Little precious has a natural obsession

For temptation but he just can't see

She gives him loving that his body can't handle

But all he can say is "Baby, it's good to me."

 

One day he goes and takes a glimpse in the mirror

But he doesn't recognize his own face

His health is fading and he doesn't know why

Three letters took him to his final resting place

 

A couple years after "Hat 2 da Back" and one of the 90s-est images ever made, and a couple years before "No Scrubs" and "Silly Ho", TLC released their iconic signature song "Waterfalls", which shot to #1 on the charts in 1995 faster than anyone could stop and realize it was a song about AIDS, drugs, and kids getting shot, ALL IN ONE! Like an appetizer sampler platter of sad shit!

 

It's still a legitimately great song, but it's extremely weird to rewatch the girls dancing as CGI'd invisible "Hollow Man" specters in front of a waterfall while singing about a guy dying from HIV. Though it actually aged better than the movie Philadelphia.

 

ALSO: There's one shot in the music video of the guy holding a condom and his woman pushing it away, implying that she was trying to give him HIV, or something? What the hell, song? Are you the R&B remix of the movie Kids?