compendium of bizarre lyrical substitutions in clean versions of songs

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always find it amusing when someone cleans up the lyrics to a song and it ceases to make sense or it becomes 3000% funnier. please exclude covers of songs that clean up the lyrics, just the "radio version" or "clean version" of existing group's song.

like...

Riskay-"Smell Yo Dick" became "something's going on, can I smell that chick?"

In "Oochie Wally", the line "I like head in the benz the four door or the coupe" verse, at least on my radio station, replaced the word "head" with "face" ("I like FACE in the studio the bathroom or the booth").

Dr Dre - "Fuck Wit Dre Day" replaces all of the 'dick in mouth' lyrics with 'gat in mouth', so now it's "gap teeth in ya mouth, so my gat's got to fit", or "I'm hollerin' 187 with my gat in your mouth"

waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 19:45 (two years ago)

"wap" is the ultimate one. the clean edit ("wet and gushy) manages to feel 200% ickier than the original.

avatár the way of watár (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 19:47 (two years ago)

I do also enjoy Jay-Z's Big Pimpin' going from "You know I/thug em, hug em/love and leave him" , the 'hug em' part makes me laugh. A pimp that enjoys cuddling!

waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 19:52 (two years ago)

sorry, the comparison lyric obv is "you know I thug em, fuck em, love em leave em"

waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 19:52 (two years ago)

"It's All Rite" by Barbara Markay replaces all instances of "fuck" and "suck" with "truck"

frogbs, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 20:03 (two years ago)

Grateful Dead - Keep on Fuckin'

waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 20:04 (two years ago)

when I was younger my friend discovered one of the lesser used meaning of "jazz" to mean to have sex with someone, so he kept calling Fresh Prince's partner "DJ Fucky Jeff" for about a year

waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 20:05 (two years ago)

Hi kids! Do you like Primus?

MarkoP, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 20:15 (two years ago)

HA!!!

I was so surprised when I bought the album and heard the real lyric - and yet weirdly it makes more sense, because Nine Inch Nails makes sense as a logical progression from Primus.

waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 20:16 (two years ago)

this exists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOzAuR9crKs

inexplicable. unforgivable. essential.

up and down. SO FAST! stay together.💙 (Austin), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 20:22 (two years ago)

(2pac feat outlawz — "hit em up (clean)")

up and down. SO FAST! stay together.💙 (Austin), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 20:23 (two years ago)

KICK OUT THE JAMS brothersandsisters!

m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 21:33 (two years ago)

don't want to get caught up in the
funky kicks going down in the city

henry s, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 21:40 (two years ago)

Creep with me, as I crawl through the hood
Maniac, lunatic, call me Snoop Eastwood
Kicking dust as I bust, fuck peace
And, the motherfuckin' punk police

becomes

Creep with me as I crawl through the hood
Maniac, lunatic, call him Snoop Eastwood
Kickin' dust as I bust police
And, you'll never hear me hollerin' 'bout "Peace"

clean version clearly better

INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 21:43 (two years ago)


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