r/SongRecommendations • u/jordankch • 13h ago
Amazing songs with questionable lyrics
• "I Saw Her Standing There" by The Beatles. A seminal Beatles classic and literally the first song in their first album. One Paul still performs to this day, but opens with "she was just seventeen / you know what I mean" sheesh
• "Poison" by Bell Biv Devoe. A classic and one of my favorite rap songs of all time. But on no occasion is it ok to say "never trust a big butt and a smile, that girl is poison"
• "96,000" from In The Heights. One of the greatest songs in Broadway history, but why the hell does Benny say "Donald Trump and I on the links"???? In no occasion should any reasonable person wanna be friends with him. This only gets a pass since Trump wasn't a politician in the time of the writing of the song, but still... this aged poorly.
What are some of your examples where you listen to and like the song, but when that one lyric shows up you're like... dang.