MICHAEL BLY: MUSIC

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Hey DJ - put this is your rotation and spin it!

I'm a wanna be poet so these words are all I got
an every day I pray for someone ta gimme just one shot
but on a record deal it's all about the feel an if da beat don't hit the lyrics don't mean shit
So I decided it's time ta take this matter inta my own hands
sing way up high an see if I can get da crowd ta dance

Cuz the stories in my songs were taken too long an all they want is a hit
so you know what I did?

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I wrote a song that's radio ready, so catchy ya just can't forget it
I put a hook right here that couldn't be more clear and used lyrics that ain't too poetic
Just a song that's radio ready, with a title that told ya already
Kick da beat in time, make the words all rhyme an it'll be a big hit if ya get it

I'm a party hearty mardi gras man I got stories ta tell
An if there is a god then by god I'm goin' straight ta hell
but my stories are too long for radio songs an Billy said ta have a hit ya gotta make it fit
So I'm a singer-songwriter I'm a lover not a fighter tonight
Cuz a sing-along song's makin' everything wrong alright

An when a record exec's bein' a pain in my neck tryin' ta say I'm through
then you know what I'll do

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Should be a rock star guitar solo right about here but hip-hop's da new pop that you all wanna hear
So listen close a little dose a my style a rap it's funny hunny wittier than all that other crap
Said a boy like me should never ever be rappin' till I wrote up this rap an spit it right back at 'em

-chorus-

So if you wanna be a superstar overnight listen
here’s the kind a song you gotta try an write