Color Me Badd Lyrical Dissection: What Does 'We Can Do It 'til We Both Wake Up' Mean?

Color Me Badd Lyrical Dissection: What Does "We Can Do It 'til We Both Wake Up" Mean?

By Rebecca Haithcoat Wed., Dec. 28 2011 at 4:00 AM

The Kenny G lookalike is the best

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The early '90s were the dark ages, at least for those of us who were sexually inexperienced. There were no Internets available; all we knew about getting freaky came from V.C. Andrews and Skinemax.

Color Me Badd only made things worse. The New Jack Swingers' lusty (yet sweet) anthem "I Wanna Sex You Up" left us more confused than when we were scissor-sexing our Barbie with Ken. Was it just us, or were these mock-turtleneck clad Badd boyz a poor substitute for Dr. Ruth? Let's take a closer look at the lyrics.

Come inside, take off your coat
I'll make you feel at home
Now let's pour a glass of wine
Cause now we're all alone

This sounds like a very nice way to be greeted after a long day. Also -- love your granny glasses, mustachioed CMB ringleader.

I've been waiting all night
So just let me hold you close to me
Cause I've been dying for you girl
To make love to me

No qualms here. After all, we wouldn't want you to die.

Girl you make me feel real good
We can do it 'til we both wake up

Wait, what? Do it 'til we both wake up? Last we checked, the only thing you can really do until you wake up is sleep. It's become increasingly clear that this song is a big part of the reason sexual intercourse baffled us until well into the Clinton years. (Although that cigar stuff was confusing too.)

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Color Me Badd, I Wanna Sex You Up, Lyrical Dissection

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guilty bystander

I think "do it till we both wake up" is like saying "do it all night". Definitely a contorted and illogical simile, though. "Slow Motion" was a much better song IMO.

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Homeslice69

Who are these guys, some kind of super-suck group? Made up of Vanilla Ice, George Michael, Kenny G and some black dude?

Patricia

It's actually "don't be shy girl, get with me." ;) Good piece. I love them dearly, but there are definitely "lyrical holes," as Sam (aka: Kenny G) calls them. ;)

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UberdanSounds

im guessing it means u do it so much & so hard that u both fall asleep.then, when u wake up, u do it again?!

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