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  • Epileptic Trees: The meaning of "do the Rambo" from "We Want Some Pussy" has long been a subject of debate. Common theories include having sex with a virgin (drawing First Blood) or smearing various bodily fluids onto one's face like Rambo's camo paint.
  • Fair for Its Day: "If You Believe In Having Sex" has Luke shout out to the "bulldaggers" and "faggots" in the audience. While yelling homophobic slurs like that isn't acceptable anymore, in the context of the song, he's only using those words to invite non-straight people to join in the dick-and-pussy-sucking that the song is about, rather than as an insult.
  • Fetish Retardant: The abundant hypersexuality of their songs can be a huge turn off to some.
  • Older Than They Think: In re the Wrongfully Attributed item on the main page: The words "me so horny" appeared in the song "Lonesome Cowboy Burt" from Frank Zappa's album and movie 200 Motels back in 1971.
    "Come out here to Californy
    Just to find me some pretty girls
    The ones I've seen gets me so horny
    Ruby lips and teeth like pearls."
  • Once Original, Now Common: The 2 Live Crew got into a heap of trouble for their sexually explicit lyrics. In fact, their album As Nasty As They Wanna Be was the first album in US History to be deemed legally obscene and there were even attempts from Moral Guardians to ban it from sales. Given how sex raps have become more and more mainstream since then, their lyrics don't come off as shocking anymore. In fact, they may come off as juvenile and narmy to some.

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