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Akon refuses to change extremely sexual song lyrics almost 20 years on from release

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Published 13:27 11 Nov 2024 GMT

Akon refuses to change extremely sexual song lyrics almost 20 years on from release

Imagine a party in the 2000s without this banger

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

Ah noughties music, those were the days.

Blasting out ‘Replay’ from your tinny phone for you and your mates to sing along to and the way home from school or spending Saturday mornings watching music videos for Black Eyed Peas, Amy Winehouse and Eminem bangers.

And of course, the decade wouldn’t have been complete without Akon and his music.

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From ‘Lonely’ to ‘Smack That’, he had some absolute bangers in the 2000s – some with some pretty NSFW references.

It seems they’ll forever exist too as Akon refuses to change the extremely sexual song lyrics to one track almost 20 years since its release.

Imagine the noughties without 'Lonely'. (Michael Simon/Getty Images)
Imagine the noughties without 'Lonely'. (Michael Simon/Getty Images)

At the time, no matter how young some of us were, we’d belt out these risqué lyrics without a care – often not even understanding them.

But as things have changed over the years, some of it seems a little more awkward, and for some, inappropriate.

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‘I Wanna Love You’ with Snoop Dogg was released back in October 2006 and originally had the title ‘I Wanna F**k You’.

I mean, say it how it is Akon, I guess.

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During the hit, he can be heard singing lyrics like: “I see you winding and grinding up on that pole. I know you see me looking at you and you already know, I wanna f**k you.”

And Akon has no regrets over the NSFW lyrics as he told Metro that he looks at it ‘like it was a part of who [he] was and is who [he is]’.

“I think with time, people will change. With maturity, people will make different types of decisions on what they’re dealing with currently,” he explained.

Akon and Snoop's track originally had a different name. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc)
Akon and Snoop's track originally had a different name. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc)

“I would never condone anyone to change their past, because their past is where they make who they are, it’s what makes them who they are today. But for the most part, I do love it all, and I feel like the acceptance of what that was, lyrically at that time, was necessary for me to become what I am today.

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“I definitely never regret it at all, no.”

In case you wanted to feel really old, it’s been over 20 years now since he released the album Trouble which featured that banger ‘Lonely’ as well as ‘Locked Up’ and ‘Ghetto’.

“Oh, my goodness. I didn’t realize 20 years passed me by. What?! It’s so crazy,” he said.

“It was so surreal to me because I just could not believe it’s been 20 years – to this day it doesn’t [feel that long].”

No Akon, it really doesn’t.

Featured Image Credit: Michael Simon/Getty Images / Wagner Meier/Getty Images

Topics: Music, Nostalgia

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include asking everyone in the office what they're having for tea, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

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