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Misheard Song Lyrics -> Stories -> Layo & Bushwacka

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Layo & Bushwacka's, "Love Story"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Raisin bread
Raisin bread
All he was buyin' was just raisin bread
The Real Lyrics:
Rags & old iron
Rags & old iron
All he was buyin' was just rags & old iron
The Story: I had no idea it was a sample from a Nina Simone track called "Rags & Old Iron" until someone played me the original and I yelled "It's the Raisin Bread song!". Of course I got laughed out of the building, (a) for not knowing a staggeringly famous Nina Simone track and (b) for thinking it had something to do with purchasing baked goods. - Submitted by: Cindy
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