This kiss-off to a no-good guy is one of a quartet of tracks on This Is What the Truth Feels Like that alludes to the breakdown of Gwen Stefani’s marriage to Bush vocalist Gavin Rossdale. The No Doubt singer told USA Today it was in February 2015, “that I found out my life was going to change foreve...
[Verse 1]
Uh oh, I see you
Hide behind your glasses, see you love the shade
Shady so long that Mister Shady is your name
Shipping it off, contain it, seal it
Rip up the receipt
But somehow it always finds its way right back to me
[Pre-Chorus]
Thinking that nobody, nobody, nobody knows
But I got your number, I got your codes
This ain't my first time at the rodeo, hello
You're sliding, you slide on a slippery slope
Karma police, I'm on patrol
Got my gun loaded, I'm ready to go
I'm dope
[Chorus]
You see this finger wagging, wagging at you
The naughty, naughty things you do
You did it, you did it, and then you hid it, you hid it
You see this finger wagging, wagging at you
The naughty, naughty things you do
You did it, you did it, and then you hid it, admit it
[Post-Chorus]
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh...
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh...
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh...
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh...
[Verse 2]
I think there's something that you might perhaps forgot to say
Locked in the closet but it never goes away
No matter how hard you try, you're never washing out the stain
Because you're addicted, so addicted to the shame
[Pre-Chorus]
Thinking that nobody, nobody, nobody knows
But I got your number, I got your codes
This ain't my first time at the rodeo, hello
You're sliding, you slide on a slippery slope
Karma police, I'm on patrol
Got my gun loaded, I'm ready to go
I'm dope
[Chorus]
You see this finger wagging, wagging at you
The naughty, naughty things you do
You did it, you did it, and then you hid it, you hid it
You see this finger wagging, wagging at you
The naughty, naughty things you do
You did it, you did it, and then you hid it, admit it
[Post-Chorus]
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh...
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh...
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh...
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh...
[Bridge]
You try to sneak it, hide it and seek it
Put it in the past, try to antique it
Dirty secrets, you tried to clean it
Put one over fast but you can't bleach it
[Chorus]
You see this finger wagging, wagging at you
The naughty, naughty things you do
You did it, you did it, and then you hid it, you hid it
You see this finger wagging, wagging at you
The naughty, naughty things you do
You did it, you did it, and then you hid it, admit it
[Outro]
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh... (Whoa!)
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh... (Ah, Oh my god)
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh... (Ah, Oh my god)
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh...
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh... (Ah, Oh my god)
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh...
You've been naughty, uh, huh, uh...
You've been naughty
Naughty was written by Justin Tranter & Raja Kumari & J.R. Rotem & Gwen Stefani.
Naughty was produced by J.R. Rotem.
Gwen Stefani released Naughty on Fri Mar 18 2016.