Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get Retarded Lyrics






Let's get retarded, in here...

And the base keep runnin' runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and
runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and runnin', and...

In this context, there's no disrespect, so, when I bust my rhyme, you break your necks.
We got five minutes for us to disconnect, from all intellect collect the rhythm effect.
Obstacles are inefficient, follow your intuition,
Free your inner soul and break away from tradition.
Cause when we beat out, girl it's pulling without.
You wouldn't believe how we wow shit out.
Burn it till it's burned out.
Turn it till it's turned out.
Act up from north, west, east, south.

[Chorus:]
Everybody, everybody, let's get into it.
Get stupid.
Get retarded, get retarded, get retarded.
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here. Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here.
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here. Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here.
Yeah.

Lose control, of body and soul.
Don't move too fast, people, just take it slow.
Don't get ahead, just jump into it.
You all hear about it, the Peas'll do it.
Get stutted, get stupid.
Don't worry 'bout it, people will walk you through it.
Step by step, like an infant new kid.
Inch by inch with the new solution.
Trench men hits, with no delusion.
The feeling's irresistible and that's how we movin'.

[Chorus:]
Everybody, everybody, let's get into it.
Get stupid.
Get retarded, get retarded, get retarded.
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here. Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here.
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here. Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here.
Yeah.

Runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and runnin runnin' and... Come on you all let's get...Oohhoo!
Aha, let's get oohhoo... in here (right now yeah.) Cookoo, aha, let's get, cookoo, in here... Cookoo, aha, let's get,
cookoo, in here...ow, ow, ow...
ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya...

Let's get ill, that's the deal.
At the gate, we'll bring the bud top drill. (Just)
Lose your mind this is the time,
You all test this drill, Just and bang your spine. (Just)
Bob your head like epilepsy, up inside your club or in your Bentley.
Get messy, loud and sick.
You all mount past slow mo in another head trip. (So)
Come then now do not correct it, let's get ignant [ignorant] let's get hectic.

[Chorus:]
Everybody, everybody, let's get into it.
Get stupid. (Come on)
Get retarded (come one) , get retarded (yeah), get retarded.
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here. Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here. (R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D)
Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded in here. Let's get retarded (ha), let's get retarded (woah, woah, woah) in here.
Yeah.
Oohhoo! Aha, oohhoo... in here... Cookoo, aha, cookoo, in here (R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D)... Cookoo, aha, let's get, cookoo, in here...ow, ow, ow...
ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya...

Runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin', and runnin' runnin' (fade)





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  1. S.... H....

    In 2009, no one bat an eye. But imagine if this song was released in 2019.

  2. C.... 8....

    My school’s special ed dance party isn’t lit if they don’t play this song! 👌🔥🤞

  3. a.... m....

    Best version lol

  4. b.... j....

    There are people alive that didnt know this was the version for about a year. Only reason it was popular

  5. N.... ....

    I can’t believe I’ve been listening to the wrong version my whole life.

  6. s.... i....

    it's almost 2020 and I'm still listening to this oop

  7. H.... ....

    this is cursed since it's the original version

  8. K.... P....

    0:04 damn lol my brother said that in the womb

  9. J.... ....

    this version aged like milk 😂😂

  10. J.... S....

    This version is from the movie Harold and Kumar go to white castle

  11. A.... S....

    this used to be able to be played on the radio like it was no big deal let's get it started came out afterwards and then they started playing that version cause of all the PC stuff and offense people took to it "retarded" meant back in the day lets get weird/party have fun! not think overthink things! lol

  12. P.... U....

    I love the song like this, it’s how I remember it best and I was disappointed when they changed it because of all the pc culture dweebs hating on a band for actually having a shred of creativity

  13. 3.... J....

    They had to change it to “started” for people to pay attention but you can tell that’s the only part that they charge because the song still is describing going dumb lol.

  14. S.... ....

    Found this song today, playing NHL 20. My player name is "Yuri Tarded" and my buddies needed me to step up and tie the game with 2 mins left, so our captain started blasting this over the mic and couldn't stop laughing

  15. O.... C....

    Me when I have to socialize

  16. C.... M....

    Let's get us cancelled

  17. D.... D....

    Let’s get rearded in HA

  18. I.... ....

    I really don't see how this is offensive.

  19. G.... ....

    JOYITAAAA💖💖💖

  20. T.... D....

    it's funny how the original song has more views than let's get started... come on let's face it retarded and many other slangs are not racist it's just a part of music in fact that's what makes music 😂

  21. J.... J....

    Trumps theme song

  22. J.... J....

    YOOOO I SWEAR I THOUGHT THE ORIGINAL LYRICS WHERE “ LETS GET IT STARTED”😳

  23. a.... ....

    I did some research and "let's get it started" isn't an intentional censored version. BEP made the clean version for an NBA thing in 2004, and it wasn't supposed to really be released publicly. The publicity just happened to make the second version wildly popular so they released it publicly.

  24. S.... B....

    Who let this happen

  25. O.... C....

    Congress National Anthem

  26. C.... T....

    I just found out this was the original lyrics lol

  27. S.... A....

    I remember singing to this version in the playground as a joke. Without knowing this exactly how the actual song was.

  28. B.... ....

    let's get it stared is an official version for all the retards you know. dont let them steal our language

  29. O.... T....

    Harold and Kumar anyone???

  30. S.... ....

    I heard a version that started with: "and ____ don't know how to swim" and then the base keeps running part

  31. M.... D....

    *sobbing* what the hell is going on?????

  32. G.... ....

    So once people had so retarded minds like us today...

  33. G.... ....

    Eh, better then RADIO version...

  34. A.... P....

    Wait this is the original song??? 😱 I thought you just misheard the " It Started" part to "Retarded." My life is a lie!

    A.... P....

    Amateur Professional as i heard it they changed due to controversy, yes we live in a snowflake society sadly :(

  35. S.... T....

    Umm...I'm offended...why is this still ok?
    My mom is Retarted and even she knows this is in bad taste.

  36. N.... ....

    Woah what the hell? All my life, I’ve always listened to “Let’s get it started” thinking it was the original.

  37. R.... M....

    Best version

  38. B.... S....

    Perfect cutting 👌👌👌

  39. C.... F....

    It was a different time...

  40. l.... 1....

    I'd like to think at least a few people have heard this song in their heads whenever trump walks into a room.

  41. M.... L....

    Remember when this was the song and then ... now you're here

  42. I.... C....

    beLIEve.

  43. r.... x....

    This is the original version ahaha

  44. A.... ....

    To everyone talking about how “this generation” would be soooo offended:

    From Wikipedia: "Let's Get It Started" is a song by American group The Black Eyed Peas, released as a single on June 22, 2004. The track was the fourth single released from the band's 2003 album Elephunk and is a re-worked version of the album's third track "Let's Get Retarded". This version was included as a bonus track on the 2004 re-issue of the album.

    The album version was originally only re-worked for its use in promotion for the 2004 NBA Playoffs on ABC in April 2004; however, the new version was so well-received that it was given an official single release two months later.”

    There was no outcry due to “PC culture”, but even back in the early 2000s mental health groups and the general public would be rightfully upset. The teenagers/young adults you think would bitch/did about this song were kids, and if you’re thinking gen Z, then we were definitely around the ages of 2-3 years old. (I was not even 3 when this song came out.) I for one have several mental illnesses and don’t care about the use of the word (In fact, I love this version!), but that doesn’t mean that others who do have no right to dislike the use of a word that has carried a history of stigma for the mentally disabled for years.

    Tl;dr: This song was changed so that it could be used for the NBA. Nobody bitched about the original. Both versions are bops, and hating on “PC culture” and the current generation doesn’t make you special.

  45. l.... ....

    Fuck political correctness

  46. N.... ....

    Ppl in the future or probly now will say it was the mandela effect

  47. E.... ....

    Autistic people (The functional ones, that is):
    People defending autistic people (to their consent or otherwise): TRIGGERED

  48. W.... ....

    2019 anyone? :P

  49. w.... ....

    1:44 Scrolling down to the comments

  50. C.... C....

    Wtaf.

    I’m actually shook.

    I’ve been rocking out to the censored version?!?

  51. I.... N....

    So when I or my friends were overworked in college. We used to say let's get autistic for a minute and watched the silliest videos to laugh our asses off. Now I have an anthem for it. =)

  52. A.... F....

    Okay, I grew up knowing Let's Get It Started because I always heard this on MTV and then when I found my old CD I was surprised knowing the original version. Lol

  53. w.... ....

    Let's get politically correct

  54. 0.... ....

    I can't believe I never heard this version before.

  55. U.... ....

    Harold and Kumar baby

  56. C.... ....

    Still can’t believe this is a real song

  57. N.... ....

    They actually had to change it to “restarted”

    That’s it, I’m bombing an SJW café

    N.... ....

    *it started

  58. W.... C....

    Who cleared this for release

  59. H.... G....

    The official song of niggas that eat ass

  60. C.... K....

    This is a funny parody wait, THIS IS OFFICIAL!?!?

  61. g.... p....

    How am I just finding out about this

  62. J.... L....

    Heard a parody of this in monsters vs aliens, but never heard the real thing! This is amazing! 🌝

  63. T.... J....

    Im An Old School Head...... I Kno What They Mean.... Getting Retarded: Actin A Fool, Wildin Out. I Understood Why They Changed It But I Still Bump This Version

  64. y.... y....

    wtf I used to think the start said “let’s get it started” my whole life is a lie

  65. L.... M....

    Donc ce titre est la première version du titre que l'on connaît tous " Let's Get's Started"?

  66. I.... j....

    WHAT?!.....

  67. E.... 1....

    Is this the original, cos now I am overly confused.
    Pls help.

  68. z.... ....

    before the world became retarded and politically correct

  69. M.... 6....

    In 2019✌🏻✌🏻

  70. V.... M....

    I’m retarded and I love this song!

  71. J.... ....

    I like to imagine that people kept thinking they said retarded instead of Get Started, so they made a version of their song where it just swaps it with the mishearing

  72. m.... ....

    I played this in a special ed class once when I was in middle school and I was given a detention.

  73. A.... B....

    This song is so great. Trump needs to use it when he wins in 2020

  74. D.... S....

    It's been 8 years, I want to know who this "Retarded" person they're singing about is

  75. M.... K....

    i got retarded because of this song.

  76. M.... ....

    i can´t believe this ir real hahaha

  77. t.... r....

    When you realize you’ve been listening to the clean version your whole life.

  78. R.... ....

    haha lets get wetarted

  79. S.... Y....

    Legend has it that they never got started

  80. T.... ....

    Im offended

  81. A.... B....

    So much better than the real one

  82. G.... J....

    Onision: People like me because their not retarded

    Me:LETS GET RETARDED IN HA LETS GET RETARDED IN HERE

  83. R.... 1....

    You will only this song if you grew up in these times.

  84. S.... ....

    Light up another blunt, Kumar.

  85. A.... T....

    why was this hidden from me

  86. J.... C....

    I didn't know that this was the dirty version of the song I didn't know it existed until yesterday when my friends were playing this on are party bus

  87. j.... d....

    This is America the Sanitized. America the easily offended. The placate the outrageous few. Saying Retarded is not going to stop one person from being retarded. I love how fergie spells out R-E-T-A-R-D-E-D twice near the end. And we should all bob our head like epilepsy up in the club or in the Bentley.

  88. A.... M....

    I listened to half the song wondering how they managed to make it sound so real and then my mind blew up

    Also I had to edit the comment 4 times so what can I say let's get retarded

  89. J.... ....

    In today's society It funny how it's ok to use the N word, call women bitches and ho's, talk about killing and using drugs, but it's not ok to use the word retarded anymore because that word is offensive.

  90. E.... M....

    for the kids too young to be around when this came out, YES, this is the original. they had to change it to be more radio friendly

  91. A.... S....

    Offensive? Probably not, but the usual "let's get it started" sounds much better and more refined than this one.

  92. R.... x....

    Is this actually real or fan made ???

    R.... x....

    It's real lol it's the original version not the edited "Let's Get It Started"

  93. D.... t....

    We got tarded once, so let's do it again!

  94. D.... T....

    I was blasting this in my class a few days ago. I got suspended

  95. A.... ....

    Madden 05. They removed it a year later couldn’t keep up with the price.

  96. v.... ....

    Why do they have to 'get' retarded? For people who like this song, it's redundant.

  97. l.... ....

    Fuck political correctness