Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Ever Written a Song Parody ?

One of the local radio stations is doing a contest for Weird Al concert tickets, which include backstage passes to a meet-and-greet with the man himself.
I've long been a fan of his (I can remember saving money to buy his new audio cassette tapes, like "Fat" and the "UHF" soundtrack).

The contest is simple:
submit your own, original song parody.

So here is my humble entry.  It is titled "Hood Life" and is sung to the tune of "Good Life" by Onerepublic.  I absolutely LOVE that song, but thought the best parody would be to turn such an upbeat song into a dismal narrative on street living.  If I was doing it professionally, I would replace the whistling parts of the song with ambulance and police car sirens.  Here is a link to the original song on youtube so you can try to sing along using the words below.

Woke up in L.A. yesterday
Found myself in an alley down from the valley
Don't really know how I got here
Can't find my wallet or my phone

Got cuts and bruises and broken bones
Sick to my stomach, I wanna go home
Day turns to night, night brings out all the rival gangs
And you can hear them say

Oh this has gotta be the hood life
This has gotta be the hood life
This could really be a hood life, hood life

Say OW! I got this knife wound from a bad fight
Bullets flyin' in the city tonight
This could really be the hood life
A hood, hood life

And here is the rest of the song (On the radio they said to just send one verse and the chorus, which is the above section, but I'm not one to do anything just halfway!)

To all the thugs in New York, I say Whoa!
Bloods and Crips in L.A. and they ho's
Wherever you've been in the past year or so
Stay the #=!! out of Col-or-ado !

Sometimes there's snitches that rat you out
Sometimes there's police on my tail now
We are gods of these streets but tell me-e-e-e
What's this graffiti all about ?

When you're on drugs you're a fool
And they take you over
When everyone is out
You're gonna get taken in

Oh this has gotta be the hood life
This has gotta be the hood life
This could really be a hood life, hood life

Say OW! Lost this finger in a gang fight
Set the Meth house all on fire tonight
This could really be a hood life
A hood, hood life

Hopelessly
I feel like I'm very unlikely to live
Hopelessly
I feel like the darkness is closing in
Hopelessly
I'm taking a mental picture of you now
'Cuz hopeFULLy
(If I live), in a lineup, I can point you out !

Oh this has gotta be the hood life
This has gotta be the hood life
This could really be a hood life, hood life

Say OW! Got this feeling that it's time to fight
All the pimps in this city tonight
This could really be a hood life
A hood, hood life

Oh no!
Hood, hood life
Hood life
AAAH!

Listen
To all the thugs in New York, I say Whoa!
Bloods and Crips in L.A. and they ho's
Wherever you've been in the past year or so
Stay the #=!! out of Col-or-ado !

Sometimes there's snitches that rat you out
Sometimes there's Po-Po's on your tail now
You are god of NOTHING so please tell me-e-e-e
What's this fighting all about ?

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1 comment:

  1. Awesome, bro!! I had no idea you had such a talent for writing lyrics, and these are hilarious!! I hope you win!!

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