Ratatat - Seventeen Years (Rap Remix by None Like Joshua)

Music by Ratatat, Lyrics by None Like Joshua. Sorry I forgot to record the first part, video will come in towards the end.

Full lyrics at http://nonelikejoshua.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/401/

Lyrics:

Seventeen years and it doesn't make sense.
Seventeen years and you never take hints.
Well shedding those tears isn't gonna pay rent.
So you either walk away, or you can say what you meant.

Seventeen years, and you're never outside.
Seventeen years, open your mouth wide
Cause you're about to get a plate of a reality
You never started doubting me, you proud of me?
So be what you're allowed to be

Seventeen years, never let your guard down
Seventeen years, now you're part of our town
Walk around with a frown, and the sound's too loud
Well grow a pair, no one's there to help you out.

Seventeen years, and you never rolled the dice.
Seventeen years, and you're cold as the ice.
Get a new pair of pants for the slanderous lies.
Walk tall, talk small, then stand up and fight.

Meet Jimmy -- he's a type of average slick.
Always plays it safe with no magic tricks
Up his sleeve. Stays away from cutlery, but
Playing with the fire is a plus to me.

Ordinarily respected, barely an exception.
Married to a woman that never asks questions
about his life - or his daily routine.
Cause she knows it never changes and his shirt is too clean

He's a new machine with a suit and a tie.
Two eggs for breakfast with some juice and rye bread
Belt's never loose, and the pants too tight.
Can't dance for his life, or stand up and fight.

So he works in the cubicle, no it isn't beautiful
Heads back in the traffic in a convertible
Not a man of the mice, but plans all the time
The mirror's got to shine, every stanza has to rhyme.


Seventeen years and it doesn't make sense.
Seventeen years and you never take hints.
Well shedding those tears isn't gonna pay rent.
So you either walk away, or you can say what you meant.

Seventeen years, and you're never outside.
Seventeen years, open your mouth wide
Cause you're about to get a plate of a reality
You never started doubting me, you proud of me?

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ratatat
• Seventeen Years
• None Like Joshua
• Remix
• electronica
• hip hop
• beat
• indie
• guitar
• music
• sound
• vocal

[spelyful]

can i put this song in video

[NoneLikeJoshua]

@spelyful Yes. Link me when you do!

[ZaigerCBCR]

Then You have this WHOLE song.

[NoneLikeJoshua]

@ZaigerCBCR This is the one song you are wrong about. This is not about growing up or childhood. It's about having courage and actually doing something with your life....unlike some people....but let's see what else you got to support your already established opinion and anything that goes against it is just a counterexample that doesn't prove you wrong.

[nnnnnnhhhhhhhhh]

I loved this one a lot so I did a cover of it. You're really good at writing lyrics, sir.

[NoneLikeJoshua]

@nnnnnnhhhhhhhhh Thank you.

[jenstarcher1]

I could listen to this for the rest of my life.

[stuntpig54]

Please don't ever give this up :)

[anticrunch]

everytime i listen to the original the lyrics play in my head

[TanakaJulian]

Sweet Mary Krishna, you're good at this.

[Necromankas]

Dude.... You have to stop being godlike... It's hard to pick a favourite song =/

[bigcrazysmurf]

Dam josh everyone of your vids ive liked i think, if not tmrw i def will finish them off almost all ur vids are amazing there are a couple i just can get into tho

[lovelivedream62]

Joshhhhh-3 im inlove,.

[trouble2214]

Can you please rap to every ratatat song. (L)

[WingWeeMovies]

This is better than the original. And I thought the original was the best ever :) Well done

[tiffadactyl33]

think you could do a remix to cherry by ratatat?