Doin’ Time
| Title | Doin’ Time |
|---|---|
| Artist | Sublime |
| Album | Sublime |
| Release Date | 1996-07-30 |
| Description | “Doin' Time” was a single off of Sublime’s final eponymous album. It was one of their few songs on the Billboard charts, peaking at #87. It tells the story of an unfaithful woman who makes her lover feel as if he’s doing time in prison. As always, you can make a case for the heroin/girl metaphor, but here it is more likely to just be about a girl. This song takes the melody of George Gershwin’s original “Summertime”. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DI6ysDemk The exact sample came from Herbie Mann’s version of the song played at 45 RPM instead of 33. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbWg_xKyi-M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yJhkDiuh4U#t=33 There is also a repeating sample taken from Malcolm McLaren’s song Buffalo Gals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SgvJY9xxcA There have been multiple hip-hop remixes of this song, featuring Snoop Dogg and The Pharcyde. |
| Lyrics | [Chorus] Summertime, and the livin's easy Bradley's on the microphone with Ras M.G. All people in the dance will agree that we're Well qualified to represent the L.B.C. G, me and Louie, we gon' run to the party Dance to the rhythm, it gets harder (And we can do it like this, in the place to be) [Verse 1] Me and my girl, we got this relationship I love her so bad, but she treats me like sh… On lockdown, like a penitentiary She spreads her lovin' all over and when she gets home, there's none left for me [Chorus] Summertime, and the livin's easy Bradley's on the microphone with Ras M.G. All people in the dance will agree that we're Well qualified to represent the L.B.C. G, me and Louie, we gon' run to the party Dance to the rhythm, it gets harder (And we can do it like this, in the place to be) [Verse 2] Oh, take this veil from off my eyes My burning sun will someday rise So, what am I gonna be doin' for a while? Said, I'm gonna play with myself Show them, now, we've come off the shelf (So what?) [Chorus] Summertime, and the livin's easy Bradley's on the microphone with Ras M.G. All people in the dance will agree that we're Well qualified to represent the L.B.C. G, we and Louie, run to the party Dance to the rhythm, it gets harder (And we can do it like this, in the place to be) [Verse 3] Evil, I've come to tell you that she's evil, most definitely Evil, ornery, scandalous and evil, most definitely The tension, it's getting harder I'd like to hold her head underwater You might also like[Bridge] Me and my girl, we've got a relationship Me and my girl, mmm, we got a relationship, mmm-hmm My girl, we got a relationship, oh And my girl, yeah, got a relationship [Chorus] Take a tip, take a tip Take a ti-ti-ti-tip from me Bradley's on the microphone with Ras M.G. All people in the dance will agree that we're Well qualified to represent the L.B.C. Me, la-la-Louie While everybody run to the rhythm, it gets harder (And we can do it like this, in the place to be) [Outro] Summertime, and the livin's easy *Louie barking* (And we can do it like this, in the place to be) |