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“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, b...
[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
[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)
Doin’ Time was written by Marshall Goodman & Rick Rubin & Ira Gershwin & George Gershwin & DuBose Heyward & MCA & Ad-Rock & Bradley Nowell.
Doin’ Time was produced by David Kahne.
Sublime released Doin’ Time on Tue Jul 30 1996.