"Zombie" is about the ethno-political conflict in Ireland. This is obvious if you know anything of the singer (Dolores O'Riordan)'s Irish heritage and understood the "1916" Easter Rising reference.
"Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken
-
Another mother's breaking
Heart is taking over"
Laments the Warrington bomb attacks in which two children were fatally injured on March 23rd, 1993. Twelve year old Tim Parry was taken off life support with permission from his mother after five days in the hospital, virtually braindead.
"But you see it's not me
It's not my family"
References how people who are not directly involved with the violence feel about it. They are "zombies" without sympathy who refuse to take action while others suffer.
[ Spinderella ]
Antoinette, what's up, girl?
How you doin?
[ Antoinette ]
Yo, what's up, Spin, what's up, Pep, what y'all doin?
[ Pepa ]
Chillin, chillin, chillin
[ Spinderella ]
I mean I was alright until this jerk tried to pinch my butt
[ Pepa ]
I almost smacked him for it
[ Antoinette ]
Word?
[ Spinderella ]
Yeah, he bugged out, bugged out
[ Antoinette ]
...see what you sayin
Cause honey, these days some guys, honey, they just never get enough
[ Spinderella ]
Sho nuff
[ Pepa ]
That's what I'm sayin
1-2, here we go
To Washington, D.C.'s (Go! Go!)
Slow - tempo
Guys, if you're cool, I'll please ya
But since I got a big old butt, I'ma tease ya
With somethin def that I bring for
You and yours truly, so let me ring your
Bell inside this place tonight
And my body is yours, fellas, right?
Psych
[ guy 1 ]
Never get enough
[ guy 2 ]
Aw
[ guy 1 ]
Of that sweet foxy thing
[ guy 2 ]
She is foxy, you know she's she foxy
[ guy 1 ]
I want her all the time, youknowmsayin?
...cause yo
I never get enough
Of that sweet lovely thing
I just got to make her mine
Now let's get back to this smooth groove
With rhymes cool enough, they'll soothe
With looks good enough to quench your
Thirst, and if it's not good enough, I'll drench ya
(Yeah, go head, girl) (Go, go)
But what he wants to - no, no, no
I can't let him play me
So - ehm, why don't you say we
(?Sit us in a cell?) back up off me
You ain't the tea, so smell the coffee
And if I got a song I'll sing mines
If my butt looks tight in my jeans, yo, I swing mines
Touch my body, I call your bluff
Cause some guys just never get enough
[ guy 2 ]
And she called your bluff, money
[ guy 1 ]
My bluff?
[ guy 2 ]
Mh-hm
[ guy 1 ]
Oh man
Never get enough
Of that sweet foxy thing
I just want it all the time
Never get enough
Of that sweet lovely, lovely thing
If I get her, I make her mine
Let's go
Let's go after her, come on, let's go
(Yo, he wants it) Sure, he can have my autograph
(He don't want that!) Well, then I think I oughta laugh
Cause guys will play like they love you
Give em an inch and they think they're above you
And that's the chance for him to diss me
And for a girl like moi, that is risky
That's why I gotta come on tough
But some guys - they just never get enough!
[ guy 1 ]
Never get enough
Of that sweet foxy thing
[ guy 2 ]
I just gotta make her mine
Why can't she see?
[ guy 1 ]
I never get enough
Of that sweet, sweet foxy thing
Once again, here we go
To Washington, D.C.'s (Go! Go!)
Slow - tempo
Guys, if you're cool, I'll please ya
But since I got a big old butt, I'ma tease ya
With somethin def that I bring for
You and yours truly, so let me ring your
Bell inside this place tonight
We gonna end it like this -
Psych
D.C.
(Never get enough)
N.Y.C.
(Go, go!)
Chicago
(Never get enough)
L.A.
(Go, go!)
Detroit
(Never get enough)
Houston
(Go, go!)
Virginia
(Never get enough)
The Carolinas
(Go, go!)
Philly
(Never get enough)
Boston
(Go, go!)
Europe
(Never get enough)
And the rest: peace
See ya
Antoinette, what's up, girl?
How you doin?
[ Antoinette ]
Yo, what's up, Spin, what's up, Pep, what y'all doin?
[ Pepa ]
Chillin, chillin, chillin
[ Spinderella ]
I mean I was alright until this jerk tried to pinch my butt
[ Pepa ]
I almost smacked him for it
[ Antoinette ]
Word?
[ Spinderella ]
Yeah, he bugged out, bugged out
[ Antoinette ]
...see what you sayin
Cause honey, these days some guys, honey, they just never get enough
[ Spinderella ]
Sho nuff
[ Pepa ]
That's what I'm sayin
1-2, here we go
To Washington, D.C.'s (Go! Go!)
Slow - tempo
Guys, if you're cool, I'll please ya
But since I got a big old butt, I'ma tease ya
With somethin def that I bring for
You and yours truly, so let me ring your
Bell inside this place tonight
And my body is yours, fellas, right?
Psych
[ guy 1 ]
Never get enough
[ guy 2 ]
Aw
[ guy 1 ]
Of that sweet foxy thing
[ guy 2 ]
She is foxy, you know she's she foxy
[ guy 1 ]
I want her all the time, youknowmsayin?
...cause yo
I never get enough
Of that sweet lovely thing
I just got to make her mine
Now let's get back to this smooth groove
With rhymes cool enough, they'll soothe
With looks good enough to quench your
Thirst, and if it's not good enough, I'll drench ya
(Yeah, go head, girl) (Go, go)
But what he wants to - no, no, no
I can't let him play me
So - ehm, why don't you say we
(?Sit us in a cell?) back up off me
You ain't the tea, so smell the coffee
And if I got a song I'll sing mines
If my butt looks tight in my jeans, yo, I swing mines
Touch my body, I call your bluff
Cause some guys just never get enough
[ guy 2 ]
And she called your bluff, money
[ guy 1 ]
My bluff?
[ guy 2 ]
Mh-hm
[ guy 1 ]
Oh man
Never get enough
Of that sweet foxy thing
I just want it all the time
Never get enough
Of that sweet lovely, lovely thing
If I get her, I make her mine
Let's go
Let's go after her, come on, let's go
(Yo, he wants it) Sure, he can have my autograph
(He don't want that!) Well, then I think I oughta laugh
Cause guys will play like they love you
Give em an inch and they think they're above you
And that's the chance for him to diss me
And for a girl like moi, that is risky
That's why I gotta come on tough
But some guys - they just never get enough!
[ guy 1 ]
Never get enough
Of that sweet foxy thing
[ guy 2 ]
I just gotta make her mine
Why can't she see?
[ guy 1 ]
I never get enough
Of that sweet, sweet foxy thing
Once again, here we go
To Washington, D.C.'s (Go! Go!)
Slow - tempo
Guys, if you're cool, I'll please ya
But since I got a big old butt, I'ma tease ya
With somethin def that I bring for
You and yours truly, so let me ring your
Bell inside this place tonight
We gonna end it like this -
Psych
D.C.
(Never get enough)
N.Y.C.
(Go, go!)
Chicago
(Never get enough)
L.A.
(Go, go!)
Detroit
(Never get enough)
Houston
(Go, go!)
Virginia
(Never get enough)
The Carolinas
(Go, go!)
Philly
(Never get enough)
Boston
(Go, go!)
Europe
(Never get enough)
And the rest: peace
See ya
Lyrics submitted by Ice
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