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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