The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Obey me
I sneak up on me
I shed my shh
My shock, my body clear
Obey me, poison
Obey me, obey me
I sneak up on me
I shed my shh
My shock, my body clear
Obey me, poison
Obey me, obey me
Where's your heat at?
It won't lit
I'm not surprised, check your thermostat, no digits
I drop a dime, you can have that, collect your tip
Go buy a rhyme and bring my cash back, you broke-ass bitch
I sneak up on me
I shed my shh
My shock, my body clear
Obey me, poison
Never betray me, oh and while you're at it
Double my inhibitor, I can't hack it
Be my buffer, my habit hunger havoc
I digress, I can't live in this contagion
I spread into incisions on occasion
Heavily stricken, witness visions
Omens wall-to-wall followed by a loss of any and all symptoms
It won't lit
You're like, "hold on, fuck, it won't lit"
Stay put, you're the wrong one, bitch don't fit
Too shook, your flows of blood, this won't hit
Got no hook, true or false, though you can't spit
Bitter face, Frida Kahlo the Costco remix, you're a case
All you got though free shit, what a waste
How can you not know?
So which is it, love or hate?
You'd rather not know why shit won't lit, fucks hesitate
I sneak up on me
I shed my shh
My shock, my body clear
Obey me, poison
Obey me, obey me
I sneak up on me
I shed my shh
My shock, my body clear
Obey me, poison
Obey me, obey me
Didn't mean to, I, I
Just assumed it'd be you, I, I
Never knew no idea, I, I
Was confused, excuses
It won't lit's a Rubik's Cubicle
For the new cog to chew off
To sulk with and flask on
How the sick with it put my mask on
Zach hit them off like, "it won't lit," they shit bricks
BB-poltergiest don't touch this, don't insist
Favorite the copyright then go home, bitch, no homeless
I'm in your house like, "oh shit, I own this"
I'll kick your ass out, don't bitch, bitch, it's winter, bitch
Take my trash out real quick or live in it
Where's my cash-out promo slip?
I'm skipping shit
When I'm tacked out, my it won't lit's it won't lit
I sneak up on me
I shed my shh
My shock, my body clear
Obey me, poison
Obey me, obey me
I sneak up on me
I shed my shh
My shock, my body clear
Obey me, poison
Obey me, obey me
Where's your heat at?
It won't lit
I'm not surprised, check your thermostat, no digits
I drop a dime, you can have that, collect your tip
Go buy a rhyme and bring my cash back, you broke-ass bitch
I sneak up on me
I shed my shh
My shock, my body clear
Obey me, poison
Never betray me, oh and while you're at it
Double my inhibitor, I can't hack it
Be my buffer, my habit hunger havoc
I digress, I can't live in this contagion
I spread into incisions on occasion
Heavily stricken, witness visions
Omens wall-to-wall followed by a loss of any and all symptoms
It won't lit
You're like, "hold on, fuck, it won't lit"
Stay put, you're the wrong one, bitch don't fit
Too shook, your flows of blood, this won't hit
Got no hook, true or false, though you can't spit
Bitter face, Frida Kahlo the Costco remix, you're a case
All you got though free shit, what a waste
How can you not know?
So which is it, love or hate?
You'd rather not know why shit won't lit, fucks hesitate
I sneak up on me
I shed my shh
My shock, my body clear
Obey me, poison
Obey me, obey me
I sneak up on me
I shed my shh
My shock, my body clear
Obey me, poison
Obey me, obey me
Didn't mean to, I, I
Just assumed it'd be you, I, I
Never knew no idea, I, I
Was confused, excuses
It won't lit's a Rubik's Cubicle
For the new cog to chew off
To sulk with and flask on
How the sick with it put my mask on
Zach hit them off like, "it won't lit," they shit bricks
BB-poltergiest don't touch this, don't insist
Favorite the copyright then go home, bitch, no homeless
I'm in your house like, "oh shit, I own this"
I'll kick your ass out, don't bitch, bitch, it's winter, bitch
Take my trash out real quick or live in it
Where's my cash-out promo slip?
I'm skipping shit
When I'm tacked out, my it won't lit's it won't lit
Lyrics submitted by BIRDDUDE830
BB Poison Lyrics as written by Zachary Charles Hill Stefan Corbin Burnett
Lyrics © WARP MUSIC LIMITED
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