Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1982
"I guess it rains down in Africa."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"I guess it rains down in Africa."
What's actually sung
"I bless the rains down in Africa." Africa — Toto (1982)
Why the ear defaults
The B in "bless" sits under a synth stab and most listeners only pick up the vowel. "Guess" makes grammatical sense where "bless" is unexpectedly devotional, so the brain corrects it.
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