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Rather Be An All Star

Jul. 28, 20181 viewer

Rather Be An All Star Lyrics

[Smash Mouth]
(whistling)
Somebody once told me
The world was gonna roll me
Only the sharpest tool
In the she- [unintelligible] kind of dumb, well
Somebody once told me
The world was gonna roll me
Her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an "L" on her forehead
Somebody once told me
The world was gonna roll me
Only the sharpest tool
In the she- [unintelligible] kind of dumb, well
Somebody once told me
The world was gonna roll me
Her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an "L" on her forehead

Years start comin' and they don't stop comin'
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground runnin'
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets?
You never know if you don't go
You never shine if you don't glow
Hey now, you're an all star
Get your game on, go play
Hey now, you're a rock star
Get the show on, get paid
'Cause all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold

Somebody once told me
The world was gonna roll me
Only the sharpest tool
In the she- [unintelligible] kind of dumb, well
Somebody once told me
The world was gonna roll me
Her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an "L" on her forehead

[Clean Bandit]
We're a thousand miles from comfrot
We have travelled land and sea
But as long as you are with me
There's no place I'd rather be
If you gave me a chance I would take it
It's a shot in the dark but I'll make it
Know with all of your heart, you can't shame me
When I am with you, there's no place I'd rather be
N-n-n-no, no, no
[instrumental]

[Smash Mouth]
Somebody once told me
The world was gonna roll me
Only the sharpest tool
In the she- [unintelligible] kind of dumb, well
Somebody once told me
The world was gonna roll me
Her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an "L" on her forehead

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Genius Annotation

A mashup that sentence mixes Smash Mouth’s All Star to the melody of Rather Be by Clean Bandit, with a sample of Flamingo by Kero Kero Bonito.

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