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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, 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
It ruins up her makeup and never wanna give
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 and never wanna give
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 a sieve
It still ruins her makeup and never want to give
Nobody ever told her it's the wrong way
Don't be afraid with the quickness, you get laid
For your family, 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
It ruins up her makeup and never wanna give
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 and never wanna give
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 a sieve
It still ruins her makeup and never want to give
Lyrics submitted by The Big Andowski, edited by daystar07, Natalie21, ParanoidAndroid8
Wrong Way Lyrics as written by Eric John Wilson Bradley James Nowell
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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This girl is definitely "twelve year's old." It's the first line in the freaking song. He murders her father (or talks her into doing it) and does really freaky stuff to her for a while, all the while excusing himself by saying he was helping her. To top it off, after having his way with her (it definitely is "gizz" and not "tears"), he sends her packing, probably for some combination of not being grateful enough to him and/or refusing to do something sexual.
"She wouldn't take it," SHE's the one crying. People, the girl doesn't abandon the guy, the guy tosses a twelve year old girl out after basically raping her repeatedly and totally ruining what would have already been an awful life. This might be the most horrifying song I've ever heard. The "protagonist" in this song is a really awful human being, but these kinds of characters are everywhere in Sublime's music.
That said, the song is catchy as hell. Just think twice about singing along where there are people.
@lemikam I'm sorry but I really think you misread the song. The first verse is showing how the girl became "a whore". In that verse, she is 12-years old, and in two years she will become a whore. During the rest of the song, she is already a whore. Therefore, she is now at least 14 years old.<br /> <br /> Also, he definitely says "tears", not "gizz". (He clearly pronounces the "ee" sound.) Nowhere in the song does it suggest he is "basically raping her repeatedly".<br /> <br /> The narrator is definitely trying to help the girl. But he regrets doing it "the wrong way", by killing her father. He encourages to come away with him and see America. But ultimately she leaves him ("she took a hike it don't matter if I like it or not"), and she still she hasn't been able to escape her sadness.
Also we don't know that the narrator killed her father. It says that he WANTED to kill the father, not that he did. Or he asked the girl if she wanted to kill her father. The guy clearly didn't force her to do anything. <br /> <br /> The narrator is trying to save the girl from life as a 14-year-old prostitute working for her dad. It's not working because in her country, this is normal... it's not horrifying to people in her country like it is to people in America. The narrator definitely wants to help her, she just doesn't want to be helped.