Sublime – Wrong Way

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Annie's twelve years old in two more she'll be a whore
Nobody ever told her it's the wrong way
Don't be afraid with the quickness you get laid
For your family'll get paid
It's the wrong way

I gave her all that I had to give
I'm gonna make it hard to live
Salty tears running down to her chin
And the ruins up her makeup I never wanna live

A cigarette pressed between her lips
But I'm staring at her tits
It's the wrong way
Strong if I can but I am only a man
So I take her to the can
It's the wrong way

The only family that she's ever had
Is the seven horny brothers and a drunk-ass dad
He needed money so he put her on the street
Everything was going fine till the day she met me

Happy are you sad, want to shoot your dad
I'll do anything I can it's the wrong way
We talked all night and tried to make it right
Believe me shit was tight
It was the wrong way

So run away if you don't want to stay
'Cause I ain't here to make you, oh no
It's up to you what you really want to do
Spend some time in America
Dubstyle

She'll give you all that she got to give
But I'm gonna make it hard to live
Big salty tears running down to her chin
And it smears of her makeup I never wanna live
So we ran away
And I'm sorry when I say that straight to this very day
It was the wrong way
She took a hike it don't matter if I like it or not
Because she only wants the wrong way

I gave her all that I had to give
She still wouldn't take it, whoa no
Her two brown eyes are leaking like salty tears
It still ruins her makeup and never want to give

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Lyrics submitted by The Big Andowski

Track duration: 02:16

"Wrong Way" as written by Bradley James Nowell, Eric John Wilson, Floyd I. Gaugh Iv

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:You are all idiots. He's talking about buttsex before it was even mainstream today. It's certainly the "wrong way" to do a girl, because anal sex is the dirtiest thing you could do with your penis. The right way would be to do her in her vag. Otherwise I agree with RKMaroon.
    Flagged drfriskeron April 10, 2012   Link
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    Song Meaning:This song is sad, it's about a girl who doesn't want to be helped or rather can't be helped, she feels drawn to the wrong way all the time and doesn't feel she deserves him and his help or deserve to be rescued.
    He then just realizes that he's done all he can to try to save her but wants her so much that he takes advantage of her as everyone else does and she lets him.

    Some people are like this, they're auto-destructive and can't/won't be helped.
    Flag Sublemonon March 13, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Strong if I can, but I am only a man
    So I take her to the can
    It's the right way?
    Flag justchronic420on May 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:It seems to me that it is more of a fantasy that hes singing about. None of these things occur until Annie reaches whoredom two years into the future. Shes currently twelve and wont be a whore until fourteen. He knows her and about her fucked up life, predicts she'll be on the street in two years, then he will take advantage of her situation. He will then feel remorseful and try to be a hero and attempt to "save" her. She will reject the help. (Probably because he took advantage of her she considers him part of the problem). When she declines his help it removes his guilt because in his mind he tried and instead she CHOSE the wrong way.
    Flag RKMaroonon April 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with most of you, this song is most definatly about how he wants to help this girl out of her crappy family and out of the streets. But can't really becasue,"Strong if I can, but I am only a man". And as we all know, men usualy think with there "other" head. And instesad of helping her out, like he wanted to, he wound up making things worse.
    Flag Alicia159701549on February 16, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:"take her to the can" that means the toilet. so he takes her into the toilet to shoot heroin.
    there u go, that's free advice.

    Flag nerdflanderson January 09, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:why dont you contact the guys from sublime.
    and ask them
    Flag nerdflanderson January 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:YOU'RE TALKING SHIT. HE SAYS BIG SALTY TEARS YOU MOTHER FUCKERS. IF HE SADI IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUTED FROM THE VIDEO LIKE TITS AND SHIT THAT ARE MENTIONED.
    THE GIRL IN THE VIDEO IS BIJOU PHILLIPS.
    Flag nerdflanderson January 09, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:It IS Jizz, listen to it dammit.
    And I'm guessing "so I take her to the can" is talking about her giving him a blumpkin. Sexy.
    Flag RiotGrrrrrlon January 08, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:First off she's 12 but when she's 14 shell be a whore
    Secondly listen to the non finalized studio versions of wrong way, I believe an original copy is "new world Jamaica"
    Third point Yes the worlds fucked but u try to make it better but in the end with some things no matter how much you try things still go the wrong way
    And finally there are 320 songs with maybe 150ish unique songs, the rest are duplicates, pay attention, there is a much deeper meaning than what the surface shows.

    This is one of many reasons I love sublime, just listen to the tracks and the duplicates, you can see his original meaning versus all of the studio appropriate meanings.
    Flagged Nate0am0i0a0badfish0tooon October 20, 2009   Link

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