"Right Now (Na Na Na)"
I'm usually pretty good and ignoring Top 40 (do they still call it that?) and MTV and all that crap, but yesterday when I was at the mall I couldn't help but notice a particularly awful song. I know this song's been out for a while, but apparently I'm good at ignoring bullshit pop songs because up until yesterday I hadn't heard the full version. I always assumed that the singer was Sean Kingston because it has that same lame ass sound that that fucking "Suiiiiiiicidal" song has, but I was wrong. Today I sent text messages to both Daimaine and Nadia asking, "What the hell is that song that's out that says, like, "I wanna make love na na na"?" And they were both like, "Oh fuck, that's Akon. The song's called, like, "Right Now Na Na Na."" And I was like, "OHHHHHH, THAT'S who Akon is."
Anyway, I was at the mall ignoring this song, but I couldn't help but pay attention when I heard him use the expression "You are the apple of my eye." Then I was like, I can't ignore that shit. I mean, when did that become something that you say to someone that you want to get off with? Isn't that reserved for grandmothers, talking about their grandchildren? Then I was thinking about it, and I was like, "No, who the fuck says that? He can't just use that retired expression just because it ends in "eye" and he can build rhymes off of it." But he does! He carries on to rhyme "eye" with "lie", "by" and "try" (all sandwiched his "I miss you much" chants).
I'm posting the lyrics, so you can bother to read them. I highlighted my favourite parts!
It’s been so long
that I haven’t seen your face
I’m tryna be strong
But the strength I have is washing away
It wont be long before i get you by my side
And just hold you, tease you, squeeze you
Tell you what’s been on my mind
[CHORUS]
I wanna make up right now na na
I wanna make up right now na na
Wish we never broke up right now na na
We need to link up right now na na
[REPEAT]
Girl I know, mistakes were made between us two
And we show our eyes that night even said somethings weren’t true
Why’d you go and haven’t seen my girl since then
Why can’t it be the way it was
cuz you were my homie, lover and friend
[CHORUS]
[REPEAT]
I can’t lie
I miss you much
Watching everyday that goes by
I miss you much
Till i get you back I’m gonna try
Yes I miss you much
You are the apple of my eye
Girl I miss you much
I miss you much
I can’t lie
I miss you much
Watching everyday that goes by
I miss you much
Tell I get you back I’m gonna try
Yes I miss you much
You are the apple of my eye
Girl I miss you much
I miss you much
(FUCK SHUT UP)
[CHORUS]
[REPEAT]
I want you to fly with me, want you to fly
I miss how you lie with me, miss how you lie
Just wish you could dine with me, wish you could dine
One that would grind with me, one that would grind
"I want you to fly with me"? What the fuck does that mean? You can't just throw that in a song and expect it to be deep. Fly with me?
"Just wish you could dine with me"? As long as we're rhyming "-ie" words, I'd hope he'd at least go the Bon Jovi route and mention dying for her or something (Remember that part in "Always" when Bon Jovi goes "If you told me to cry for you, I could/If you told me to die for you, I would" and you're left being like, "Really? You COULD cry for me, but you definitely WOULD die for me? That's pretty fucking deep!"). But, nope, instead Akon pussies out and talks about dining with her? The greatest thing is that when they reach that part in the video, it shows a shot of Akon and his date dining together.
On that note, yeah, I bothered to watch the video. I won't even bother posting it. It's not even so bad that it's good; just a stupid video where he changes his outfit too many times and they keep showing happy yellowed flashbacks and compare them to his sad, blue current state. It also doesn't explain why him and this girl that he's so happy with broke up, but we can only assume his fame got in the way of their love.
I'm sick of talking about Akon. I have nothing else to say except that this song obviously blows.
'Night!
done.
Anyway, I was at the mall ignoring this song, but I couldn't help but pay attention when I heard him use the expression "You are the apple of my eye." Then I was like, I can't ignore that shit. I mean, when did that become something that you say to someone that you want to get off with? Isn't that reserved for grandmothers, talking about their grandchildren? Then I was thinking about it, and I was like, "No, who the fuck says that? He can't just use that retired expression just because it ends in "eye" and he can build rhymes off of it." But he does! He carries on to rhyme "eye" with "lie", "by" and "try" (all sandwiched his "I miss you much" chants).
I'm posting the lyrics, so you can bother to read them. I highlighted my favourite parts!
It’s been so long
that I haven’t seen your face
I’m tryna be strong
But the strength I have is washing away
It wont be long before i get you by my side
And just hold you, tease you, squeeze you
Tell you what’s been on my mind
[CHORUS]
I wanna make up right now na na
I wanna make up right now na na
Wish we never broke up right now na na
We need to link up right now na na
[REPEAT]
Girl I know, mistakes were made between us two
And we show our eyes that night even said somethings weren’t true
Why’d you go and haven’t seen my girl since then
Why can’t it be the way it was
cuz you were my homie, lover and friend
[CHORUS]
[REPEAT]
I can’t lie
I miss you much
Watching everyday that goes by
I miss you much
Till i get you back I’m gonna try
Yes I miss you much
You are the apple of my eye
Girl I miss you much
I miss you much
I can’t lie
I miss you much
Watching everyday that goes by
I miss you much
Tell I get you back I’m gonna try
Yes I miss you much
You are the apple of my eye
Girl I miss you much
I miss you much
(FUCK SHUT UP)
[CHORUS]
[REPEAT]
I want you to fly with me, want you to fly
I miss how you lie with me, miss how you lie
Just wish you could dine with me, wish you could dine
One that would grind with me, one that would grind
"I want you to fly with me"? What the fuck does that mean? You can't just throw that in a song and expect it to be deep. Fly with me?
"Just wish you could dine with me"? As long as we're rhyming "-ie" words, I'd hope he'd at least go the Bon Jovi route and mention dying for her or something (Remember that part in "Always" when Bon Jovi goes "If you told me to cry for you, I could/If you told me to die for you, I would" and you're left being like, "Really? You COULD cry for me, but you definitely WOULD die for me? That's pretty fucking deep!"). But, nope, instead Akon pussies out and talks about dining with her? The greatest thing is that when they reach that part in the video, it shows a shot of Akon and his date dining together.
On that note, yeah, I bothered to watch the video. I won't even bother posting it. It's not even so bad that it's good; just a stupid video where he changes his outfit too many times and they keep showing happy yellowed flashbacks and compare them to his sad, blue current state. It also doesn't explain why him and this girl that he's so happy with broke up, but we can only assume his fame got in the way of their love.
I'm sick of talking about Akon. I have nothing else to say except that this song obviously blows.
'Night!
done.