Everyday Normal Guy
This song is a parody of typical American hip-hip – where the lyrics are often guys bragging about how great they are, how tough they, how much money they have and how many beautiful women they can score.
This song … he sings it in hip-hop style – with the rhythm and beat and the clothes and he throws in the word motherfucker at the end of sentences – but the lyrics are all about how he’s a normal guy.
So it’s that disparity between the genre and the content that makes it very funny.
Here are some of the lyrics:
I work at customer service for a phone company.
I make 12 bucks an hour, but that’s all I need.
I live in a small apartment on a quiet street.
I don’t go out too much, I like to watch TV.
I can’t afford a car, I use public transportation.
I think it’s a great song to study because it’s funny and the vocab is actually a lot more useful than most songs. Because it’s not like we usually fall in love and have our hearts broken and kill people every day.
I think these are my two favourite lines:
My parents are really nice people, motherfucker.
And I’m pretty good at making paper planes.
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Have you seen any movies lately?
Luke
Have you seen any movies lately?
最近、映画観た?
Sarah
Yeah, I have actually. I saw No Country For Old Men the other day.
そういえば観たよ。 "No Country For Old Men"(邦題【ノーカントリー】)。
Luke
Oh really? I want to see that. What was it like?
ホントに? オレもそれ観たいんだ。 どうだった?
Sarah
Crap.
クソ映画。
Luke
Really? Didn’t it win lots of Oscars?
えっ、そうなの? オスカーたくさん受賞したのに?
Sarah
Yeah, it did. I have no idea why.
確かに受賞したけどなぜ受賞したのかさっぱり理解できない。
Luke
Why didn’t you like it?
何が好きじゃなかったの?
Sarah
It was so boring, nothing happened. Just this guy found some money and these other guys wanted the money and so they chased him and lots of people got shot. And that’s it.
退屈で何も起こらない。 偶然大金を見つけた男がそのカネを持って逃げて、そのカネ追う別の男たちに追跡されて撃たれてるだけ。
Luke
Wasn’t it made by those famous brothers?
その映画、確か有名な兄弟が作ったんだよね?
Sarah
Yeah, something like that. It’s funny when you watch movies that have won lots of awards and you don’t really like them … you’re kind of like, maybe it was really deep and I’m just too stupid to get it.
そうだったかも。 たくさん賞を受賞した映画を観てそれが全然面白くなかったりするのは可笑しい。 実はその映画はもっと深い意味があるのに自分がバカすぎるから理解できないのかもって考えちゃったりしたりして。
Luke
That’s probably true.
その考えは意外と正しいかもよ。
Sarah
Thanks.
Everyday Normal Guy by Jon Lajoie
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
Nothing special about me, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
When I go to the clubs I wait in line, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
I got $600 in the bank, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
And my sexual performances are average
I work at customer service for a phone company
I make 12 bucks an hour, but that’s all I need
I live in a small apartment on a quiet street
I don’t go out too much, I like to watch TV
I can’t afford a car, I use public transportation
I don’t mind, I read till I reach my destination
Sometimes a newspaper, sometimes a book
The amount of money I save, this shit is off the hook
And I’m not very good with the women
I’m a pretty shy person and I’m average looking
Last time I had sex was in 2003
And I’m ashamed to admit, but it wasn’t free
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
I get nervous in social situations, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
I get constipated once a month, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
And I make pretty good spaghetti sauce, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
And I get scared when I go see the dentist
I’m the Pauly Shore of everyday life -
easily forgettable and I’m not very liked
I have an According to Jim personality
I’m as entertaining as a fucking STD
If you wanna mess with me
I think you probably can
because I’m not confident
and I am weak for a man
I’ll just roll up in a ball
while you kick me in the back, yeah
honestly I probably won’t fight back
And I don’t have any friends
that would back me up
My friend Steve would
but he doesn’t look very tough
You want some of this bitch?
If you rarely get laid
put your hands up
If you’re not well paid
put your hands up
If you got a pet cat
put your hands up
And if you got a bad back
put your hands up
I hurt my back two summers ago moving a fridge and ever since then it’s just not the same. You know it, it gets pre … It gets pretty sore!
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
My parents are really nice people, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
I’m somewhat afraid of heights, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
I like the show Grey’s Anatomy, motherfucker
I’m just a regular everyday normal guy
And I’m pretty good at making paper planes
I could do this all day! I could do this all day! I could do this all day!
Show 830 Friday 19 September
The Daily English Show
http://www.thedailyenglishshow.com/
Author:studio tdes
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