Throwin' Your Ĺife Away - The Lyrics

[Fuzball]

Does anyone have correct lyrics for this song?

Several different versions of lyrics on the internet -all based on the lq seminar recording- seem to be incorrect.

Now with a HQ version available, it should be much easier to decipher previously misheard parts.

 

[Hot_Street]

You could post the available lyrics in the first post and then make improvements based on suggestions from the forum.

 

[Fuzball]

You could post the available lyrics in the first post and then make improvements based on suggestions from the forum.

Been stuck to my phone atm, so copy & pasting huge amount of text is limited.

Here's a link to genius site: https://genius.com/Michael-jackson-throwin-your-life-away-lyrics

 

[xscapee]

"I got my choice and I gotta go home" is definitely wrong

 

[AlwaysThere]

It seems like he’s saying “blame it on me.”

Can’t make out the rest whatsoever, honestly.

 

[AlwaysThere]

Just gave a listen to the newer leak with a more upfront vocal and gave a transcription a shot.

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I was young and loved to fight
I was never wrong but always right
Look at ol’ me
I was young and ready to go
I robbed an old lady, robbed a liquor store
Look at ol’ me
I was playin’ the underdog
I got my (?) and I (?)
Look at ol’ me
Life was sweet and life was bad
Done my time, but I’m (?)
Look at ol’ me
Now I must find there’s no love in my life

CHORUS
Don’t be throwin’ your life away
Throwin’ your life away
Don’t you find it so easy to just say no, to just say no?

I was living high and low
I got my kicks and I got my soul
Look at ol’ me
I was doin’ the underdog
I got (?) and I got your (?)
Look at ol’ me
I was really doing bad
I got my time and I got my bag
Look at ol’ me
I was ready to end it right
I got my time and (?)
Look at ol’ me
Now I must find there’s no love in my lfie

CHORUS x 2

Release me
Someone say release me
Someone say release me
Someone say release me
Now I know it’s (?)
(?)

CHORUS

 

[michaeljackson.nl]

Just gave a listen to the newer leak with a more upfront vocal and gave a transcription a shot.

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I was young and loved to fight
I was never wrong but always right
Look at ol’ me
I was young and ready to go
I robbed an old lady, robbed a liquor store
Look at ol’ me
I was playin’ the underdog
I got my (?) and I (?)
Look at ol’ me
Life was sweet and life was bad
Done my time, but I’m (?)
Look at ol’ me
Now I must find there’s no love in my life

CHORUS
Don’t be throwin’ your life away
Throwin’ your life away
Don’t you find it so easy to just say no, to just say no?

I was living high and low
I got my kicks and I got my soul
Look at ol’ me
I was doin’ the underdog
I got (?) and I got your (?)
Look at ol’ me
I was really doing bad
I got my time and I got my bag
Look at ol’ me
I was ready to end it right
I got my time and (?)
Look at ol’ me
Now I must find there’s no love in my lfie

CHORUS x 2

Release me
Someone say release me
Someone say release me
Someone say release me
Now I know it’s (?)
(?)

CHORUS

That’s actually the most accurate transcription I’ve seen yet. The song makes so much more sense to me with these lyrics.

 

[michaeljackson.nl]

I was ready to end it right
I got my time went out of sight
Look at ol’ me
Now I must find there’s no love in my lfie

Just to add to your transcription, this is what I’m hearing.

 

[Fuzball]

@kai @Beano Wild can't you guys isolate the lead vocals with ai?

 

[kai]

@kai @Beano Wild can't you guys isolate the lead vocals with ai?

Best option is mvsep.com and then the Melband roforma model „bercuily high vocal fullness“. It’s not getting better than this at the moment.

 

[Fuzball]

The song makes so much more sense to me with these lyrics.

Totally agree. Especially the bridge part, the "release me"s have now a deeper meaning.

The song's quite revisiting Beat It - this time with an approach from a different pov.

 

[Fuzball]

I was playin’ the underdog
I got ?my kicks from uncuffin' your hoe?
Look at ol’ me
Life was sweet and life was bad
Done my time, but I’m ?too inapt?
Look at ol’ me
Now I must find there’s no love in my life

 

[Saka21]

"Look at ol' me"?? I really don't hear that. "Blame it on me", sounds more likely.

 

[Fuzball]

"Look at ol' me"?? I really don't hear that. "Blame it on me", sounds more likely.

I don't here a "B" at all. It sound more like "lean on me" but this wouldn't make really sense.

 

[Hot_Street]

I don't here a "B" at all. It sound more like "lean on me" but this wouldn't make really sense.

I'd say:
lame it on me
he simply swallows the b, what do you think about that?

 

[michaeljackson.nl]

I’m leaning more towards ‘look’, though it’s very unclear. I can hear both tbh, just a matter of which line I think about. Maybe Bill Bottrell can elaborate on that? He recorded MJ’s vocals right? Maybe he knows the lyrics.

 

[SmoothGangsta]

Some parts I hear no B sound but others it sounds like it's there. Not really HQ enough to tell tbh.

 

[xscapee]

acapella (including the lossless snippets) https://voca.ro/13TwTfaF3x9l
no reverb https://voca.ro/1hdxKg8YgVZ9

 

[Fuzball]

This is what (I think) I hear



I was young and loved to fight
I was never wrong but always right
Look at ol’ me
I was young and ready to go
I robbed an old lady, robbed a liquor store
Look at ol’ me
I was playin’ the underdog
I got my  kicks from uncuffin' your hoe
Look at ol’ me
Life was sweet and life was bad
Done my time, but I’m  too inapt
Look at ol’ me
Now I must find there’s no love in my life

CHORUS
Don’t be throwin’ your life away
Throwin’ your life away
Don’t you find it so easy to just say no, to just say no?

I was living high and low
I got my kicks and I got my soul
Look at ol’ me
I was doin’ the underdog
I got  my fun and I got your  hoe
Look at ol’ me
I was really doing bad
I got my time and I got my bag
Look at ol’ me
I was ready to end it right
I got my time and  went out of sight
Look at ol’ me
Now I must find there’s no love in my lfie

CHORUS x 2

Release me
Someone say release me
Someone say release me
Someone say release me
Now I know  I fight
 Hard to ???

CHORUS

 

[robotchicken14]

I was young and ready to go

I hear raring to go

Life was sweet and life was bad

I hear life was fair

 

[ToMi]

I hear both "look at ol' me" and "bring it on me" at times actually.

 

[Whitty Hutton]

I hear both "look at ol' me" and "bring it on me" at times actually.

I guess my ears are effed up, because I thought he was saying "get away"
I don't understand any words in that song besides the hook

 

[Saka21]

Relistened to everything more carefully, and now I think he's actually saying 'look' instead of 'blame' too:

(Verse 1)
I was shown I'd never fight
I was never wrong but always right
Look at old me
I was shown just where to go
Got no lyin', rob a big store
Look at old me

I played the underdog
I get my kicks from-a cuttin' your heart
Look at old me
Life was sweet and life was bad
Got my time when I'm doing bad
Look at old me

(Pre-Chorus)
Now I'm just fine
There's no love in my life

(Chorus)
Don't be throwing your life away
Throwing your life away
Oh! Don't you find it so easy to just say no?
To just say no

(Verse 2)
I was livin' high and low
Got my kicks and I got my soul
Look at old me
I was born the underdog
Got my friends and I got your heart
Look at old me

I was really doing bad
I got my time and I got my bag
Look at old me
I was livin' in the right
Got my turn right on my side
Look at old me

(Pre-Chorus)
Now I'm just fine
There's no love in my life

(Chorus)
Don't be throwing your life away
(That!) Throwing your life away
Oh! Don't you find it so easy to just say no?
(To just say no)

Throwing your life away
(That!) Throwing your life away
Oh! Don't you find it so easy to just say no?
To just say no

(Bridge)
Release me
Someone said, "Release me"
Someone said, "Release me"
Someone said, "Release me"

(Mumbling)
Na-tha-know-it-fire
Ha-di-dey-geh-AAAAH

(Outro)
Cha!
Throwing your life away
Throwing your life away
Oh!
Right there!

 

[xscapee]

"i was young and ran the goal/ran to go"
"got my time while i'm doin' dirty"
"i got my time within a sigh"
"had to do the dirty" (end of bridge)