Song Parodies -> It Wasn't Me (Florida 2000)
| Original Song Title: | "It Wasn't Me" |
| Original Performer: | Shaggy |
| Parody Song Title: | "It Wasn't Me (Florida 2000)" |
| Parody Written by: | Melanie Lee |
In "honor" of President-Select George W. Bushand the 2000 Presidential Selection
GWB:
It's not as if I had been caught red-handed
Stealing all the votes from you.
You keep on saying that it looks suspicious.
Tell me, whatcha gonna do?
Why should I confess
To a crime that you cannot prove?
And if you find evidence
How can you make me move?
Commentator:
This kind of thing, it rarely happened before.
Most of the population voted Al Gore.
Electoral College you could manipulate.
Your brother is the governor of Florida state!
Your daddy put up plenty of Republican bucks.
The liberals and moderates, they say that this sucks.
Supreme Court, they voted then to put you inside.
Here are the accusations you must deride.
Voters:
We saw you messing with the ballot.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
Too many votes were made invalid.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
Election Day, you made a roadblock.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
The Butterfly was a real shock.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
We saw you purging out the vote lists.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
The voters turned away were real ticked.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
At least you proved that every vote counts.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
You put a stop to the recount.
GWB:
Well...
(repeat entire song, then...)
GWB:
It's not as if I had been caught red-handed
Stealing all the votes from you.
You keep on saying that it looks suspicious.
Tell me, whatcha gonna do?
Why should I confess
To a crime that you cannot prove?
Even if you find evidence
How can you make me move?
I say you're gonna be sorry
If you ever stand up to me
I'm gonna make you sorry
'Cause I got the Presidency!
I say you're gonna be sorry
If you ever stand up to me
I'm gonna make you sorry
'Cause I got the Presidency!
Well...
It's not as if I had been caught red-handed
Stealing all the votes from you.
You keep on saying that it looks suspicious.
Tell me, whatcha gonna do?
Why should I confess
To a crime that you cannot prove?
Even if you find evidence
How will you make me move?
It's not as if I had been caught red-handed
Stealing all the votes from you.
You keep on saying that it looks suspicious.
Tell me, whatcha gonna do?
Why should I confess
To a crime that you cannot prove?
And if you find evidence
How can you make me move?
Commentator:
This kind of thing, it rarely happened before.
Most of the population voted Al Gore.
Electoral College you could manipulate.
Your brother is the governor of Florida state!
Your daddy put up plenty of Republican bucks.
The liberals and moderates, they say that this sucks.
Supreme Court, they voted then to put you inside.
Here are the accusations you must deride.
Voters:
We saw you messing with the ballot.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
Too many votes were made invalid.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
Election Day, you made a roadblock.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
The Butterfly was a real shock.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
We saw you purging out the vote lists.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
The voters turned away were real ticked.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
At least you proved that every vote counts.
GWB:
It wasn't me.
Voters:
You put a stop to the recount.
GWB:
Well...
(repeat entire song, then...)
GWB:
It's not as if I had been caught red-handed
Stealing all the votes from you.
You keep on saying that it looks suspicious.
Tell me, whatcha gonna do?
Why should I confess
To a crime that you cannot prove?
Even if you find evidence
How can you make me move?
I say you're gonna be sorry
If you ever stand up to me
I'm gonna make you sorry
'Cause I got the Presidency!
I say you're gonna be sorry
If you ever stand up to me
I'm gonna make you sorry
'Cause I got the Presidency!
Well...
It's not as if I had been caught red-handed
Stealing all the votes from you.
You keep on saying that it looks suspicious.
Tell me, whatcha gonna do?
Why should I confess
To a crime that you cannot prove?
Even if you find evidence
How will you make me move?
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nor this is what i call good
Loving your work!!
nice work with a difficult song .
Could have been better, but this wasn't bad. It's a bit of a timely piece and that event is really old news seeing that was at least 4 years ago, because Obama is now president and this was before Bush was in his term for the 2nd time. So this wasn't bad just a little dated.
I really enjoyed your use of the 'it wasn't me' lines, but I had trouble matching many of the lines with the OS. The rhyme scheme is still done well, and although this is dated, I respect your entry of it for this current theme.
(Ages2) The pacing matched to what bits of the OS I could remember, but it was annoying to find that each part was exactly the same. Also, US politics-based parodies never click with me. Ah well.
AGES...it's funny to me, pairing this OS with anything having to do with GWB...so kudos for that! I am always a fun of making the most out of the OS...so I would have preferred that you'd written more, instead of using the "repeat entire song" bit...but I do like what you did write. =)
(Ages) Have to be 100% Honest Mel. . .the pacing was noticeably off. Good challenge though, taking on an Epic 40 song, but the repeating choruses, age of the story, and the pacing all kinda fell a little short. . .overall I'd say good, but I can tell you probably could have used a few more days on this one.
I liked it. Any enemy of the now vanquished GWB is a friend of mine. I see you wrote this in 2003 and I know that, since then, you've realized that repeating portions of the parody will be criticized.
Still...555 hanging chads for you
Still...555 hanging chads for you
I just wanted to apologize here for failing at the deadline. I feel you've all supported my work and given me excellent feedback, and I've let you all down by not returning the favor in a timely manner. It won't happen again.
Anyhow, kudos once again for your take on a song I'd be utterly confused with.
Anyhow, kudos once again for your take on a song I'd be utterly confused with.
Thanks for the votes, people. Now I'd started the song way back in 2001 or so and submitted it here in 2003--before I realized the importance of precise pacing. I wanted to rewrite and perhaps update the parody but too much was going on in my life. Oh, well!
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