*

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  46. OPENING THEME LYRICS

    Good Times.
    Any time you meet a payment. - Good Times.
    Any time you need a friend. - Good Times.
    Any time you’re out from under.
    Not getting hassled, not getting hustled.
    Keepin’ your head above water,
    Making a wave when you can.

    Temporary lay offs. - Good Times.
    Easy credit rip offs. - Good Times.
    Scratchin’ and surviving. - Good Times.
    Hangin in a chow line - Good Times.
    Ain’t we lucky we got ‘em - Good Times.

    CLOSING THEME LYRICS

    Mmmmmm
    Just lookin' out of the window.
    Watchin' the asphalt grow.
    Thinkin' how it all looks hand-me-down.
    Good Times, yeah, yeah Good Times

    Keepin' your head above water
    Makin' a wave when you can

    Temporary lay offs. - Good Times.
    VOICE-OVER spoken by John Amos: Good Times was recorded in front of a live studio audience
    Easy credit rip offs. - Good Times.
    Ain't we lucky we got 'em - Good Times.

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  47. The Theme song to The Jefferson's

    Well we're movin on up,
    To the east side.
    To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
    Movin on up
    To the east side.
    We finally got a piece of the pie.

    Fish don't fry in the kitchen;
    Beans don't burn on the grill.
    Took a whole lotta tryin'
    Just to get up that hill.
    Now we're up in the big leagues
    Gettin' our turn at bat.
    As long as we live, it's you and me baby
    There ain't nothin wrong with that.

    Well we're movin on up,
    To the east side.
    To a deluxe apartment in the sky.
    Movin on up
    To the east side.
    We finally got a piece of the pie.

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  48. I thought you knew, I like making people smile!

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  49. Ok, I'm not even going to start on the church songs that I butchered...LOL Like.."Pass me not oh gentle SERVER. Here's my crumbling pie..." What's sad about this, my mother KNEW I was getting the words all wrong and she still made me sing it for a solo in church when I was 6...That's not right! (I got a lot of dollars though..LOL)

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  50. Girl, I STILL butcher some of them! LOL

    All hail the power of Jesus’ Name! Let angels prostrate fall;
    Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all.
    Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown Him Lord of all

    I'm forever saying prostate...I KNOW what it says, but my mouth won't do right dangit!

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  51. Girl... what were you thinking about... God is really a pc... or in the PC and what you think you can bribe Him with some crumbling pie.... lmao... what the heck is crumbling pie....

    lol

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  52. *mumblin' ol funky heffas!!* Ok I despree despresh is what i came up with when i heard "Why can't we be friends?" by WAR I was a little boy mind you. But these full grown "I talk like a Biznatch and Pacifyaaaaaa!" are killin me I think Monni just likes cussin and she thought she could get away with it by singin that O'Jays song

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