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Guess what? I wrote a song!

WannabePunk's picture

Listening To: Anti-Flag!

Hey! That's new! Aren't you proud of me?
I wrote this while I was supposed to be doing...something else for school yesterday. I have no idea what it was. Anyway.

Chorus:
Be Like Them!
Or you won't be right!
Be like them!
OR give up the fight!
X2
Give up!

Verse1:
Year 2008, things still haven't changed
Kids still wakin' up actin' deranged
Look at that wierdo - foreign exchange
He doesn't have the clothes
She doesn't have the face
He doesn't have the throws
She's from the wrong place
Year 2008, yeah things still haven't changed
You've got a big nose
Your girlfriend's the wrong race
Yeah, 2008, You know we gotta change
Before we all end up actin' deranged

Still working on Verse 2....

By the way, everyone better go look up Bo Burnham. I think some of his songs are on YouTube.

Professor_Zoom's picture

Awesome song. I definitely

Awesome song. I definitely want to see the rest of it.

And I have to tell you this: Bo Burnham has been my hero of the month of August. He's a master of awkwardity. And don't anyone tell me that "awkwardity" isn't a word, because it so is.

WannabePunk's picture

Hahaha. Thanks. I shall

Hahaha. Thanks.
I shall start a petition to get Awkwardity into the dictionary.
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State of the union address
reads "War Torn Country Still a Mess"
The words: power, death and distorted truth
are read between the lines of the red, white and blue.

Professor_Zoom's picture

Excellent...the plan's all

Excellent...the plan's all falling into place.

I mean, uh..."cool".

qwertygirl's picture

Just wondering, what is this

Just wondering, what is this supposed to sound like?
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"When you live for the fight, for the blood, the relationships you form are tenuous and easily broken."
-Jasper Hale (who I like more than Edward...)

WannabePunk's picture

If you've ever heard

If you've ever heard "Testify" or "Guerilla Radio" by Rage Against The Machine...I was thinking along those lines.
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State of the union address
reads "War Torn Country Still a Mess"
The words: power, death and distorted truth
are read between the lines of the red, white and blue.

Professor_Zoom's picture

LIGHTS OUT! GUERRILLA RADIO!

LIGHTS OUT! GUERRILLA RADIO! TURN THAT SHIT UP!

I have an overwhelming urge to do that every time someone mentions Rage. And it's rather hard not to.

WannabePunk's picture

I know the feeling well. I

I know the feeling well.
I know the first four or five lines...I always have to sing them

Third world war, third round
a decade of the weapon of sound above ground
no shelter if you're looking for shade,
I lick shots at the brutal charade
as the polls close like a casket
on truth devours
...
and then I stop there, 'cause I don't know the rest :D.
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State of the union address
reads "War Torn Country Still a Mess"
The words: power, death and distorted truth
are read between the lines of the red, white and blue.

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