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I wrote this novel just for you
It sounds pretentious but it's true
I wrote this novel just for you
That's why it's vulgar
That's why it's blue
And I say, thank you
And I say, thank you
I wrote this novel just for Mom
For all the mommy things she's done
For all the times she showed me wrong
For all the time she sang god's song
And I say thank you Mom
Hello Mom
Thank you Mom
Hi Mom
I read a book about Uncle Tom
Where a whitey bastard made a bomb
But now Ebonics rule our song
Those motherfuckers got it wrong
And I ask
Who is uncle Tom?
Who is uncle Tom?
Who is uncle Tom?
You are
I read a book about the self
Said I should get expensive help
Go fix my head
Create some wealth
Put my neurosis on the shelf
But I don't care for myself
I don't care for myself
I don't care for myself
I don't care
I wrote this novel just for you
I'm so pretentious, yes it's true
I wrote this novel just for you
Just for you
Just for you
It sounds pretentious but it's true
I wrote this novel just for you
That's why it's vulgar
That's why it's blue
And I say, thank you
And I say, thank you
I wrote this novel just for Mom
For all the mommy things she's done
For all the times she showed me wrong
For all the time she sang god's song
And I say thank you Mom
Hello Mom
Thank you Mom
Hi Mom
I read a book about Uncle Tom
Where a whitey bastard made a bomb
But now Ebonics rule our song
Those motherfuckers got it wrong
And I ask
Who is uncle Tom?
Who is uncle Tom?
Who is uncle Tom?
You are
I read a book about the self
Said I should get expensive help
Go fix my head
Create some wealth
Put my neurosis on the shelf
But I don't care for myself
I don't care for myself
I don't care for myself
I don't care
I wrote this novel just for you
I'm so pretentious, yes it's true
I wrote this novel just for you
Just for you
Just for you
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Blue America aka a Prozac Nation,
The book is about her depression and is dedicated to her mother, but writes about a lot of negative experiences with her mother, thus seems a touch ironic at times. "I wrote this novel just for Mom"
"said I should get expensive help"- a theme running through the book is the idea of how difficult it was for her to get proper therapy because of the cost etc...
I know the song probably wasn't intentionally linked to the book, but for anyone interested, it made me think twice about the lyrics.
I agree with reanimation also, I don't think Brian is trying to hide behind his words or make it so complicated; he's straight to the point with sarcasm.
1) Mom- Motherly advice gone too far. He is unable to experience life for himself.
2) Uncle Tom- In the novel, Uncle Tom is the obedient slave who accepts the white way so to speak. He is not experiencing or learning about life for himself.
3) Self-help books- A pretty blatant slam of books that are supposed to teach you about your own life. Only you can live your own life, and self help books are bogus.
My conclusion summed up in a few words "live life for yourself"
I wrote this novel just for you
It sounds pretentious but it's true
I wrote this novel just for you
That's why it's vulgar
That's why it's blue
And I say, thank you
And I say, thank you
its about dedicating your life(novel) to someone, only to get crushed by them, but you've already wasted too much time to re-write it.
cause remember the authors usually at the start of novels write "this book is dedicated to-"
I wrote this novel just for Mom
For all the mommy things she's done
For all the times she showed me wrong
For all the time she sang god's song
And I say thank you Mom
Hello Mom
Thank you Mom
Hi Mom
its about his mother land(america) and how its seen as wrong to be gay, and that gays have no rights.and the church doesnt accept homosexuals and all that.
I read a book about Uncle Tom
Where a whitey bastard made a bomb
But now Ebonics rule our song
Those motherfuckers got it wrong
And I ask
Who is uncle Tom?
Who is uncle Tom?
Who is uncle Tom?
You are
there's a book called 'uncle tom' as stated before. this verse is defenatly aout all the racisim in america.
I read a book about the self
Said I should get expensive help
Go fix my head
Create some wealth
Put my neurosis on the shelf
But I don't care for myself
I don't care for myself
I don't care for myself
I don't care
its abot how self help books don't work, and they all just end up telling you to go to a psychiatrist, which are really expensive. and half the self help books are written by psychiatrists.