10 Songs You Didn't Know Were Dirty As A Kid

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When you listen to old songs with new, grown up ears, it’s almost mind blowing to realize that most of your favorite tracks as a kid had surprisingly deceptive and dirty lyrics.

A few of the songs had lyrics that were obviously euphemisms for sex and drugs — but as a kid, sometimes the beat would take over your soul or the hook would be so catchy that nothing else matters. Like these, for example:

Next – “Too Close”

Hidden Meaning: Dancing wayyyy too close at a party

Lyrics that give it away:

I wonder if she could tell I’m hard right now, hmmm

Step back you’re dancing kinda close /I feel a little poke coming through…On you

D’Angelo – “Brown Sugar”

Hidden meaning: D’Angelo’s love for weed

Lyrics that give it away:

See, we be making love constantly/ That’s why my eyes are a shade blood burgundy

Brown Sugar babe, I gets high off your love/ I don’t know how to behave

Hit the flip for more songs that decieved our young ears as kids.

The Village People – “Y.M.C.A.”

Hidden Meaning: Allegedly about the YMCA’s reputation as a popular hookup spot for young gay men.

Lyrics that give it away:

Young man, there’s a place you can go /I said, young man, when you’re short on your dough

You can stay there, and I’m sure you will find / Many ways to have a good time

Blackstreet – “No Diggity”

Hidden Meaning: Hooking up with a promiscuous who has no shame in her game

Lyrics that give it away:

Baby got ’em up open all over town/ Strictly biz, she don’t play around/ Cover much ground, got game by the pound

Getting paid is her forte/ Each and every day, true player way

Pointer Sisters – “I’m So Excited”

Hidden Meaning: She’s looking forward to a sexual encounter

Lyrics that give it away:

I want to love you, feel you, wrap myself around you / I want to squeeze you, please you, I just can’t get enough

And if you move real slow, I’ll let it go

Rick James – “Mary Jane”

Hidden Meaning: He loves his marijuana

Lyrics that give it away:

And when I’m feeling low, She comes as no surprise/ Turns me on with her love, Takes me to paradise

TLC – “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg”

Hidden Meaning: The ladies aren’t afraid to ask for sex when they want it

Lyrics that give it away:

Yo if I need it in the morning or the middle of the night, I ain’t 2 proud 2 beg / If the lovin’ is strong then he got it goin’ on

Two inches or a yard, rock hard or if it’s sagging

Kelis – “Milkshake”

Hidden Meaning: A Euphemism For Oral Sex

Lyrics that give it away:

Just replace the word “Milkshake” with the slang term for oral sex.

Rihanna – “Shut Up And Drive”

Hidden Meaning: Sex

Lyrics that give it away:

I’ve been lookin’ for a driver who is qualified, So if you think that you’re the one step into my ride

Can you handle the curves? Can you run all the lights? If you can baby boy then we can go all night

Aaliyah – “Rock The Boat”

Hidden Meaning- Changing positions during sex

Lyrics that give it away:

I feel like I’m on dope, ‘Cause you serve me on a regular / Boy you gotta stroke, Before drifting me deeper

Work the middle, work the middle, Work the middle, work the middle / Change positions, new positions / New positions, new positions

(now stroke it baby)