Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
If you don't wanna dance
I can find me somebody else that do, do
If you don't wanna dance
What you here for girl? You need to move, move
If you don't wanna dance
Then it's best you turn this off right now
'Cause I am the B-O-W-W-O-W
And it's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go
It's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
I choose you, ooh
Little kids love me like Santa Clause
And I'm under twenty-one wit' a Phantom, boss
Dangerous like Vick, I call the play
Run, pass, shawty I can hand it off
You know I run wit' a crew that ain't ever lost
We young, we rich and we love to floss
You gotta pay the cost
To hear me breathe
Bow Wow representin' that DPG
Twenty-six inch chrome wit' a lake front home
Heavy in the hood, like straightening combs
I can have any girl in this world that I want
But I choose you, I choose you
But, uh
If you don't wanna dance
I can find me somebody else that do, do
If you don't wanna dance
What you here for girl? You need to move, move
If you don't wanna dance
Then it's best you turn this off right now
'Cause I am the B-O-W-W-O-W
And it's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go
It's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
I choose you, ooh
Bow Wow still holdin' the top spot
Roll in the hot drops
Been in control since I came out the box
And I sell like rocks in the '80s
Number one just like Tracy McGrady
This young thug
Can't none y'all see me, fade me
Keep cash money like Baby
I'm crazy, if I must say so
And I lust for the dough
Push 'em every time I bust my flow
I'm a blessed young man
And the best young man that you very heard rock befo'
I can have any girl in this world that I want
But I choose you, I choose you
But, uh
If you don't wanna dance
I can find me somebody else that do, do
If you don't wanna dance
What you here for girl? You need to move, move
If you don't wanna dance
Then it's best you turn this off right now
'Cause I am the B-O-W-W-O-W
And it's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go
It's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down) (uh-huh)
Go, go, go, go (down) Bow Wow, let me get some)
I choose you, ooh
I'm the wrong one for you to be tryin' to race wit'
And face it dog, ain't no replacement
I made a few mill' off of somethin' that I started in the basement
Y'all shoulda never let me taste it
Back when n- was wearin' Asics
I ain't just do it, I aced it
I'm rich but I'm still tryna chase it
That's why everything I do, I lace it
Two Bentleys, a hundred grand for the bracelet
To you that's a a lot but to me that's basic
And it's so many girls out there
But I choose you, I choose you
But, uh
If you don't wanna dance
I can find me somebody else that do, do
If you don't wanna dance
What you here for girl? You need to move, move
If you don't wanna dance
Then it's best you turn this off right now
'Cause I am the B-O-W-W-O-W
And it's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go
It's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
I choose you, ooh
If you don't wanna dance
I can find me somebody else that do, do
If you don't wanna dance
What you here for girl? You need to move, move
If you don't wanna dance
Then it's best you turn this off right now
'Cause I am the B-O-W-W-O-W
And it's about to
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
(I choose you, ooh)
I can find me somebody else that do, do
If you don't wanna dance
What you here for girl? You need to move, move
If you don't wanna dance
Then it's best you turn this off right now
'Cause I am the B-O-W-W-O-W
And it's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go
It's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
I choose you, ooh
Little kids love me like Santa Clause
And I'm under twenty-one wit' a Phantom, boss
Dangerous like Vick, I call the play
Run, pass, shawty I can hand it off
You know I run wit' a crew that ain't ever lost
We young, we rich and we love to floss
You gotta pay the cost
To hear me breathe
Bow Wow representin' that DPG
Twenty-six inch chrome wit' a lake front home
Heavy in the hood, like straightening combs
I can have any girl in this world that I want
But I choose you, I choose you
But, uh
If you don't wanna dance
I can find me somebody else that do, do
If you don't wanna dance
What you here for girl? You need to move, move
If you don't wanna dance
Then it's best you turn this off right now
'Cause I am the B-O-W-W-O-W
And it's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go
It's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
I choose you, ooh
Bow Wow still holdin' the top spot
Roll in the hot drops
Been in control since I came out the box
And I sell like rocks in the '80s
Number one just like Tracy McGrady
This young thug
Can't none y'all see me, fade me
Keep cash money like Baby
I'm crazy, if I must say so
And I lust for the dough
Push 'em every time I bust my flow
I'm a blessed young man
And the best young man that you very heard rock befo'
I can have any girl in this world that I want
But I choose you, I choose you
But, uh
If you don't wanna dance
I can find me somebody else that do, do
If you don't wanna dance
What you here for girl? You need to move, move
If you don't wanna dance
Then it's best you turn this off right now
'Cause I am the B-O-W-W-O-W
And it's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go
It's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down) (uh-huh)
Go, go, go, go (down) Bow Wow, let me get some)
I choose you, ooh
I'm the wrong one for you to be tryin' to race wit'
And face it dog, ain't no replacement
I made a few mill' off of somethin' that I started in the basement
Y'all shoulda never let me taste it
Back when n- was wearin' Asics
I ain't just do it, I aced it
I'm rich but I'm still tryna chase it
That's why everything I do, I lace it
Two Bentleys, a hundred grand for the bracelet
To you that's a a lot but to me that's basic
And it's so many girls out there
But I choose you, I choose you
But, uh
If you don't wanna dance
I can find me somebody else that do, do
If you don't wanna dance
What you here for girl? You need to move, move
If you don't wanna dance
Then it's best you turn this off right now
'Cause I am the B-O-W-W-O-W
And it's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go
It's about to
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
Go, go, go, go (down)
I choose you, ooh
If you don't wanna dance
I can find me somebody else that do, do
If you don't wanna dance
What you here for girl? You need to move, move
If you don't wanna dance
Then it's best you turn this off right now
'Cause I am the B-O-W-W-O-W
And it's about to
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go
(I choose you, ooh)
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