Would you please take a chance on me?
If you asked anyone that knew me at all, they would all tell you that my music tastes are eclectic. I enjoy hard rock, country, classical, jazz, and even hip-hop.
Last week one of my new favorite hip-hop artists released a new CD. KJ52 released a CD named Remix which (as the name suggests) is mostly remixes of previous songs, mostly from his last CD a boy named jonah. I picked it up this past weekend, and I really identified with one of his songs - a remix of one of his older songs that I hadn't heard before.
It's titled Revenge of the Nerds. It goes a little something like this:
Chorus:
Would you please,
would you dance with me,
my darling would you please take a chance with me,
I see you over there with the jocks,
I see you over there with the rich boys,
I see you over there with all the pretty girls,
and I'm asking one thing...
Back in the day I used to rock the MC Hammer pants
jump in the middle of the party bust the running man
doing the Roger Rabbit at the middle school dance
got my man next to the bleachers now that's where we stand
walk up to the girl like "now will you dance with me?"
she's like "well listen you'll never ever have a chance with me
I got a boyfriend and he's at like six foot three
250 pounds and he could beat you up in his sleep"
and I'm like "well really what's that got to do with me?
I don't see him around here so why don't you just come with me
I'll get you some fruit punch maybe some cookies
I got the new Vanilla Ice tape how can you not love me?"
she's like "well first off all your pants is straight ugly
you can't dance and your personality just bugs me
so back up off me cause I really gots to let you know
that my boyfriend's right over there"
"ohh I got to go"
Though I'm a bit older than KJ52, this song is like a narrative of my middle school and high school life. I remember lots of dances, asking girls to dance, and getting shot down. It was painful, but it made me who I am now and I'm happy with the way I am.
when I was growing up it was hard to be happy
kids knock the books out my hand and make fun of my acne (exactly)
give me a wedgie while they throw spitballs at me
and stuff me in my own locker and laugh at me
(ahhhh ha..) oh you think that'’s real funny
cause I'm 5 foot with huge feet and I dress crummy
and all the school bullies want to just take my lunch money
c'mon man I only got a dollar twenty
ya know ya life is just really sad man
when you play dodge ball your picked as the last man
and ya run as fast as ya can just like a mad man
cause the football team wants to throw you in the trash can
so really will this madness ever end
really will the nerd ever get revenge?
will this girl call me back at around ten?
will you go out w/ me? I just want to be friends
One day walking down the hall, carry my notebook under my arm. I had this bad habit of just tucking handouts, etc. inside the front cover and never actually putting them in the rings. Ever. You can imagine, after several months of this, how my notebook looked. One day a guy came up behind me, knocked the notebook out of my hands, and proceeded to kick it down the hall scattering almost an entire semesters papers all over the hall.
I was picked last all the time. Always. Every single time. And I often "ran for my life" from those that wished to do physical harm to me. And I used to think about stuff like revenge, and wonder about those who treated me like that. Why did they do it? What made them want to do it?
Now days I'm a little older plus a little bolder
but it seems like I just can't get over
you ever have a day where nothing goes right
well that just seems to be the story of my whole entire life
so anybody out there know what I mean?
to feel like your third string on a football team?
and ya never ever gonna reach any of your dreams?
and your only hope is making onion rings at burger king
but now a days a lot of things done changed
since Christ came into my life now and just rearranged
the way I look at myself son it aint the same
I drive in a whole 'nother lane going against the grain
I know it might just seem a little strange
the fact remains I changed when I called on his name
so call me a nerd call me lame it don't matter to me
see all I need to know is that my wife will dance with me
I can't even imagine how eaten up I'd be with hate and the desire for revenge if Christ wasn't in my life. It might even be a driving force in my life. Several years ago I went to my 10 year high school reunion. A guy that was one of the main tormentors of my youth came over and talked to me. We hadn't seen each other since high school graduation. I was full of happiness and joy, and treated him like I was seeing an old friend. After we'd talked for a minute, he made a comment that if the situation was reversed, he'd have decked me then and there - see, I'd grown "up" some and filled out quite a bit. I told him that it did me no good to hang on to stuff from the past. I wish I would have told him it was Christ in my life - but I didn't. A failure on my part.
Maybe one day I'll have the chance to see him again and make up for that.
Last week one of my new favorite hip-hop artists released a new CD. KJ52 released a CD named Remix which (as the name suggests) is mostly remixes of previous songs, mostly from his last CD a boy named jonah. I picked it up this past weekend, and I really identified with one of his songs - a remix of one of his older songs that I hadn't heard before.
It's titled Revenge of the Nerds. It goes a little something like this:
Chorus:
Would you please,
would you dance with me,
my darling would you please take a chance with me,
I see you over there with the jocks,
I see you over there with the rich boys,
I see you over there with all the pretty girls,
and I'm asking one thing...
Back in the day I used to rock the MC Hammer pants
jump in the middle of the party bust the running man
doing the Roger Rabbit at the middle school dance
got my man next to the bleachers now that's where we stand
walk up to the girl like "now will you dance with me?"
she's like "well listen you'll never ever have a chance with me
I got a boyfriend and he's at like six foot three
250 pounds and he could beat you up in his sleep"
and I'm like "well really what's that got to do with me?
I don't see him around here so why don't you just come with me
I'll get you some fruit punch maybe some cookies
I got the new Vanilla Ice tape how can you not love me?"
she's like "well first off all your pants is straight ugly
you can't dance and your personality just bugs me
so back up off me cause I really gots to let you know
that my boyfriend's right over there"
"ohh I got to go"
Though I'm a bit older than KJ52, this song is like a narrative of my middle school and high school life. I remember lots of dances, asking girls to dance, and getting shot down. It was painful, but it made me who I am now and I'm happy with the way I am.
when I was growing up it was hard to be happy
kids knock the books out my hand and make fun of my acne (exactly)
give me a wedgie while they throw spitballs at me
and stuff me in my own locker and laugh at me
(ahhhh ha..) oh you think that'’s real funny
cause I'm 5 foot with huge feet and I dress crummy
and all the school bullies want to just take my lunch money
c'mon man I only got a dollar twenty
ya know ya life is just really sad man
when you play dodge ball your picked as the last man
and ya run as fast as ya can just like a mad man
cause the football team wants to throw you in the trash can
so really will this madness ever end
really will the nerd ever get revenge?
will this girl call me back at around ten?
will you go out w/ me? I just want to be friends
One day walking down the hall, carry my notebook under my arm. I had this bad habit of just tucking handouts, etc. inside the front cover and never actually putting them in the rings. Ever. You can imagine, after several months of this, how my notebook looked. One day a guy came up behind me, knocked the notebook out of my hands, and proceeded to kick it down the hall scattering almost an entire semesters papers all over the hall.
I was picked last all the time. Always. Every single time. And I often "ran for my life" from those that wished to do physical harm to me. And I used to think about stuff like revenge, and wonder about those who treated me like that. Why did they do it? What made them want to do it?
Now days I'm a little older plus a little bolder
but it seems like I just can't get over
you ever have a day where nothing goes right
well that just seems to be the story of my whole entire life
so anybody out there know what I mean?
to feel like your third string on a football team?
and ya never ever gonna reach any of your dreams?
and your only hope is making onion rings at burger king
but now a days a lot of things done changed
since Christ came into my life now and just rearranged
the way I look at myself son it aint the same
I drive in a whole 'nother lane going against the grain
I know it might just seem a little strange
the fact remains I changed when I called on his name
so call me a nerd call me lame it don't matter to me
see all I need to know is that my wife will dance with me
I can't even imagine how eaten up I'd be with hate and the desire for revenge if Christ wasn't in my life. It might even be a driving force in my life. Several years ago I went to my 10 year high school reunion. A guy that was one of the main tormentors of my youth came over and talked to me. We hadn't seen each other since high school graduation. I was full of happiness and joy, and treated him like I was seeing an old friend. After we'd talked for a minute, he made a comment that if the situation was reversed, he'd have decked me then and there - see, I'd grown "up" some and filled out quite a bit. I told him that it did me no good to hang on to stuff from the past. I wish I would have told him it was Christ in my life - but I didn't. A failure on my part.
Maybe one day I'll have the chance to see him again and make up for that.
posted by learningtowrite | 8:41 PM
2 Comments:
Thank God for Jesus.
I used to be a nerd in JH too. But in HS, not so much. If I saw some of those mean girls today, I wouldn't have anything to say to them. Maybe I need more Jesus.
You do realize that pasting song lyrics does not count against your first million words, right? =)
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