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Let’s cut to the chase: So many artists have penned controversial and outrageous song lyrics over the years. Like, horrific. Here’s a look back at some of the most shocking:

1. “Playin' with the pussy ain't enough / Imma treat it like Rihanna, bitch / Call me Chris Brown” — Glasses Malone on “#Rihanna”

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2. “In about three years, holla at me Miley Cyrus” — Mack Maine on Young Money's “Every Girl”

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Miley was 16 when the song was released.

3. “Put Molly all in her champagne / She ain’t even know it / I took her home and I enjoyed that / She ain’t even know it” — Rick Ross on Rocko’s “U.O.E.N.O”

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4. "I be fuckin' broads like I be fuckin' bored / Turn a dyke bitch out, have her fuckin' boys" — A$AP Rocky on "Fuckin' Problems"

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5. "How I'm antisemitic? I just fucked a Jewish bitch" — Kanye "Ye" West on "VULTURES" with Ty Dolla $ign

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6. “I hate these blurred lines / I know you want it” — Robin Thicke on “Blurred Lines”

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7. “First you find a house and scope it out / Find a Chinese neighbourhood, ‘cause they don’t believe in bank accounts” — YG on “Meet the Flockers”

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This lyric from "Meet the Flockers" — which is a song about how to rob houses — was later censored amid a rise in attacks on Asian-American people.

8. “Age ain't nothing but a number / Throwing down ain't nothing but a thing / This loving I have for you / It'll never change” — Aaliyah on "Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number," which was written by R. Kelly

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R. Kelly married then-15-year-old Aaliyah when he was 27.

9. “Don't touch what you can't grab / End up with two backhands / Put anthrax on a Tampax / And slap you 'til you can't stand” — Eminem on “Superman”

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10. “I don't care if you're just 13 / You look too good to be true / I just know that you're probably clean / There's one little thing I got to do to you / Jailbait, you look so good to me” — Ted Nugent on “Jailbait”

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11. “I'm a runaway slave master / Shittin' on the past, gotta spit it like a pastor” — Iggy Azalea on “D.R.U.G.S”

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12. “At break of day when that man drove away I was waiting / I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door / She stood there laughing / I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more” — Tom Jones on “Delilah”

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13. “She's only seventeen (Seventeen) / Daddy says she's too young / But she's old enough for me” — Winger on “Seventeen”

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Feel free to share other examples in the comments.

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