As we all know, Blow was originally slated to be the lead single from Beyonce. Beyonce had her eyes set on a multi-format smash, bringing in the most acclaimed producer of the past couple of years (Pharrell) for a pop juggernaut of a song.
As the release was about to happen, the song was deemed "too risky" for radio because of its lyrics "turn that cherry out" and "can you lick my Skittles, it's the sweetest in the middle." The lyrics are racy, but were no more raunchy than lyrics featured in the multi-format, multi-week #1 hits Rude Boy (which contained the iconic lines "Can you get it up? Is you big enough?") and Blurred Lines (which came under fire for its lyrics that seemed to condone rape - "I know you want it").
This is pretty racy, everyone knows what she meant with this, they would have to edit that out and the song wouldn't work without it and Pop radio would never touch the song with its original lyrics.
Partition > Blow, Rude Boy and Blurred Lines combined when it comes to risky single choices.
"Turn That Cherry Out"
"can you lick my Skittles, it's the sweetest in the middle."
Were more racy than any lyric in 'Rude Boy'. I think there was no way of editing
the song w/o ruining it. & Just imagine the clean version would have sounded.
a mess.
Can you eat my skittles?
It's the sweetest in the middle (yeah)
Pink is the flavor
Solve the riddle (yeah)
When you see it here, lift it up then toss it babe
I know everything you want
I'm-a show you how I stroke (stroke it)
Bring ya work home on top of me
I'm-a let you be the, be the boss of me
I know everything you want
Give me that daddy long stroke