Booyah Hard Knocker doesn't swim?

I bought a handful of Hard/One knockers on a whim because they looked good, but when I went out to the local pond to try them out, I found the one I tested didn't really swim like other crankbaits/lipless baits. when retrieving, it turned sideways or actually swam backwards.

Is this normal? I was under the impression that half the time you're fishing a lipless it's burning it over grass, which this bait would be terrible at. Note, "yo-yoing" it back seemed to work ok. It had a nice side-to-side wobble on the fall. Did I get a lemon?