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Posted By Mdiar 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & EntertainmentHope everyone enjoys. Possibly my last Propeller submission, though I don' t know.
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Mdiar11 months, 2 weeks ago
Enjoy everyone. First heard this song a few days ago and while its definitely not my favorite music genre, I did like it! Listen to the lyrics and try to figure out what the song is saying!
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Mdiar11 months, 2 weeks ago
The lyrics:
I can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars
No handlebarsI can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handlebars
No handlebarsLook at me
look at me
hands in the air like it's good to be
ALIVE
and I'm a famous rapper
even when the paths're all crookedy
I can show you how to do-si-do
I can show you how to scratch a record
I can take apart the remote control
And I can almost put it back together
I can tie a knot in a cherry stem
I can tell you about Leif Ericson
I know all the words to "De Colores"
And "I'm Proud to be an American"
Me and my friend saw a platypus
Me and my friend made a comic book
And guess how long it took
I can do anything that I want cause lookI can keep rhythm with no metronome
No metronome
No metronomeI can see your face on the telephone
On the telephone
On the telephoneLook at me
Look at me
Just called to say that it's good to be
ALIVE
In such a small world
All curled up with a book to read
I can raise funds open up a thrift store
I can make a living off a magazine
I can design an engine sixty four
Miles to a gallon of gasoline
I can make new antibiotics
I can make computers survive aquatic conditions
I know how to run a business
And I can make you wanna buy a product
Movers shakers and producers
Me and my friends understand the future
I see the strings that control the systems
I can do anything with no assistanceI can change the nation with a microphone
With a microphone
With a microphoneI can split on atom of a molecule
Of a molecule
Of a moleculeLook at me
Look at me
Driving and I won't stop
And it feels so good to be
Alive and on top
My reach is global
My tower secure
My cause is noble
My power is pure
I can hand out a million vaccinations
Or let'em all die in exasperation
Have'em all grilled leavin lacerations
Have'em all killed by assassination
I can make anybody go to prison
Just because I don't like'em and
I can do anything with no permission
I have it all under my commandI can guide a missile by satellite
By satellite
By satellite
I can hit a target through a telescope
Through a telescope
Through a telescopeI can end the planet in a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaust
In a holocaustI can ride my bike with no handlebars
No handle bars
No handlebarsI can ride my bike with no handlebars
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Nixie11 months, 2 weeks ago
Lol, great song Mdiar! I almost submitted it a couple weeks ago, I haven't tried submitting anything with the new format.
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Mdiar11 months, 2 weeks ago
Tried to reply but I received what I am choosing to call the "Text Box of Doom"!
Oh well, this is to Nixie.
Yeah, its a great song. Definitely not my genre, perhaps as far from it as you can get, but this song is one of the few rap songs out there I have to say is amazing. Not only does it break from the rap songs of today in its meaning/lyrics but even in its style. Very good song and a very refreshing change. Definitely an artist to watch in the future.
Submitting isn't to difficult. I suppose the younger people, like you and I, will navigate the site more easily. The big thing is the comments section. LOADS of bugs that need to be addressed in those. I think the new way of ranking will cut down on spam big time, as well. Once its ironed out then participation will be important... something I actually suggested to the developers in a thread. Though this isn't quite what I had in mind... as near as I can make out the props still ACT like votes and they also count to the overall ranking. So a high prop number will add to the rating and also insure you are placed before a topic with fewer props but equal rating. Or that's how I'm making it out to be. I'm not sure if prop number or rating is more important, though.
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dandt161211 months, 2 weeks ago
Mdlar, Please let me know if u move to another spot. Send me a message if u can get thru or give me a sign that might be better on this site now. Ha ha
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Mdiar11 months, 2 weeks ago
Will do! Right now I'm checking out TrustServe and its alright, though I do find it a bit clumsy when compared to the old Propeller. That's more due to it being a traditional forum style then anything else, though.
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toph197311 months, 2 weeks ago
Love these guys! Saw them this weekend and the Mile High Music Festival here in Colorado last weekend. Interesting to see what Johnny-5 has to say about the song. I hated this song when I first heard it. But then I listened to the lyrics and thought to myself. We have a new Rage against the Machine, with a little soul thrown in.
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Mdiar11 months, 2 weeks ago
Indeed toph! I thought it was a VERY refreshing change to have a fairly intellectual song be a hit in the United States... not sure if this is getting play time in Europe or not, though. I'm sure it is getting SOME but I'm not sure of how much. I also like how the video is meant to go along with the song... alot of the symbolism is in the vid as opposed to the song itself!
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not2needy11 months, 2 weeks ago
Well, it appears that my first comment on the new prop went into cyber! lol.. sound familiar?
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