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I've been all around the world
I've been a new sensation
But it doesn't really matter
In this generation
The sophomore slump is an uphill battle
And someone said that in my scene
'Cause they need a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math
For the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezer
Got to find another way to live the life of leisure
So I drop my top
Mix and I mingle
Is everybody ready for the single and it goes
[Chorus]
Ha La La La La
Now listen closer to the verse I lay
(Ha La La La La)
It's all about the wordplay
(Ha La La La Love)
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the Mister A-Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
And it's time to get ill I got your remedy
For those who don't remember me
Well let me introduce you to my style
I try to keep a jumble
And the lyrics never mumble
When the music's makin' people tongue-tied
You want a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math
For the poeple write me off like I'm a one-hit wonder
Got to find another way to keep from goin' under
Pull out the stops
Got your attention
I guess it's time again for me to mention
The wordplay
[Chorus]
I built a bridge across the stream of consciousness
It always seems to be a flowin'
But I don't which way my brain is goin'
Oh the ryhmin' and the timin'
Keeps the melodies inside me
And they're comin'
Til I'm running out of air
Are you prepared to take a dive into the deep end of my head
Are you listening to a single word I've said
Listen closer to the words I say
We're sticken' to the wordplay
Ha La La La Love
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the Mister A-Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
I'm all about the wordplay
Stickin' with the wordplay
Ha La La La Love
I love the wonderful thing it does
Because, because
The oh's and ah's and fa-la-la's fall back in love
For the Mister A-Z they say
Is all about the wordplay
I've been a new sensation
But it doesn't really matter
In this generation
The sophomore slump is an uphill battle
And someone said that in my scene
'Cause they need a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math
For the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezer
Got to find another way to live the life of leisure
So I drop my top
Mix and I mingle
Is everybody ready for the single and it goes
[Chorus]
Ha La La La La
Now listen closer to the verse I lay
(Ha La La La La)
It's all about the wordplay
(Ha La La La Love)
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the Mister A-Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
And it's time to get ill I got your remedy
For those who don't remember me
Well let me introduce you to my style
I try to keep a jumble
And the lyrics never mumble
When the music's makin' people tongue-tied
You want a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math
For the poeple write me off like I'm a one-hit wonder
Got to find another way to keep from goin' under
Pull out the stops
Got your attention
I guess it's time again for me to mention
The wordplay
[Chorus]
I built a bridge across the stream of consciousness
It always seems to be a flowin'
But I don't which way my brain is goin'
Oh the ryhmin' and the timin'
Keeps the melodies inside me
And they're comin'
Til I'm running out of air
Are you prepared to take a dive into the deep end of my head
Are you listening to a single word I've said
Listen closer to the words I say
We're sticken' to the wordplay
Ha La La La Love
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the Mister A-Z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
I'm all about the wordplay
Stickin' with the wordplay
Ha La La La Love
I love the wonderful thing it does
Because, because
The oh's and ah's and fa-la-la's fall back in love
For the Mister A-Z they say
Is all about the wordplay
Lyrics submitted by whitney173
Track duration: 03:07
"Wordplay" as written by Kevin Paul/mraz Kadish
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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I'VE BUILT a bridge across the stream of consciousness
THAT always seems to be a-flowin'
but I don't know which my brain is goin'
all the rhymin' and the timin'
keeps the melodies inside me
and they're CLIMBIN' til I'm runnin' out of air
are you prepared to take a dive
into the deep end of my head?
are listening to a single word I've said?
and
WHEN it's time to get ill
...among other mistakes.
i've been a new sensation
but it doesn't really matter in this g-generation
---pretty obvious. our generation doesn't really care about international success, all that matters to us is that we like the song that's playing on the radio
the sophomore slump is an uphill battle
and someone said that ain't my scene
---the sophomore slump refers to this being his second album, which is usually not as successful as an artist's first. and people tell him that he's not good enough to outdo his first album and he's already peaked
cause they need a new song
like a new religion
music for the television
i can't do the long division
someone do the math
---his record label was probably just telling him to crank out another hit cause he needs to for his career, but he's just like um i don't deal with the stats and the business side of this, someone else "do the math," so to speak, and deal with the business part for him, because he's strictly about the music
but the record label puts me
on the shelf up in the freezer
gotta find another way to live the life of leisure
---again, pretty straightforward. his record label isn't as interested in him if he's not gaining radio play, so instead of just settling with his old stuff, he needs to do something if he wants to continue with his "life of leisure"
so i drop my top
mix and i mingle
is everybody ready for the single?
---i don't really get this. i think the mix and mingle is a play on words, cause his style is a sort of white rapper thing (not as in eminem), so he mixes, but he's playing that off the expression to mix and mingle
and it goes
ha la la la la
now listen closely to the verse i lay
ha la la la la la
it's all about the wordplay
--- if you listen closely to the words of his songs, you'll see all his plays on words and puns and use of language
ha la la la love
the wonderful thing it does because
because i am the wizard of oohs and aahs
and fa la las
yeah the mr. a to z
they say i'm all about the wordplay
---i love this part. it's a play on the wizard of oz. he's the wizard of aahs instead. and his name (mr. a-z) is another wordplay on his actual last name.
and it's time to get ill
i've got your remedy
for those who don't remember me
well let me introduce you to my style
---he was best known for his song the remedy on his first album, so it's kind of a reference back to how people thought he couldn't top his initial success.
i try to keep a jumble
and the lyrics never mumble
when the music's making people tongue-tied
---his music style relies heavily on his fast-paced, hard-to-learn words
but the people write me off
like i'm a one-hit wonder
gotta find another way
to keep from goin under
---similar to the "gotta find another way to live the life of leisure" part. starting this verse with reference to his song the remedy shows that he's not about to let that be his one (and only) hit
pull out the stops.
got your attention.
i guess it's time again for me to mention the wordplay
---he's gonna do anything he can to keep propelling his career forward. and i love the "got your attention" line. cause it comes right after a pause in the music, so if someone really wasn't paying attention to the words, they would still notice the stop in sound and pay attention, and its like he's saying "ha. now you're listening to me cause i did something to catch your attention. now i'll talk about my excellent wordplay again because you're listening."
there's a bridge across the stream of consciousness
it always seems to be a-flowin
but i don't know which my brain is goin
---great line. cause this is the bridge in the song. and stream of consciousness is a writing style that's like the monologue that goes on in the writer's head. so its a play on a bridge over a stream, as opposed to the bridge of the song being about how herky-jerky his inner monologue is and sometimes he doesn't know which way the "stream" of his brain is going
all the rhymin' and the timin'
keeps the melodies inside me
and they're comin til i'm runnin out of air
---he's always got lyrics coming out of his mouth cause he just never stops thinking of them
are you prepared to take a dive
into the deep end of my head?
are listening to a single word i've said?
---keeping up with the characterization of his brain as water(like a stream), he's asking if the listener can handle his crazy thoughts and language and word choices. is the listener really understanding the words he's using, or are they just taking the face value of it without delving any deeper?
I love "the wizard of ohh's and Ahh's and fa la la's"
it is so cute!
Remember kids, corporations aren't fans of music, they're fans of money.
He had a wonderfully successful first album, but everybody was like, "He won't be able to do it again" (one hit wonder line). This song is his, "Screw you, I'm better than that" song.
He's saying, "Everyone wants me to write another hit, and they want it to be all conformist." So in his refrain he says, "La la la la love" because he knows people only listen to the refrain, so he says, "Listen closer to the verse I lay." This isn't a song about love, and it's not the conventional anything. It's a song about the struggles of an amazing artist to keep up with the constant demands for NEW NEW NEW that our high-paced society has.
anyway i love this one, it shows off his talent and style both in the lyrics and the music.
ITS ALL ABOUT THE WORDPLAY
but in his music video, there are people throwing stones at him..
and because jason mraz is a big pothead...
the stones being thrown at him means that he's stoned.