Dec 19, 2008
Say Whaaaaaat?!?!!?
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By teej
I usta swear up and down that the Jungle Brothers’ song that said “Girl I’ll house you” was in fact saying “Where’s my houseshoe?”
For years my brother sang “I’m in love with you. Fair is fair!” when Miki Howard was actually singing “I’m in love under new management”.
Then there’s my cousin Jesse who loved Janet’s “Let’s Wait A While” but still couldnt make out that she was singing “….so our love can be greater”. Instead he heard the totally non-sensical lyric of “…so our love can Big Rita”
And just recently I clowned my friend Danisha b/c she’s convinced that in En Vogue’s “Hold On” that Cindy adlibs the quip “Screw anothe n*@@a yeah but don‚Äôt let go” when upon further review it appears as though she is just scatting, but in Danisha’s defense I can hear what she thinks she hears lol.
So what you got?
What lyric have you flubbed for years? And do you still sing the wrong lyric b/c that’s just what you’re used to and the song doesnt sound right if you dont sing it like you came to know it?
Inspiration : Danisha Danielle, messing these lyrics up since childhood, and being too stubborn to sing it the right way once we find out the error of our ways.
December 19th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
LOL!
December 21st, 2008 at 4:55 pm
In Beyonce’s Put a ring on it, I thought Bey was saying, “Like a goose I’ll be gone.” Recently found out she’s saying ghost, which totally makes more sense. I mean who wants to compare Miss B to a goose?
December 21st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
my friends mom messed up LL’s boomin system…she thought he was saying “eating fried pies and a bucket of chicken”.. instead of cars drive by with the boomin system….lol
December 21st, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Little Red Corvette….I was asked to take a drug test once people realized what I thought he was saying….but in my defense…ya know Prince is complicated…nothing means what it means….LOL
December 21st, 2008 at 5:40 pm
For t.i.’s bring em out..i swore it said ‘its hard to yell with bed rails in ur mouth’ vs ‘its hard yell with barrels in ur mouth. lol..oh geez..WHERE does my mind wonder babe..,
December 21st, 2008 at 5:43 pm
I need to know what line in Little Red Corvette! And yes, Prince is one person who has said some really weird thing, so nothing is too weird to think he said!
December 21st, 2008 at 5:45 pm
My boyfriend and I used to argue all the time that in the Lloyd song “Want you” he was saying “She’s 5′2, but I want you”. He really thought that made sense within the context of the song! HAAAA
December 21st, 2008 at 5:50 pm
But wait Leah….I thought that WAS what he said “She’s 5′2 but I want you”.
Aint that the lyric?
December 21st, 2008 at 6:14 pm
**Shamefully answering what did I think Prince said**…….”Paying the rent collect…, honey your much too fast..” Thought he was trying to say that she was giving it up and that she was fast (like hot)…Thought this for 20+ years…YES….YEARS!!!!!!!!!!
December 21st, 2008 at 6:32 pm
I thought lloyd said..’shes fine too but i want u’. i used to think he said the 5′2 line too..knda made me smile..being 5′2 and all
December 21st, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Tracee, that is cute! And, in ur defense, it really does sound like there is an extra syllable in there at the beginning of Red Corvette. Something besides little.
Plus, that IS what he’s saying about her, that she’s too fast! (hot) Makes sense to me. 
And if you listen really close at times in Lloyds song, I have to say it sounds like that IS what he says, maybe he made a mistake and said the wrong thing?? haha… Im 5′10 so I was mad! Those petite girls get all the love! haha… 
December 21st, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Ahhhh…”she’s fine too, but I want you”.
Okay that does make sense b/c I was wondering what the hell her height had to do with anything.
December 21st, 2008 at 9:23 pm
I’m 5′10″ too…and I stand on “She’s fine too…”..can’t let the shorties get ALL the dudes!:)
My bffs and I were in Phoenix doing roundtables of songs. So we would each take a few stanzas and go round and round..we picked 12 Play as one of the songs. Anyone who knows me knows that I get so wrapped up in the melody that I may not ever learn the words..and have been fine w/ that for years until people have made me feel like an idiot for not knowing words.
Anywhoo..my turn, I belt out “ELEVEN - Up and Down we’ll go to sleep!!!!”…whole car starts dying. It’s “up and down we’ll go, you’ll see”…who knew!
I have too many of these..
December 21st, 2008 at 9:29 pm
One more..I sometimes will say things for years and they not even be real words.
Little Kim’s Crush on You..I said..”As I look sick in my six with my tryst in the trough”…Yeah. It’s…”As I look sick in my six with my Christian LaCroix.”
I think this was largely due to the fact that Christian LaCroix wasn’t a familiar name for me at 17 so it never came to mind..I guess I was more familiar tryst and troughs??
December 21st, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Strawberry Letter 23
Original: “In the garden - I see west
Purple shower, bells and tea
Orange birds and river cousins dressed in green”
Me: In the garden - I see what
purple mountains say to me
orange boards and silver colors dressed in green
UGH!!!
December 23rd, 2008 at 11:15 am
lol… I can’t remember exactly what I thought but TLC “Waterfalls” I screwed up royally!!!!!
December 26th, 2008 at 11:57 am
my daughter sterling wasn’t even 5 years old when the song by prince was hot called “kiss” - she would listen and watch me dance sing and “scream” that song around the house on repeat but i would always flub this one part that basically sounded like he was throwing a tantrum so… i would just scream and holler whatever verbs seemed to fit .
one day my daughter looked up at me and said “mommy why don’t you sing the words right, you’re messing up the song” i told her that i couldn’t understand what he was screamin… she looked up at me, i swear and said ” he said; ain’t no particular sign i’m more compatable with”….
uh… yeah. i know. that’s i meant to say.
syl
December 27th, 2008 at 1:09 am
Okay Teej here’s my list… I must go ol’ school, because that’s who I’am, Dammit!!!
Let’s take it to the 80’s one of several British Boy Bands I was in love with, Duran Duran…
Song-The Reflex, Shenita’s version (Chorus): “The Reflex is a lonely child just waiting by the pole”
Duran Duran’s Version (Chorus): “The reflex is an only child, he’s waiting in the park”
Prince
Song- Erotic City, Shenita’s version (Chorus): “…..We can F@ck until the dawn, making love til cherry’s drawn”
Prince’s Version (Chorus): “We can funk until the dawn, making love til cherrys gone”
Although I think he really did drop the “F” Bomb
Let’s fast forward to the 90’s and I’m pretty sure EVERYONE screwed this rap up.
Tribe Called Quest
(I think I screwed the whole entire rap up)
Rap- Bonita Applebum Hootie Mix, Shenita’s version (Chorus): “Bonita Applebum Hate her, hate her, go head wit yo’ self”
Tribe’s version (Chorus):”Bonita Applebum, hey hon, hey hon
Bonita Applebum, go ‘head with yourself”
Janet Jackson
Song-Lonely Shenita’s version (Chorus)….”We can find the way, time heals alright”
Janet’s version (Chorus):”We can find a way Take away the pain Time heals all things”
Those are my bloops, and blunders of songs I have TOTALLY screwed up.
Mz Shenita!
March 15th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
so for ten (?) years ive been singin “can we kick it tonight” in that SWV song, when it really is “can we get kinky tonight”… And i thought the lyrics were all sweet and innocent, i was way too young to sing the real lyrics! “aaaaw, can we kick-kick it tonight…thats quite, she wanna see him and hang out” lol