nanana come on.

feels so good being bad,
there's no way i'm turning back.
now the pain is for pleasure,
cuz nothing could measure.

love is great, love is fine.
out the box, outta line.
the affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more.

cuz i may be bad, but i'm perfectly good at it.
sex in the air, i don't care, i love the smell of it.
sticks and stones may break my bones but
chains and whips excite me.

i like it like it come on.

love is great, love is fine.
out the box, outta line.
the affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more.

cuz i may be bad, but i'm perfectly good at it.
sex in the air, i don't care, i love the smell of it.
sticks and stones may break my bones but
chains and whips excite me.

s s s and m m m
s s s and m m m
ohhh,
i love the feeling you bring to me,
oh when you turn me on.
it's exactly what i venured in for,
give it to me strong and meet me in my boudoir
make my body say AH AH AH!
i like it like it.

cuz i may be bad, but i'm perfectly good at it.
sex in the air, i don't care, i love the smell of it.
sticks and stones may break my bones but
chains and whips excite me.

cuz i may be bad, but i'm perfectly good at it.
sex in the air, i don't care, i love the smell of it.
sticks and stones may break my bones but
chains and whips excite me.

i like it like it come on.

s s s and m m m
s s s and m m m
s s s and m m m
s s s and m m m



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Track duration: 04:04


S&M song meanings
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    General Comment:Idk why I'm just noticing this but in reference to the S
    Flag sapphireszon July 23, 2012   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:In reference to the video for S
    Flag sapphireszon July 23, 2012   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning:S&M, Rihanna said, was her favourite video to make. I love it, the themes of the song are clear, the media is attacking her by calling her all of these names (displayed in the video) but she 'likes it', because it's making her stronger 'The affliction of the feeling leaves me wanting more'

    She acknowledges her behaviour 'I may be bad, but I'm perfectly good at it' - This is me, whether you like it or not.

    'Sticks and stones may break my bones but chains and whips excite me' - I feel like she's likening the media's attempts to attack her, to using chains and whips on her, and infact, she enjoys it, so they should keep doing it! 'The pain is my pleasure, and nothing can measure'

    The childish wording with sticks and stones goes well with the video, the colour scheme is brightly coloured, rather childish, she is tied up in liquorice as well, and licking ice cream.
    Flag MelodyUKon December 28, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:in my opinion rihanna is right to be sarcastic after what shes been through its good to laugh and let the world know that you can get over what you've been through. it happends that the media alsways talks but never knows the facts mostly about someone's life this song has great meaning of why they shouldnt talk about her shes a sweetheart people should know better than to catogorize her about being like that!!!!
    Flag star69on November 30, 2011   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:Erm I'm a seventh-grader and luv this song am i too young? but im reee-ahnna's fan.
    Flag CaramelFudgeon November 02, 2011   Link
  • +3
    General Comment:i love this song, almost got a speeding ticket for it haha
    Hope they don't play it to death (but they usually do)
    Flag Udahoon May 24, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:The song is literally about sex, but I also remember talking about this song in an interview and she talked about how its also her being sarcastic. The media has painted her as a girl who enjoys abuse (i.e. her relationship with chris) and all she is becoming this sex symbol, so she in a sense was playing into it with the song and poking fun at all those things and sarcastically saying she is all those things and saying she is all about sex, to get the point across that people feed into what the media says about celebrities too much.
    Flag Srslysylviaaon May 06, 2011   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:Yeah... Rihanna's the one w/ the Chris Brown problem, right? This is fucked up.
    Flag Cindyloulouon May 01, 2011   Link
  • +3
    My Opinion:Am I the only one who doesn't "buy" baby-faced, squeaky-voiced Rihanna singing about S&M? They're just trying to market her as hard-edged to keep up with the Lady Gagas, Ke$has, etc. But c'mon, Rihanna is about as badass as Snow White.
    Flag callalillyon April 25, 2011   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:I think she mad at the press because of her public privacy. She want to teach them there are things would be better not to know.
    Flag Danieladon March 24, 2011   Link

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