I'm Good at Being Bad

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About I'm Good at Being Bad

"I'm Good at Being Bad" is a song recorded by American girl group TLC for their third album, FanMail. The track was inspired by Janet Jackson's song "What About" on her 1997 studio album, The Velvet Rope, which both shared producer duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The song was released as a promotional single from the album around the time "No Scrubs" was sent to radio. Despite not ever receiving official airplay or commercial release, the song peaked within the top 40 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. Left Eye's rap section of the song was included in the uncut version of the "Unpretty" music video. 


Year:
1999
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Sunny days
Birds singin' sweet soundin' songs of love
(That's so pretty girl)
As we walk hand in hand
Just kickin' up sand
As the ocean laps at our feet (ooh)
I'm in your arms
And all of your charms are for me
(Not for me)
Check it

I need a crunk tight nigga
Makes seven figgas
Laced with a platinum
Not the silver shit nigga
And still seek her
Ten inch or bigga
Know how to lick it and stick it
Wha wha

Now don't get me wrong cuz I'm not a ho
But I know what I got you can't handle though
Cuz only real niggas (wha)
You don't know
So what you gon' do
What you gonna do
(wha wha wha)

Nigga you must be crazy
What you gonna do with a bitch like me
I'm so good at being bad
I'm the bitch you never had
I epitomize the word sexy
Nigga you must be crazy
What you gonna do with a bitch like me
Door knock so tight
Make ya cum all night
And you can't handle me
Baby

I love to love ya baby
I love to love ya baby
I (yeah) love to love ya baby
Ooooh love to love ya baby

Sorry I turned you out (you out)
I guess I didn't know
That a man could be so soft (hmm)
Well I guess I have to give you back
The flowers, the candy (what?)
The diamonds (Oh no, not the diamonds)
Oh, hell no, wait a minute....
I'ma keep that (Better keep it girl)
Hope that you don't mind
I'm not the mushy kind
The mushy kind.........
Unh, check it

I need a crunk tight nigga
Makes seven figgas
Laced with a platinum
Not the silver shit nigga
And still seek her
Ten inch or bigga
And lick it from the back type nigga

Now don't get me wrong cuz I'm not a ho
But I know what I got you can't handle though
Cuz only real niggas (wha)
You don't know
So what you gon' do
What you gon' gon' do
(wha wha wha)

Nigga you must be crazy
What you gonna do with a bitch like me
I'm so good at being bad
I'm the bitch you never had
I epitomize the word sexy
Nigga you must be crazy
What you gonna do with a bitch like me
Door knock so tight
Make ya cum all night
And you can't handle me
Baby

I love to love ya baby
I love to love ya baby
I (yeah) love to love ya baby
Ooooh love to love ya baby

When I'm all alone I touch myself
And I always dreamed about someone else
Who was so much more than
La la la la la
A good man is so hard to find
Well, actually, a hard man is so good to find
Yo, yeah baby!

Unh
I understand you want a tour of what's inside
Be my safety guide before I take you on this ride
Straight into the center
You enter my dimension
No question is protection
Selected in my session
I'm on a quest I will not rest till I break it
But if it's naked
I'll take it with the batteries and bake it
Cuz I gotta get mine and you gotta get yours
But never endin it by sendin it and shut the door
You must be crazy to think
That you can hang with me
I try to escape the inprisonment of those defyin' to me
The epitome of your every dream it seems to me
For intangible fantasy
You know what I mean

Nigga you must be crazy
What you gonna do with a bitch like me
I'm so good at being bad
I'm the bitch you never had
I epitomize the word sexy
Nigga you must be crazy
What you gonna do with a bitch like me
Door knock so tight
Make ya cum all night
And you can't handle me
Baby

Nigga you must be crazy
What you gonna do with a bitch like me
I'm so good at being bad
I'm the bitch you never had
I epitomize the word sexy
Nigga you must be crazy
What you gonna do with a bitch like me
Door knock so tight
Make ya cum all night
And you can't handle me
Baby

I love to love ya baby
I love to love ya baby
I (yeah) love to love ya baby
Ooooh love to love ya baby

Ha ha ha ha ha
That's right
Watch out there now
You can't handle me
Huh huh
So what you gonna do
What you gonna do wit a bitch
A bitch like me nigga (huh)
A bitch like me nigga (what)
A bitch like me
A bitch like mua!

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TLC

TLC is an American musical trio whose repertoire spanned R&B, hip hop, soul, funk, and new jack swing. Originally consisting of singer Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, rapper Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and singer Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, the group found success in the 1990s while also enduring a series of spats with the law, each other, and the group's record label. more »

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Written by: GIORGIO MORODER, PETE BELLOTTE, DONNA SUMMER, MORRIS DICKERSON, CHARLES MILLER, SYLVESTER ALLEN, HAROLD BROWN, HOWARD SCOTT, LEE OSKAR, LEROY JORDAN, JAMES III HARRIS, TERRY LEWIS, TIONNE WATKINS, TONY TOLBERT, LISA LOPES

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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10 facts about this song

Release Information
"I'm Good at Being Bad" is a song by American R&B girl group TLC. It's part of their third studio album, "FanMail", which was released in 1999.
Song Composition
The song is noted for its explicit lyrical content and the contrast between its slow, sultry verses and its uptempo, bass-heavy chorus.
Songwriters
The song's credits list four songwriters, including TLC's own Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, along with Kandi Burruss and Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs.
Sample Usage
The racy song contains an interpolation and samples from Donna Summer's "Love to Love You Baby".
Album Success
Although the song wasn't released as a single, "FanMail" which contained "I'm Good at Being Bad", notched a double-platinum and peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart.
Song Lyrics
The song's lyrics discuss women's desire for financial security, intimacy and desire for bad boys.
Explicit Version
"I'm Good at Being Bad" also has a clean alternative which is called "I'm Good at Being Good".
Style
"I'm Good at Being Bad" is considered a break from TLC's usual hip hop-infused R&B style, with elements of trap music and crunk in the chorus.
Music Video
Despite not being released as a single, "I'm Good at Being Bad" had a music video directed by Joseph Kahn, which was featured in TLC's 2000 video compilation "Now & Forever: The Video Hits".
Controversy
The song's language and subject matter drew criticism from some quarters, but TLC defended it as a celebration of women's sexuality.

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