This little bit is only one of many shocking Price lyrics:

I wanna fuck U so bad it hurts, it hurts, it hurts
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna fuck U
Yeah, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna wanna, I wanna fuck U
Look here Marsha, I'm not sayin' this just 2 be nasty
I sincerely wanna fuck the taste out of your mouth
Can U relate?

Then he follows that with this:

My girl's gone and she don't care at all
And if she did -- I wouldn't care. Let's ball

Whatever U heard about me is true
I change the rules and do what I wanna do
I'm in love with God, he's the only way
'Cuz U and I know we gotta die some day
If U think I'm crazy, you're probably right
But I'm gonna have fun every motherfuckin' night
If U like 2 fight, you're a double-drag fool
I'm goin' 2 another life, how 'bout U?

Talking about a contradiction.

How about "Abraham Lincoln was a racist"?

Didn't want to post it because I didn't want it to turn into "that" kind of a thread, but that line turned me off to Avalanche - it's a good song, so I listened to it several times, but then I just couldn't take that line. Especially as I've learned more about that era the mid-19th century America. Basically, everyone at that time knew the central issue that came to a head in the Civil War was slavery and whether you believed that some people were people who deserved the same rights upon which the country was founded, or whether you believed god ordained them to be beasts of burden; it's since the Civil War that a myth has developed that people were thinking about other things. Yes, federalism vs. states rights, economics (territory, cheap labor, industrialization, etc.), rural vs. urban, and many other issues were involved, but the contemporaries of the Civil War knew exactly what was on the line, and Lincoln knew his life was on the line. Someone had tried to assassinate President Jackson before and senators had physical fights w/ each other in congress, so it was not inconceivable that the president could be killed, especially during those very heady & tumultuous times. Mobs would break up abolitionist meetings and almost lynch these people - these white abolitionists (the Boston Riot of 1835). A person does put his life on the line, as well as a whole nation's, w/o deep, deep conviction.

There's a great article, the best I've read on the Civil War in a long time, written by a black historian, about how the narrative of the War has been hijacked in the time since.

http://www.theatlantic.co...-war/8831/

robertgeorgeakabob said:

that crap in extra lovable about rape is unforgivable.

It's extremely unfunny while it was meant as a joke. Big lyrical f... up

tmo1965 said:

This little bit is only one of many shocking Price lyrics:

I wanna fuck U so bad it hurts, it hurts, it hurts
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna fuck U
Yeah, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna wanna, I wanna fuck U
Look here Marsha, I'm not sayin' this just 2 be nasty
I sincerely wanna fuck the taste out of your mouth
Can U relate?

Then he follows that with this:

My girl's gone and she don't care at all
And if she did -- I wouldn't care. Let's ball

Whatever U heard about me is true
I change the rules and do what I wanna do
I'm in love with God, he's the only way
'Cuz U and I know we gotta die some day
If U think I'm crazy, you're probably right
But I'm gonna have fun every motherfuckin' night
If U like 2 fight, you're a double-drag fool
I'm goin' 2 another life, how 'bout U?

Talking about a contradiction.

The first part of this was the first thought that came to my mind, shocking, but back then . maybe??????

Mya said:

dseann said:

Have you ever wanted to play with someone so much you'd take anyone boy or girl. WTF?

That's not shocking to me. I find those lyrics extremely powerful and honest, you'd understand if you had ever felt what he was on about

I really don't know what he was "on about" but, powerful and honest didn't make it any less shocking to me. Back in the 80's "play" and "dance" in a Prince song meant the same thing .... fucking.

tmo1965 said:

This little bit is only one of many shocking Price lyrics:

I wanna fuck U so bad it hurts, it hurts, it hurts
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna fuck U
Yeah, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna wanna, I wanna fuck U
Look here Marsha, I'm not sayin' this just 2 be nasty
I sincerely wanna fuck the taste out of your mouth
Can U relate?

Then he follows that with this:

My girl's gone and she don't care at all
And if she did -- I wouldn't care. Let's ball

Whatever U heard about me is true
I change the rules and do what I wanna do
I'm in love with God, he's the only way
'Cuz U and I know we gotta die some day
If U think I'm crazy, you're probably right
But I'm gonna have fun every motherfuckin' night
If U like 2 fight, you're a double-drag fool
I'm goin' 2 another life, how 'bout U?

Talking about a contradiction.

the line preceding it acknowledges it.

All of the lyrics to 'Darling Nikki'.

Emancipation89 said:

As someone who got to listen to his catalogue after all the recent artists, I don't find his lyrics to be that shocking. I guess during the 80s they could've been very controversial. But even the songs that a lot of people think he was only trying to "shock" the audience with, he's actually singing about the real world we're living in today so to me he's someone who's keeping it real. That's why I don't understand when people say "oh he did this only to be controversial," because I think it just comes naturally for him..And I must say songs that have funny/dirty lyrics are the most catchy songs of his

But songs like Circle of Amour or Others Here With Us do make me go

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It's shocking because it's honest. It's easier to shout out a number of agressive cuss words to seem gangsta than to actuall say something with honesty. It's a hell of alot more naked thing to do.