Uploaded March 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
The Blurred Lines verdict has generated a lot of blog posts and editorials, and now a music video! I totally ripped off Robin Thicke, Marvin Gaye, Ben E. King, Melle Mel and possibly the Zombies.
Here are the lyrcs and such:
“E’rbody lawyer up.
Have I heard this before?
No, it’s just different enough.
Are you sure?
Do you solemnly swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Word!”
When you hear this song you might get the feeling
You’ve heard something before, and you might think I’m stealing
Maybe it’s an accident or my inspiration
We’ll never really know until there’s some litigation
It’s a gray area ‘cause everybody’s blurring the lines
“Musicologist? No, I go to a musichiatrist. They can prescribe drugs.”
If you steal a song it can be a disaster
That’s why you have to pay if you ever use a master
“That’s sampling”
But when you steal the notes that’s called plagiarism
“No, no, no, no!”
And we always argue about when it is or isn’t
It’s a gray area ‘cause everybody’s blurring the lines
“Is that my line?
I thought it was my line?
No.
Who’s line is it anyway?
Brady!”
It’s a gray area surrounding you
It’s a gray area you’re gonna get sued
It’s a gray area things are hard to prove
When can anyone say that they own a groove?
“Mein grooven!”
Stealing a classic song was never my intention
“Are you sure about that?”
But I was high on pills and not paying attention
“That I believe”
And we sang a different tune that everyone was hummin’
It’s not like we were 2 Live Crew singing Pretty Woman
“Oh snap!”
It’s a gray area ‘cause everybody’s blurring the lines
“How many musicians are on the Supreme Court?
I think they have a jug band”
It’s a gray area it sucks to be in it
It’s a gray area I wrote this song in 30 minutes
“Put in more time!”
It’s a gray area we all make deals
Cause even if you win we’re gonna file an appeal
They hired me to rap so I’m just talking
You try to sue me I’ll just start walking
I don’t care, I didn’t write this track
They emailed it to me I drop-boxed it back
It’s the worst 16 you ever heard
If something won’t rhyme I make up words
Pariboo? What’s Pariboo?
Sounds like a pet name made up for yours true
That’s o.k. I’m on a hot streak
This is the 9th track I’m featured on this week
I don’t know if it’s worth all this hysteria
It’s not black and white it’s a big gray area
It’s a gray area vision dreams of passion, baby
It’s a gray area, have I heard that before? Maybe
It’s a gray area where we all live
Is this illegal or just derivative?
“A little from column A, a little from column B”
It’s a gray area nobody has the answer
It’s a gray area I couldn’t afford nude dancers
Aww.
It’s a gray area and that’s no joke
Next time I rip off something it’s gonna be Baroque
The Blurred Lines verdict has generated a lot of blog posts and editorials, and now a music video! I totally ripped off Robin Thicke, Marvin Gaye, Ben E. King, Melle Mel and possibly the Zombies.
Here are the lyrcs and such:
“E’rbody lawyer up.
Have I heard this before?
No, it’s just different enough.
Are you sure?
Do you solemnly swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Word!”
When you hear this song you might get the feeling
You’ve heard something before, and you might think I’m stealing
Maybe it’s an accident or my inspiration
We’ll never really know until there’s some litigation
It’s a gray area ‘cause everybody’s blurring the lines
“Musicologist? No, I go to a musichiatrist. They can prescribe drugs.”
If you steal a song it can be a disaster
That’s why you have to pay if you ever use a master
“That’s sampling”
But when you steal the notes that’s called plagiarism
“No, no, no, no!”
And we always argue about when it is or isn’t
It’s a gray area ‘cause everybody’s blurring the lines
“Is that my line?
I thought it was my line?
No.
Who’s line is it anyway?
Brady!”
It’s a gray area surrounding you
It’s a gray area you’re gonna get sued
It’s a gray area things are hard to prove
When can anyone say that they own a groove?
“Mein grooven!”
Stealing a classic song was never my intention
“Are you sure about that?”
But I was high on pills and not paying attention
“That I believe”
And we sang a different tune that everyone was hummin’
It’s not like we were 2 Live Crew singing Pretty Woman
“Oh snap!”
It’s a gray area ‘cause everybody’s blurring the lines
“How many musicians are on the Supreme Court?
I think they have a jug band”
It’s a gray area it sucks to be in it
It’s a gray area I wrote this song in 30 minutes
“Put in more time!”
It’s a gray area we all make deals
Cause even if you win we’re gonna file an appeal
They hired me to rap so I’m just talking
You try to sue me I’ll just start walking
I don’t care, I didn’t write this track
They emailed it to me I drop-boxed it back
It’s the worst 16 you ever heard
If something won’t rhyme I make up words
Pariboo? What’s Pariboo?
Sounds like a pet name made up for yours true
That’s o.k. I’m on a hot streak
This is the 9th track I’m featured on this week
I don’t know if it’s worth all this hysteria
It’s not black and white it’s a big gray area
It’s a gray area vision dreams of passion, baby
It’s a gray area, have I heard that before? Maybe
It’s a gray area where we all live
Is this illegal or just derivative?
“A little from column A, a little from column B”
It’s a gray area nobody has the answer
It’s a gray area I couldn’t afford nude dancers
Aww.
It’s a gray area and that’s no joke
Next time I rip off something it’s gonna be Baroque
![F*** You John Bolton [Lyric Video]
Some musical thoughts on John Bolton and his new book “The Room Where it Happened.”
Lyrics:
F*** you John Bolton
F*** you John Bolton
F*** you John Bolton, I won’t buy your stupid book
You’re beyond revoltin’
For the facts you’ve been withholding
So f*** you John Bolton, I won’t buy your stupid book
He said that he was in the room
where everything occurred
He noted all the gloom and doom
but when asked he just demurred
When there was something he could do
he didn’t testify
He said, “I think I’ll write a book!
to deliver all the dish
About abetting total crooks
I’m such a little bish
A big cash advance I took
and hung my country out to dry
F*** you John Bolton
F*** you John Bolton
F*** you John Bolton, I won’t buy your stupid book
You could’ve told ‘em
While all this was unfolding
So f*** you John Bolton, I won’t buy your stupid book
You knew that a-hole was unfit
but you let it slide
To do the neo-right wing shit
that you could pull off from inside
You got yours and then you quit
(or got fired) and then walked away whistling
You knew the danger in our midst
but you looked the other way
Your chance for decency was missed
you own the way things are today
You covered for the arsonist
So to now play the fireman just leaves us bristling
F*** you John Bolton
F*** you John Bolton
F*** you John Bolton, I won’t buy your stupid book.
It’s too late to be scoldin’
The tyrant you’ve emboldened
So f*** you John Bolton, I won’t buy your stupid book. F*** You John Bolton [Lyric Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MHdbW_FQ_1E/mqdefault.jpg)
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Sure, you could buy a nice tree from a reputable retailer, but why not just get a janky tree from the guy who moved his trailer onto your block? It’s the holidays! You don’t have time to be running all over for a fancy tree! Janky Xmas Trees! [52 Sellout Week 49]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NZKUc_4wRz4/mqdefault.jpg)

![Flashback Wife by Rob Paravonian
Dedicated to the (formerly) unsung hero of many action and drama films. (Spoiler/trigger warning: there is a car accident)
Clips are from: John Wick (2014), Looper (2012), Lethal Weapon (1987), Seven Pounds (2008), Finding Nemo (2003), The Crow (1994), End of Days (1999), Inception (2010), Gladiator (2000), Up (2009), Robocop (1984) [edit: 1987, sorry!]
Words & Music by Rob Paravonian
Here are the lyrics:
The hero of the movie is broken
how did he get this way?
He once had a world that was happy
but that world was taken away
We need to feel
how this loss ruined his life
That’s when we get to meet
Flashback Wife
Flashback Wife is always happy
She’s always running through the fields
Sometimes she plays with children
And we hear their joyous squeals
Flashback Wife is never subtle
Her love hits us over the head
Flashback Wife was perfect,
now she’s dead
There were never any problems
in that relationship of yore
The only thing they ever fought about
was who loved the other more
There were no money issues
or horrible in-laws
Life was sunshine and roses
and she was the cause
Flashback Wife plays to the cheap seats
Her love is always grand
She always seems to mention
Some dreamy future plans
And never ages
since the day she was a bride
Flashback Wife was perfect
until she died
Robocop, John Wick,
Lethal Weapon and 7 Pounds
is where you can go
To see Flashback Wife
and don’t forget
Looper, Up, and the Crow
She’s in so many movies
She gets a lot of work
She gets used so we can excuse
A protagonist that’s a jerk
Flashback Wife has a sense of humor
And she’s usually pretty hot
But she had to die,
and everyone knows why
But she had to die
or there’d be no plot
Thank you flashback wife
I’m sorry you had to go
But thanks to you
we’ll all enjoy the show Flashback Wife by Rob Paravonian](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Nzr64Gci_NE/mqdefault.jpg)