"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.
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
I'm talking to my ladies across the world
Are you looking for a pl-pl-playa? Tell me, what's the word?
To the east side, I roll to the west side of town
I came to represent and show you how I get down
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
Talking-talking to my fa-fa-fellas, across the sea
I heard ya looking for a cu-cu-cutie, so it must be me
I came to party, there's no doubt
Aaliyah's gonna show you how, to turn this mother out, yeah
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey (hey)
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey (bad girl, bad girl)
Bad girl (ahh, beep, beep, ooh)
Talking 'bout a bad, bad girl (ahh, beep, beep, ooh)
I ain't nothin' but a
Ba-bad girl (ahh, beep, beep, ooh)
Talking 'bout a bad bad girl (ahh, beep, beep, ooh)
You damn-damn, skip-skippy
If the track is like paper, I'm guaranteed to rip it
Smells good here sniff it
I'm lifted, nigga, no I ain't also gifted
I'ma let Tim mix it, hit it, hit-hit-hit it
Aaliyah, the L-I-Y-A-H
Step to me mistakably, phatalicious, make three wishes
Track-track, dirty like dishes
Hi, hi, hi, hee, hee, hee, hi
Hee, hee, hee, hi, hi, hi, hi, oh my
Uh, breakdown, ha, can ya feel us?
All the ladies can ya feel us?
All the fellas can ya feel us?
All the ladies can ya feel us? Uh
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
Uh, what? One time for your mind
Aaliyah and Blackground
We doing our thing, just for y'all
Timbaland, saying ow
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
I'm talking to my ladies across the world
Are you looking for a pl-pl-playa? Tell me, what's the word?
To the east side, I roll to the west side of town
I came to represent and show you how I get down
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
Talking-talking to my fa-fa-fellas, across the sea
I heard ya looking for a cu-cu-cutie, so it must be me
I came to party, there's no doubt
Aaliyah's gonna show you how, to turn this mother out, yeah
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey (hey)
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey (bad girl, bad girl)
Bad girl (ahh, beep, beep, ooh)
Talking 'bout a bad, bad girl (ahh, beep, beep, ooh)
I ain't nothin' but a
Ba-bad girl (ahh, beep, beep, ooh)
Talking 'bout a bad bad girl (ahh, beep, beep, ooh)
You damn-damn, skip-skippy
If the track is like paper, I'm guaranteed to rip it
Smells good here sniff it
I'm lifted, nigga, no I ain't also gifted
I'ma let Tim mix it, hit it, hit-hit-hit it
Aaliyah, the L-I-Y-A-H
Step to me mistakably, phatalicious, make three wishes
Track-track, dirty like dishes
Hi, hi, hi, hee, hee, hee, hi
Hee, hee, hee, hi, hi, hi, hi, oh my
Uh, breakdown, ha, can ya feel us?
All the ladies can ya feel us?
All the fellas can ya feel us?
All the ladies can ya feel us? Uh
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my ladies in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
If my fellas in the house tonight, let me hear you say, hey
Uh, what? One time for your mind
Aaliyah and Blackground
We doing our thing, just for y'all
Timbaland, saying ow
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