Meanest Love Songs: No. 18
'Ex-Factor'
--Lauryn Hill (1998)
"Yo, it ain't workin'." Gotta figure that's what someone in the studio said when the Wu-Tang Clan sampled Gladys Knight's version of 'The Way We Were' for their classic 'Can It Be All So Simple.' Ms. Hill then recycled the Wu's recycled version for this, her futile plea for the simple life. "Loving you is like a battle," she tells her man, who best be looking out: She's got skills.
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Filed under: Songs, The Hit List
Reader Comments(1 of 1)
Miachamboat 1-30-2008
Dull... Can't you think of anything with some fire?
Kane718at 1-30-2008
This song is the shyt even if it gets old
brytephenixat 2-03-2008
ummm .... unless i read this wrong Lauren Hilll is Part of the fugees and not wu tang clan.... wu tang is a group of hard rappers... aol def messed up on this one... i guess all black ppl must look alike or something LOL im black by the way lol... i can tell the difference between my ppl lol
icecoldphenomat 2-03-2008
You ki9nda did read it wrong, bruh lol. AOL's actually droppin a bit of knowledge on ya. They're saying that the instrumental used for Lauryn's Ex-Factor was sampled from the Wu's song Can It All Be So Simple. And not only that, but WuTang sampled the beat from THAT song from Gladys Knight's song The Way We Were. So in other words, the music driving the lyrics of this song has a bit of history, especially since all 3 songs are certified classics.
R O C K Yat 2-13-2008
TELL ME ONE 1 THING.............. WHEN ARE THE 9-14 YEAR OLDS GOING TO STOP SELECTING THESE DREDFUL SONGS! WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO SONGS WHERE ONE CAN HEAR THE LYRICS TO AND AT LEAST HAVE A VOICE? THESE MUST BE THE GARBADGE YEARS.....
Mayeblossomat 2-13-2008
ROcky, It is obvious that you've never listen to Lauryn Hill. She has a beautiful voice and the album this song is from swept the Grammy's when it came out.
someoneat 2-14-2008
mayeblossom, it's obvious he just assumed "black girl, black song
DJ Beatboxat 2-14-2008
This song is pure shyt.
Rickat 3-18-2008
From Biteboy www.myspace.com/biteboy
"I'd like to drown you but I love you
I want to kill you but I care
And since every man you see
is a better man than me
I'd like to kill you with my hands.
Shannonat 5-13-2008
'I Used to Love Him, Now I Don't' is really good as well, sort of a get-it-out-of-your-system when you are angry about a breakup.
flilguyat 6-01-2008
Lauryn Hill, I always thought she sucked, guess I was right. Where is her big line of albums and hits?? The big Queen of remakes.
hiat 2-13-2009
ahh go fuck our parents u imbiscile
hiat 2-13-2009
that way u can have a baby momma who has lauryn hill