Worst Lyrics

Discussion in 'Art & Culture' started by Tyler, Aug 5, 2003.

  1. Tyler Registered Senior Member

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    Here it is - a place to post the worst lyrics you have ever heard. There have been plenty of bad songs over the years - which ones have the worst lyrics?

    Here's my nod...
    Not A Pretty Girl - Ani Difranco
    i am not a pretty girl
    that is not what i do
    i ain't no damsel in distress
    and i don't need to be rescued
    so put me down punk
    maybe you'd prefer a maiden fair
    isn't there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere

    i am not an angry girl
    but it seems like i've got everyone fooled
    every time i say something they find hard to hear
    they chalk it up to my anger
    and never to their own fear
    and imagine you're a girl
    just trying to finally come clean
    knowing full well they'd prefer you
    were dirty and smiling

    and i am sorry
    i am not a maiden fair
    and i am not a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere

    and generally my generation
    wouldn't be caught dead working for the man
    and generally i agree with them
    trouble is you gotta have yourself an alternate plan
    and i have earned my disillusionment
    i have been working all of my life
    and i am a patriot
    i have been fighting the good fight
    and what if there are no damsels in distress
    what if i knew that and i called your bluff?
    don't you think every kitten figures out how to get down
    whether or not you ever show up

    i am not a pretty girl
    i don't want to be a pretty girl
    no i want to be more than a pretty girl



    Why do I choose this song? Simple. This song is a mess of pseudo-intellectual bullshite. And if there's one thing that ticks me off more than stupidity it's dumbarses trying to sound smart.

    I'm sorry Ani - which generation is it that "wouldn't be caught dead working for the man"?? Because the one you're a part of seems to be fucking A-list material for 'the man'. Give it a rest, babe. The world of feminism does not need a pseudo-intellect.
     
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  3. static76 The Man, The Myth, The Legend Registered Senior Member

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    J-Lo Takes the Crown

    Great topic Ty, I think Miss Lopez made perhaps the worst hit song of our generation.

    J-Lo ~ "Jenny from the Block"

    Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
    I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block
    Used to have a little, now I have a lot
    No matter where I go, I know where I came from (from the Bronx!)
    Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
    I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block
    Used to have a little, now I have a lot
    No matter where I go, I know where I came from (from the Bronx!)

    From In Living Color and movie scripts
    To On the 6 to J. Lo to this headline clips
    I stayed grounded as the amounts roll in
    I'm real, I thought I told you
    I really been on Oprah
    That's just me
    Nothin phony, don't hate on me
    What you get is what you see

    Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
    I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block
    Used to have a little, now I have a lot
    No matter where I go, I know where I came from (from the Bronx!)
    Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
    I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block
    Used to have a little, now I have a lot
    No matter where I go, I know where I came from (from the Bronx!)

    I'm down to earth like this
    Rockin this business
    I've grown up so much
    I'm in control and loving it
    Rumors got me laughing, kid
    Love my life and my public
    Put God first
    Then can't forget to stay real
    To me it's like breathing

    Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
    I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block
    Used to have a little, now I have a lot
    No matter where I go, I know where I came from (from the Bronx!)
    Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
    I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block
    Used to have a little, now I have a lot
    No matter where I go, I know where I came from (from the Bronx!)

    It take hard work to cash checks
    So don't be fooled by the rocks that I got, now assets
    You get back what you put out
    Even if you take the good route
    Can't count the hood out
    After a while, you know who to blink with
    Just keep it real with the ones came in with
    Best thing to do is stay low, LOX and J.Lo
    Act like they don't, but they know

    Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
    I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block
    Used to have a little, now I have a lot
    No matter where I go, I know where I came from (from the Bronx!)
    Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
    I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block
    Used to have a little, now I have a lot
    No matter where I go, I know where I came from (from the Bronx!)
    Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
    I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block
    Used to have a little, now I have a lot
    No matter where I go, I know where I came from (from the Bronx!)
    Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
    I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the block
    Used to have a little, now I have a lot
    No matter where I go, I know where I came from (from the Bronx!)


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    - And this was a hit song...
     
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  5. sargentlard Save the whales motherfucker Valued Senior Member

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    Britney Spears is a big contender in this category.

    and J LO dawg....J LO..man she hads it madz tough n shit.....she jus talkin nout da real worldz ya kno.....
     
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  7. Tiassa Let us not launch the boat ... Valued Senior Member

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    Recovering from the J Lo blow

    Wow. It's hard not to second that J. Lo. nomination without question. I was unfortunate enough to hear that song.

    In fact, a friend of mine, a musician, saw me shortly after. "What's wrong? he asked.

    "I just heard the worst song ever."

    "I keep telling you, Eminem can rap! There's nothing else to the argument. Everybody knows he'll be over soon enough, but they're really that bored over there."

    "No, no, no," I said. "I think it was J. Lo."

    He paled considerably. "Was it ______?" (I cannot remember the title he listed.)

    "No. No. Something about Jenny from the block?"

    He paled vitally, looked at his shoes, started feeling the many pockets of his cargo pants and not-a-jacket-but-an-environmental-system.

    "Smoke this," he said. "Everything will be okay."

    "And if it isn't?"

    "Then we will smoke more."

    It's good to have friends.

    Meanwhile ...

    Nominees: Motley Crue, "Brandon"; Styx, "Lorelei"; Tiffany, "Mr. Mambo

    But the winner, above all else, is Dennis DeYoung, "Southbound Ryan"
    It's an ode to a stretch of highway.

    Seriously. And it has the most amazing "harmonica" part at the opening ....

    :m:,
    Tiassa

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  8. plasticwingsmelting Banned Banned

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    korn has some pretty shitty lyrics.
     
  9. Wrong Robot Registered Senior Member

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    How about

    "I love you, like a fat kid loves cake" - fiddy cent

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    I guess it gets some credit for being so pathetic it's funny, but not much.

    or

    that sean paul song 'make it clap'

    I don't know all the lyrics but I think the entirety of the song is

    "make it clap
    make it clap
    when you're in the club, and you're in the club
    make it clap
    make it clap"

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  10. theonlyguyever omg met's lake out!!1 Registered Senior Member

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    "Crazy Life" by (hed)p.e.

    Up in the middle of Tokyo
    I hit hydro
    Whenever I let my mind go
    It’s like psycho – suicidal
    Baby love it when I cut it like an animal
    Once again – it’s primetime – kamikaze
    That policeman tried to rob me
    That policeman is afraid of me
    But, he will never take away my dignity

    Someone take this glass away
    I’m not myself again
    I’m someone else again

    [CHORUS]

    Come on, here we go….
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    What a crazy life!
    Here we go
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    What a crazy life!

    Up in the middle of Cali
    In an alley
    Makin’ love to the teenage lady
    Ya can’t fade me
    But don’t hate me
    She look just like Marsha Brady
    I kinda laugh when these girls try to play with me
    I told my ex-girlfriend, stay away from me
    I got a new girlfriend, and she’ll kick your ass
    I kinda wonder how long this kind of shit can last

    Someone take this glass away…

    [CHORUS]

    Come on, here we go….
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    What a crazy life!
    Here we go
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    What a crazy life!

    Just bring it….
    Crazy….

    Up in the middle of yo face
    What a disgrace
    You a trik-ass-bitch
    How my dick taste – motherfucker
    No, aint nobody feelin’ you
    And I aint goin’ back to prison over killin’ you
    What?!

    I’m the type o’ nigga that’s built to last
    You can fuck my bitch
    I put my foot in your ass
    Still, I don’t givafuk
    I just keep fuckin’ and smokin’
    I’m bruised not broken

    [CHORUS]

    Come on, here we go….
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    What a crazy life!
    Here we go
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    Shalala – here it comes again!
    What a crazy life!

    Shalala…
     
  11. Guyute Senior Member Registered Senior Member

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    Every thing that Fifty- Cent has done....namely In da Club.
     
  12. daydream_believer Et in Arcadia Ego Registered Senior Member

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    This is the english translation of the austraian eurovision entry 2003 by alf poier;

    I like most animals on this earth
    But I really prefer little rabbits and bears

    Soon all birds and beetles will die
    But Adam's in bed with Eve busy reproducing

    Rabbits live in the woods
    Cats in the meadows
    And cockroaches
    Live under tiles

    Little rabbits have short noses
    And kittens soft paws
    And Mother Holle likes her wool
    From the african dromedary

    The difference between animals such as apes and primates
    Is no bigger than between noodles and pasta

    But whoever wants to know more about animals should study Biology or inform himself on my homepage

    Some animals have wings
    And others have fins
    Some live outdoors
    And others in cans

    Small rabbits…..


    This is the lyrics to Russia's eurovision 2003 entry with Tatu (the fake lesbians);

    Different nights, different people
    One wants - one doesn't, one loves - one doesn't
    Smbd comes off (falls behind), smbd jumps off
    Smbd will get tired wishing too much

    Smbd will turn wire tight to terminals
    Smbd will launch new topics
    Smbd is a braggart, smbd is a maniac
    Smbd is like u, smbd is like me

    Don't fire and don't extinguish
    Don't trust, don't fear, do not ask
    And calm down, and calm down!
    Don't trust, don't fear, do not ask
    Don't trust, don't fear, do not ask
    Don't trust, don't fear
    Don't trust, don't fear
    Don't trust, don't fear
    And do not ask!

    Somewhere is much of that, what is a few,
    But there'll be round-up on the roads,
    Smbd will take a risk, smbd will fail,
    Smbd will understand, but he won't help

    Smbd will leave, smbd'll be back,
    Smbd will find a New Sun,
    Smbd will back out into the bushes, smbd - into me,
    Smbd is like u, smbd is like me

    Don't fire and don't extinguish
    Don't trust, don't fear, do not ask
    And calm down, and calm down!
    Don't trust, don't fear, do not ask
    Don't trust, don't fear, do not ask
    Don't trust, don't fear
    Don't trust, don't fear
    Don't trust, don't fear
    And do not ask!…


    Suckky, eh? only at eurovison, maybe they sound more understandable in russian and german.
     
  13. airavata portentous Registered Senior Member

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    I laugh my ass off whenever I hear shit like this. It's Tittny Spears with not a girl, not yet a woman. Then what the hell is she then?
    Oh man... this is miserable.

    I used to think
    I had the answers to everything
    But now I know
    Life doesn't always
    Go my way, yeah...

    Feels like I'm caught in the middle
    That's when I realize...

    (Chorus)
    I'm not a girl
    Not yet a woman
    All I need is time
    A moment that is mine
    While I'm in between

    (Verse 2)
    I'm not a girl
    There is no need to protect me
    Its time that I
    Learn to face up to this on my own
    I've seen so much more than u know now
    So tell me to shut my eyes

    I'm not a girl
    Not yet a woman
    All I need is time
    A moment that is mine
    While I'm in between

    I'm not a girl
    But if u look at me closely
    You will see it my eyes
    This girl will always find
    Her way

    I'm not a girl
    (I'm not a girl don't tell me what to believe)
    Not Yet a woman
    (I'm just tryin to find the woman in me, yeah)
    All I need is time (All I need)
    A moment that is mine (That is mine)
    While I'm in between

    I'm not a girl
    Not yet a woman
    All I need is time (is All I need)
    A moment that is mine
    While I'm in between

    I'm not a girl
    Not yet a woman
     
  14. Bachus Registered Senior Member

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    Avril - any song I guess
     
  15. tablariddim forexU2 Valued Senior Member

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    ob la di ob la da :bugeye:
     
  16. plasticwingsmelting Banned Banned

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    there is too much shitty music out there, so instead of posting bad lyrics, im gonna post some really good ones:


    Asherah
    1. Fallen

    I fall deep to your sweet eyes.
    Quietly we dance like two ghosts on a sheet of ice.
    If god were real he'd have our heads.
    A new feeling, I'm lost in this symphony.
    Falling through your hands is a love that won't die.
    This name won't die, can't die, will never see a cold lonliness.
    This fire burns for you.

    Don't put me out.

    Look in my eyes and sing,
    sing me a song tonight,
    a sweet lullaby, one with some heart.
    A true story about you and I.

    Run with our love so they can't take it away from us.
     
  17. theonlyguyever omg met's lake out!!1 Registered Senior Member

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    off topic. :bugeye:

    plus, those lyrics really aren't that great...
     
  18. airavata portentous Registered Senior Member

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    For great lyrics you just have to listen to some Pink Floyd songs. The lyrics of Time and Us and Them are very good.
     
  19. troj Registered Senior Member

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    da mans got it straight!!!

    totally agree with airavata on dis one...............although great music is still being produced (the likes of coldplay etc)



    examples (i feel old at 19!!!) of real music following airavata's excellent artist:


    Wish you were here:

    So, so you think you can tell
    Heaven from Hell,
    Blue skys from pain.
    Can you tell a green field
    From a cold steel rail?
    A smile from a veil?
    Do you think you can tell?

    And did they get you to trade
    Your heros for ghosts?
    Hot ashes for trees?
    Hot air for a cool breeze?
    Cold comfort for change?
    And did you exchange
    A walk on part in the war
    For a lead role in a cage?

    How I wish, how I wish you were here.
    We're just two lost souls
    Swimming in a fish bowl,
    Year after year,
    Running over the same old ground.
    What have we found?
    The same old fears.
    Wish you were here.

    On another note a song peeps should hear once and a while has got to be Winds of change the scorpians. Oh those memories!!!

    Winds of change:

    I follow the Moskva
    Down to Gorky Park
    Listening to the wind of change
    An August summer night
    Soldiers passing by
    Listening to the wind of change

    The world is closing in
    Did you ever think
    That we could be so close, like brothers
    The future's in the air
    I can feel it everywhere
    Blowing with the wind of change

    Take me to the magic of the moment
    On a glory night
    Where the children of tomorrow dream away
    In the wind of change

    Walking down the street
    Distant memories
    Are buried in the past forever
    I follow the Moskva
    Down to Gorky Park
    Listening to the wind of change

    Take me to the magic of the moment
    On a glory night
    Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
    With you and me
    Take me to the magic of the moment
    On a glory night
    Where the children of tomorrow dream away
    in the wind of change

    The wind of change
    Blows straight into the face of time
    Like a stormwind that will ring the freedom bell
    For peace of mind
    Let your balalaika sing
    What my guitar wants to say

    Take me to the magic of the moment
    On a glory night
    Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
    With you and me
    Take me to the magic of the moment
    On a glory night
    Where the children of tomorrow dream away
    In the wind of change

    I should quit there..but not me take 5 out to hrear brothers in arms as well by dier straights!!!! i wont post lyrics for that 1...ENJOY ^_^
     
  20. Åudioslave Registered Member

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    Bingo! - The mans got it right there!

    Waters is a great lyricist! (sp?).
     
  21. Dr Lou Natic Unnecessary Surgeon Registered Senior Member

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    haha nice thread idea.
    J-lo has to take the crown. You can see a clear line between when people were writing lyrics for her and when she started contributing herself. Its freaking embarrassing. The producers spruce it up with a catchy beat but the lyrics are so distracting. She needs someone to break it to her but no one will. That girl is totally detached from reality.
    There's someone else with a similar problem.... bah, I was thinking about it the other day, I'll get back to you.
    That quasi new metallica song is a joke "i'm falling in anger with you!!" hahahahahaha
    I don't know if you guys know who delta goodrem is, you probably will soon, she has a nice voice but her lyrics are so prissy and wholesome. You'll see what I mean.
    Avril's lyrics are lame but there is a sort of campy comedic value to them, I'm sure that song about things changing on her mobile will be a big joke-hit in 15 years or so.
    I heard a song about aol instant messenger once that was hilarious, "be right back, brb, sign on and I-M me"

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