Sublime - Garden Grove Lyrics






We took this trip to Garden Grove
It smelled like Lou-dog inside the van, oh yeah
This ain't no funky reggae party, $5 at the door
It gets so real sometimes, who wrote my rhyme
I got the microwave, got the VCR
I got the deuce-deuce in the trunk of my car, oh yeah

If you only knew all the love that I found
It's hard to keep my soul on the ground
You're a fool, don't fuck around with my dog
All that I can see I steal, I fill up my garage

Cause in my mind
Music from Jamaica, all the love that I found
Pull over there's a reason why my soul's unsound

It's you
It's that shit stuck under my shoe
It's that smell inside the van
It's my bed sheet covered with sand
Sitting through a shitty band
Getting dog shit on my hands
Getting hassled by the man

Waking up to an alarm
Sticking needles in your arm
Picking up trash on a freeway
Feeling depressed everyday
Leaving without making a sound
Picking my dog up at the pound
Living in a tweaker pad
Getting yelled at by my dad

Saying I'm happy when I'm not
Finding roaches in the pot
All these things I do
They're waiting for you.





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  1. L.... S....

    This is the official first song I used to test new subwoofers in my car back in the 90s.

    Damn near blew out windows.

  2. O.... L....

    Everyone's got a Lou Dog

  3. J.... C....

    "MADNESS" scratch sample through the end of the song is from "Five Nights of Bleeding" by Linton Kwesi Johnson" .. The scratching by RAS MG on this is supreme.

  4. S.... O....

    its a love/hate relationship with growing up in garden grove. Its a good city but also kind of sketchy with tons of drug addicts.

  5. T.... T....

    2020 anyone

  6. A.... ....

    Brad was claiming for help in that song. I miss him a lot. Despite the sadness, it’s an amazing track and very well produced. Too sad that the heina took this life too eatly. This guy was special and unique. Miss him a lot

  7. M.... M....

    All These Things I Do...

  8. E.... C....

    You can truly hear how blissfully chilled the dopes got him in this track. Sad as fuck.

  9. H.... C....

    I have 6.2/10 cover of this song on my channel if you want to watch it

  10. p.... ....

    Sublime was one of my favourite bands growing up. Check out my cover of this song and let me know what you think.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faxi8R1BLaI

  11. E.... T....

    Summer 2019

  12. R.... L....

    God ive been running this shit on repeat since about 98

  13. D.... D....

    The new guy does great at singing Brad's songs. Thank god for rome man.

  14. P.... G....

    Cuz in my mind ... It u...

  15. �.... ....

    The sublime drummer use to live in my house (it’s in Westminster which is right next to garden grove) and it’s the only thing good about this shithole of a house

  16. h.... w....

    Man it takes me back to smoking a spliff ,listen to this lbc crew and surfing o.b. and m.b,,dana pt .rosarito , hermosa and north sure!!! one love to bob,peter and bradley! oh yeah lou dog too,even though he be stinking the van up like a mothafucker!!!

  17. S.... ....

    Leaving without making a sound

  18. j.... ....

    my favorite song to trip to

  19. E.... F....

    2020 hihi

  20. G.... D....

    12/28/19

  21. E.... ....

    I'm just waiting for people commenting on any old song "Who's still here in 2020?". Like no shit, of coarse people listen to music from several years ago. Most people actually have taste and don't just listen to every new song that comes out.

  22. A.... M....

    Smelled like Lou-dog inside the van.

    Oh yeah

  23. p.... b....

    hip hop for white people

  24. C.... ....

    Dude i love this song

  25. Y.... G....

    Peace by greed! Drop acid not bombs!! Tune in turn up drop out!!!!!!!!!!!! #2020 !!

  26. G.... F....

    Sublime Brasil 2019

  27. E.... S....

    Josh if you ever see this your probably on the same shit I am now .... Remember all the good memories singing this with you . Thank Brad would loved that .

  28. 2.... ....

    WHO ELSE HERE FROM GARDEN GROVE???? GG 714 🤙🤙

  29. p.... g....

    I used to work in a sketchy neighborhood between Stanton and Garden Grove, right there on Beach Blvd and Garden Grove Blvd, close to the 22 Fwy entrance.. To me, this song describes many of the colorful characters you might meet there... people living in motels and halfway-houses, next to run-down liquor stores, massage parlors, weird Karaoke bars. I left California years ago, and I don't know how things are looking over there now, but this song makes me miss it a lot... Sublime always kept it real!

  30. M.... L....

    I used to listen to this as a teenager and im 30 now and was a professional musician from 22 till now and all these things happened lol

  31. A.... O....

    I’m about to go to a Marie Callender’s in garden grove 🤘🏽 made me remember this song lol

  32. M.... G....

    Could really relate to being in Long Beach at that age! I just can’t believe how fast the time has gone by since ‘96 Like they say it seems like only yesterday. Lost a great talent!

  33. M.... A....

    It gets so real sometime, who wrote my rhyme
    I got the microwave, i got the vcr
    I got the duece-duece in the trunk of my car

  34. r.... z....

    Sublime all day, i till i die, mine life style!.

  35. C.... ....

    chilli pepper hip hop

  36. c.... ....

    This and burritos are prob my favorite sublime songs

    c.... ....

    Really cant decide between the two

  37. B.... B....

    👀👁 7 ate nine...

  38. R.... N....

    I have a VCR. Hearing that line made me feel AWESOME!
    ❤😁❤

  39. G.... B....

    Don't fuck with my dog... miss every dog I've ever had with all my heart. Pure agape

  40. T.... S....

    Som muito maneiro😍 fez parte da minha juventude. Bons momentos ao lado do Sublime⛱☀️☠🗡🤟

  41. T.... L....

    Vibe with earth 🌎

  42. T.... L....

    Saying I'm happy when I'm not. Finding roaches in the pot

  43. D.... V....

    MADNESS

  44. J.... K....

    right here T....TLTQ :)

  45. S.... B....

    Saying that im happy when im not

  46. A.... K....

    So Good!

  47. C.... C....

    Livin' in a tweaker pad
    gettin' yelled at by my dad
    saying I'm happy when I'm not
    finding roaches in the POT ohhhh....

  48. K.... B....

    Seeing sublime live was the highlight of my life. Free tickets. Best show ever and I will never forget it.

  49. S.... !....

    I got the Duce Duce in the trunk of my car

  50. D.... S....

    I love this song so much but I haveta do powder to it. It's a ritual of mine. I cannot listen to it without shooting up. I know it's bad but that's how it is.

  51. C.... L....

    Memememememememe

  52. L.... K....

    I love sublime we lost a great talent

  53. D.... K....

    Who cares what year ur listing bro niggas gona listen regardless of the year come up with original comment fuks sake

  54. m.... z....

    beauty song very nice, dieng 2019

  55. M.... t....

    im 13 now but my parent have played sublime,slightly stoopid, and narvana my whole life. i cant thank them enough for he great music taste ive acquired 😂. anyways even though we wernt alive at the same time, i love you Bradley, and lou dog❤.RIP.

  56. E.... H....

    Hey cutie

  57. 0.... 1....

    2019!!!!!!!!!!!

  58. w.... ....

    This always reminds me of my first mushroom trip in the bayou a few miles from my house. I was 14, took my dad's truck out and picked up a friend. We went to a cow field by a school we knew of. The mushrooms had been sitting for awhile so they had plenty of psilocin in them. Got a Kroger bag half full and met up with 7 other friends. It was everybody's best trip since then. I had life figured out for like 2 weeks after that lol

    w.... ....

    Ha man I needed that laugh . Thanks

  59. L.... L....

    Yep I’m here in 2020.. and it ain’t even 2020.. real shit!...

  60. C.... J....

    Who’s still here in 2020

  61. M.... M....

    This song and some golden caps

  62. M.... S....

    pinegrove anyone?

  63. D.... M....

    God, I can go years without listing to this song and for some reason still remember all the lyrics

    D.... M....

    Yep. Happened to me just now.

  64. H.... E....

    who is the dude saying madness in the second half?

  65. D.... M....

    I am, love their stuff got keep in the rotation!!!! ✊🍄🕉🌲✌️

  66. D.... C....

    Just a belief of mine: the best five years of music in row of all time was from 1990 to 1995 and Sublime is a big reason for that

  67. S.... C....

    “Don’t fuck around with my dog”

    -sold 😎

  68. b.... j....

    Thank u NorCal for putting me on to sublime.. I couldn't be more greatful for my time living there. Miss you MPT miss u Stephanie Atkins. Miss u lil davey

  69. S.... B....

    duce duce
    good ole 22

  70. D.... D....

    Love Garden Grove song!

  71. 4.... j....

    One of the best Sublime songs of any of their 3 albums ive owned. (40 oz, RTH and self titled)

    4.... j....

    Brad was a god damn genius

  72. F.... M....

    These sublime songs have a lot of views nowadays. I can remember when they just had under 1m views

  73. X.... ....

    Reminds me of loading up the dirtbikes at 715 on saturday am ...getting the 110 octane out of the garage ...looking for a bungie cord. then firing up a cig while i put on my ridin boots! I miss my teens and twentys!

  74. j.... m....

    1:50 got me when he said "everyday"

  75. A.... S....

    Loved his last concert. He was way chill in person. I have a signed picture of he and I...

  76. J.... K....

    It doesn't matter what year you were here...
    2019, or 2059...this music will still be classic.

  77. R.... A....

    Postin. Many years later.

  78. J.... W....

    Get hasseled

  79. B.... O....

    This popped on Pandora and at first, I thought it was Coldest Rain by Diecast since they both start off the same.

  80. b.... j....

    Shout out NorCal for once upon a time I lived out there...and to the ppl who put me into all the great sublime music that don't get radio play... U know who u are..

  81. K.... G....

    2019 09/09.. activo sublime,. Vzla

  82. J.... O....

    Fat fucks anonymous

  83. J.... O....

    None of dat ghey pussy shit

  84. L.... B....

    Long BEACH 🏝👈🏽

  85. B.... T....

    Shoutout to sublime for putting my hometown on the map

  86. L.... B....

    Thank you! 😋

  87. R.... M....

    This song hits so different when you clean and sober

  88. K.... M....

    became tolerant to 22 years of psych meds...ummm...well , not easy getting off of this shit...

  89. j.... d....

    Aint no funky reggae party, five dollars. At the. Door.

  90. S.... H....

    God damn

  91. N.... R....

    We took this trip to Garden Grove
    It smelled like Lou-dog inside the van, oh yeah
    This ain't no funky reggae party, $5 at the door
    It gets so real sometimes, who wrote my rhyme
    I've got the microwave, got the VCR
    I got the deuce-deuce in the trunk of my car, oh yeah
    If you only knew all the love that I found
    It's hard to keep my soul on the ground
    You're a fool, don't fuck around with my dog
    All that I can see I steal, I fill up my garage
    'Cause in my mind
    Music from Jamaica, all the love that I found
    Pull over there's a reason why my soul's unsound
    It's you
    It's that shit stuck under my shoe
    It's that smell inside the van
    It's my bed sheet covered with sand
    Sitting through a shitty band
    Getting dog shit on my hands
    Getting hassled by the man
    Waking up to an alarm
    Sticking needles in your arm
    Picking up trash on a freeway
    Feeling depressed everyday
    Leaving without making a sound
    Picking my dog up at the pound
    Living in a tweaker pad
    Getting yelled at by my dad
    Saying I'm happy when I'm not
    Finding roaches in the pot
    All these things I do
    They're waiting for you