Badfish Lyrics
[Intro]
(Excuse me)
Shut up
(Oh my God!)
How's it going, dude?
Hey, man, what's up?
(Tell Todd he can turn the radio back on)
[Verse 1]
When you grab a hold of me
You tell me that I'll never be set free
But I'm a parasite
Creep and crawl, I step into the night
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Two pints of booze
Tell me, are you a badfish, too?
Are you a badfish, too? But
[Chorus 1]
Ain't got no money to spend
I hope the night will never end
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
[Verse 2]
Baby, you're a big blue whale
Grab the reef when all duck divin' fails
I swim, but I wish I never learned
The water's too polluted with germs
(Excuse me)
Shut up
(Oh my God!)
How's it going, dude?
Hey, man, what's up?
(Tell Todd he can turn the radio back on)
[Verse 1]
When you grab a hold of me
You tell me that I'll never be set free
But I'm a parasite
Creep and crawl, I step into the night
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Two pints of booze
Tell me, are you a badfish, too?
Are you a badfish, too? But
[Chorus 1]
Ain't got no money to spend
I hope the night will never end
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
[Verse 2]
Baby, you're a big blue whale
Grab the reef when all duck divin' fails
I swim, but I wish I never learned
The water's too polluted with germs
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I dive deep when it's ten feet overhead
Grab the reef underneath my bed
It's underneath my bed, but
[Chorus 2]
Ain't got no quarrels with God
Ain't got no time to grow old
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
[Interlude]
(I gotta go, dude)
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus 2]
Ain't got no quarrels with God
Ain't got no time to get old
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
I dive deep when it's ten feet overhead
Grab the reef underneath my bed
It's underneath my bed, but
[Chorus 2]
Ain't got no quarrels with God
Ain't got no time to grow old
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
[Interlude]
(I gotta go, dude)
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus 2]
Ain't got no quarrels with God
Ain't got no time to get old
Lord knows I'm weak
Won't somebody get me off of this reef?
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Genius Annotation
“Badfish” is one of Sublime’s most beloved and well known songs
It is the 7th track of their 1992 debut album “40oz. to Freedom”
The song is most commonly interpreted as a metaphor for singer/songwriter/guitar player/legend Bradley Nowell’s heroin addiction. A badfish is generally a person that gets someone hooked on heroin, but here it seems to refer to all users.
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- 2.Get Out!
- 6.Don’t Push
- 8.Badfish
- 10.New Thrash
- 11.Scarlet Begonias
- 12.Live at E’s
- 13.DJs
- 14.Chica Me Tipo
- 15.Right Back
- 16.What Happened?
- 17.New Song
- 18.Ebin
- 19.Date Rape
- 20.Hope
- 21.Trenchtown Rock
- 22.KRS-One
- 24.Thanx
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June 1, 1992
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