Most Controversial Song Lyrics Ever Released
Let's cut to the chase: So many artists have penned controversial and outrageous song lyrics over the years. Like, horrific. Here's a look back at some of the most shocking:
1. 'Playin' with the pussy ain't enough / Imma treat it like Rihanna, bitch / Call me Chris Brown' — Glasses Malone on '#Rihanna'
2. 'In about three years, holla at me Miley Cyrus' — Mack Maine on Young Money's 'Every Girl'
3. 'Put Molly all in her champagne / She ain't even know it / I took her home and I enjoyed that / She ain't even know it' — Rick Ross on Rocko's 'U.O.E.N.O'
4. "I be fuckin' broads like I be fuckin' bored / Turn a dyke bitch out, have her fuckin' boys" — A$AP Rocky on "Fuckin' Problems"
5. "How I'm antisemitic? I just fucked a Jewish bitch" — Kanye "Ye" West on "VULTURES" with Ty Dolla $ign
6. 'I hate these blurred lines / I know you want it' — Robin Thicke on 'Blurred Lines'
7. 'First you find a house and scope it out / Find a Chinese neighbourhood, 'cause they don't believe in bank accounts' — YG on 'Meet the Flockers'
8. 'Age ain't nothing but a number / Throwing down ain't nothing but a thing / This loving I have for you / It'll never change' — Aaliyah on "Age Ain't Nothing But A Number," which was written by R. Kelly
9. 'Don't touch what you can't grab / End up with two backhands / Put anthrax on a Tampax / And slap you 'til you can't stand' — Eminem on 'Superman'
10. 'I don't care if you're just 13 / You look too good to be true / I just know that you're probably clean / There's one little thing I got to do to you / Jailbait, you look so good to me' — Ted Nugent on 'Jailbait'
11. 'I'm a runaway slave master / Shittin' on the past, gotta spit it like a pastor' — Iggy Azalea on 'D.R.U.G.S'
12. 'At break of day when that man drove away I was waiting / I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door / She stood there laughing / I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more' — Tom Jones on 'Delilah'
13. 'She's only seventeen (Seventeen) / Daddy says she's too young / But she's old enough for me' — Winger on 'Seventeen'
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