Filthy lyrics that we sang along to very loudly as kids
It doesn't matter how old you are: if a song is a hit, you just sing along loudly, regardless of the lyrics. We didn't really think about the fact that many of those old hits were actually about sex. We didn't know much, we weren't concerned with that as kids. Moreover, it wasn't always clear to hear, and those filthy messages simply didn't get through. In other words: we had no clue what we were singing. At least, I certainly didn't with the hits below. I should mention that these songs were released during my life phase from six to twelve years old, so forgive me for understanding so little of them.
1. Candy Shop – 50 Cent
‘I’ll let you lick the lollipop. Go ahead girl, don’t you stop. Keep going till you hit the spot.’
‘In the hotel, or in the back of the rental. On the beach or in the park, it’s whatever you into.’
‘Wanna show me how you work it baby? No problem, get on top. Then get your bounce around, like a little rider.’
‘After you work up a sweat you can play with this stick.’
No way, I just read these lyrics attentively for the first time in my life and I am in shock. That I listened to this as a not-even-teenager, that can't be right? I honestly thought for years that this was about a candy store, I feel deceived.
2. Whistle – Flo-Rida
‘Can you blow my whistle, baby, whistle, baby? Let me know. Girl, I’m gonna show you how to do it and we start real slow. You just put your lips together and you come real close.’
In the line of Candy Shop, about ten years later, Flo-Rida came out with the song ‘Whistle’. Amidst the innocent whistling, once again a blowjob is requested. Well, at least Flo-Rida asks it nicely, unlike 50 Cent. By the way, when this song came out, I was in high school, so I had a suspicion about what this song was about.
3. Peacock – Katy Perry
‘I want to see your peacock-cock-cock’
‘Come on, baby, let me see. What you’re hiding underneath.’
‘Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?’
When I was about fourteen, Katy released this hit, which I was all too happy to sing along with. It completely escaped me that she didn't mean a peacock with the word ‘peacock’, but the male genitalia. Besides, I just assumed that ‘cock’ rhymed nicely.
4. Pokerface – Lady Gaga
‘I won’t tell you that I love you. Kiss or hug you. Cause I’m bluffin’ with my muffin.’
With this line, Lady Gaga apparently referred to her bisexuality, which I just now realized. ‘Muffin’ stands for vagina and with this she is actually saying that she is bluffing and prefers to be with a woman instead of a man.
5. It Wasn’t Me – Shaggy
‘Picture this, we were both butt-naked. Banging on the bathroom floor.’
‘Never admit to a word when she say. And if she claim, ah, you tell her ‘baby no way’.’
‘But she caught me on the counter. It wasn’t me. Saw me bangin’ on the sofa. It wasn’t me. I even had her in the shower. It wasn’t me. She even caught me on camera. It wasn’t me. She saw the marks on my shoulder. It wasn’t me.’
I only sang along loudly with ‘it wasn’t me’ when I heard this song back in the day. The rest of the lyrics were a bit too fast-paced for me, so I just hummed along until that one infamous line. That also explains why I completely missed the memo of this song: cheating. Well, you're never too old to learn.
6. If U Seek Amy – Britney Spears
‘All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek Amy. Oh, say what you want about me.’
Well, I also overlooked the secret message from Brit in this song for years. ‘If U Seek Amy’ can actually be pronounced as ‘F-U-C-K me’. I'm completely in shock again, I never noticed this while singing along.
7. Barbie Girl – Aqua
‘I’m a blond bimbo girl in a fantasy world. Dress me up, make it tight, I’m you dolly.’
‘Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky.’
Yes, even in this song that you sang along to as a little girl, there are quite remarkable lines. By now we know that a bimbo is a vulgar woman, primarily interested in her appearance, found attractive by many men, but otherwise quite dumb. Poor Barbie.
