12 Black Song Lyrics You've Been Singing Forever — And Are Singing Totally Wrong
1. T-Pain: "Buy You a Drank"
Wrong Lyrics: "I'mma buy you a drank/Ooowee/I'mma take you home with me"
Right Lyrics: "I'mma buy you a drank/And theeennnnn/I'mma take you home with me"
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2. Lloyd: "You"
Wrong lyrics: "Ha, ha-ha,ha, ha/She's 5'2"/But I want you"
Right lyrics: "Ha, ha-ha, ha, ha/She's fine, too/But I want you"
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3. Mary J. Blige: "Family Affair"
Wrong lyrics: “We don’t need no hateration, holleration in this dancery"
Right lyrics: "We don’t need no hateration, holleration In this dance soiree"
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4. Missy Elliott: "Work It"
Wrong lyrics: "I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it/itsyurfffsyyayannt"
Right lyrics: "I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it/Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gniht ym tup I"
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5. TLC: "Waterfalls"
Wrong lyrics: "Don't go Jason waterfalls"
Right lyrics: "Don't go chasing waterfalls"
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6. Jay-Z and Alicia Keys: "Empire State of Mind"
Wrong lyrics: "In New York/Concrete jungle, wet tomato/There's nothin' you can't do/Now you're in New York"
Right lyrics: "In New York/Concrete jungle where dreams are made of/There's nothin' you can't do/Now you're in New York"
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7. DJ Khaled: "All I Do Is Win"
Wrong lyrics: "Everybody hands go up/And they stay there/And they stay there/And they stay there/Up down, up down, up down"
Right lyrics: "Everybody hands go up/And they stay there/And they say yeah/And they stay there/Up down, up down, up down"
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8. Chris Brown: "Under the Influence"
Wrong lyrics: "Fucking, rubbing, touching/I don't know why this shit got me lazy right now" And "Your body language speaks to me"
Right lyrics: "Fucking Robitussin/I don't know why this shit got me lazy right now" And "Your body lightweight/Speaks to me"
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9. T-Pain: "I'm Sprung"
Wrong lyrics: "I'm sprung/Out to get me"
Right lyrics: "I'm sprung/Dog she got me"
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10. Jimi Hendrix: "Purple Haze"
Wrong lyrics: "Excuse me while I kiss this guy"
Right lyrics: "Excuse me while I kiss the sky"
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11. Lil Nas X: "Old Town Road"
Wrong lyrics: "I'm gonna take my horse to the hotel room"
Right lyrics: "I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road"
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12. Mary J. Blige: "Not Gon' Cry"
Wrong lyrics: "I was your lover and your secretare"
Right Lyrics: "I was your lover and your secretary"
