One Shell, Two Shell (a Dr. Seuss/Mario Kart mash-up) by Rock, Paper, Cynic

A Mario Kart / Dr. Seuss protest song inspired by the "Mario Kart Love Song." Art, music, and stuff by Peter Chiykowski, the creator of the webcomic Rock, Paper, Cynic: http://rockpapercynic.com/index.php?date=2009-06-01

You can download the mp3 for this song through the music section of his website: www.rockpapercynic.com/music.php

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One shell, two shell, red shell, blue shell,
Death-on-swift-wings-comes-for-you-shell.
It's a cart race, not an arms race, so why can't you see,
How there used to be koopa troopas on Koopa Troopa beach?

We're all born on the finish line, everything's fine, waiting on our time to shine,
But it's over fast, hit the gas and blast past, pray you don't crash before your time,
You can't spell kart without heart unless you spell it correctly so here's what I'm trying to say,
I feel in the wheels of my automobile that this is real, there's no driving away.

Brothers versus brothers, fungus versus others, fratricide, fungicide, nowhere to hide,
We're slipping on our own peels, tires squeal, bending steel, this the end of the line,
Racing like stallions with irate Italians, the world's gone bananas on us anyway,
Live and learn, twist and turn, crash and burn, I'm concerned we'll all be boos by the end of the day,

Bananas should fight starvation, not be a source of aggravation,
We're spinning out, spinning out, spinning out-ow-out!
We've got our fingers on the trigger, but the lightning bolts can't make us bigger
We're fading away, fading away, fading away-hey-ay!

One banana, two banana, three banana, four!
Bowser's trousers, no more war!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Mario
• Kart
• Love
• Song
• one
• shell
• two
• dr.
• seuss
• protest
• rock
• paper
• cynic
• koopa
• troopa
• jonathan
• coulton
• peter
• chiykowski
• mario
• kart
• love
• song
• Nintendo
• Wii

[mariodude8989211]

What webcomic? I need the link.

[rockpapercynic]

@mariodude8989211 Thanks for asking! I put some lyrics in the video description. The webcomic link is also there.

[XanOdd]

I tried to download the Mp3,but it's not on your site...

[rockpapercynic]

@XanOdd Hmmm... I'm not sure if I said this yet, but it's been re-uploaded in the last week or so.

[b1u3too]

Nom nom, you can never go wrong with some Canon. ;D

And why yes, me and my bro flipped open our cellphones, swayed, and wailed along with this song. Great heartfelt stuff....really.

And guessing this is the *best* place to ask... When you say free music, does that mean that your music on RockPaperCynic is in the Creative Commons for the time being? I ask because a few songs have struck me for a multimedia video assignment. *running out of words yeek, but let me know, and thank you. =)*

[rockpapercynic]

Yup, Creative Commons Share Alike goodness!

[Ultimatum479]

"You can't spell kart without heart unless you spell it correctly"

Brilliance.

[Cambreath]

This one is great for singing along to, the lovse song is great for serenading someone special.

6 of one, half-dozen of the other.

[mariodude8989211]

Other than that, it's good.

[mariodude8989211]

I can't hear some parts too well. You should put more of the lyrics on the screen.

[Venom13537]

"Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines.

Let's drive off and kill the penguins."

That had me literally fall out of my chair laughing.

[dementis93]

@Watcher863 This version is on the Wii, I think. My version was on GameCube, but the Wii and GameCube are pretty similar, if I remember correctly. Maybe a couple of different courses.

[Watcher863]

@dementis93 Oh, is this on the Wii? I had the ds version (it broke my L button).

[dementis93]

@Watcher863 Ah, this is frustrating because I can't remember the name of the course, my MarioKart game is at my dad's... The penguins were ice-skating at the ice rink in the Mushroom Cup, I think it was. They always skated right in the way of my Kart and I'd go spinning off and crashing. So i know what he's talking about, hating the damn penguins...

[Watcher863]

@dementis93 still not seeing it.

[dementis93]

@Watcher863 At the ice rink.