The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Are you ready
Are you ready
Are you ready
Get 'em
I'm the man right now
I got the plan right now
Fuck that
I got the world in my hand right now
I should be where it's sunny getting my tan right now, uh
But I'ma show you how to move
I'ma show you how to dance
Got the pistol in my pants
I got the pistol in my pants
I'ma show you how to dance, uh
The full moon make me loco
Like I stepped in a whole baseline like coco
Then I took the speedboat for a joy ride
At one point I was flying baby no lie
What did I do for a life like this
Ass so fat on my wife like life shit
And your boy got a stomach like Buddha
Chandelier hangin' from the ceiling of the cougar, uh
50k in a swim trunk
In a brown paper bag like a kids lunch
Thug passion in a sippy cup
A hundred dollars worth of haze in a blunt bitch
I'm the man right now
I got the plan right now
Fuck that
I got the world in my hand right now
I should be somewhere sunny getting tanned right now, uh
But I'ma show you how to move
I'ma show you how to dance, got the pistol in my pants
I got the pistol in my pants
I'ma show you how to dance, uh
One time for the big girls
Two times for the big girls
Well you know that I need that, uh
You can find me here the weed at
One time for the big girls
Two times for the big girls
Well you know that I need that, uh
You can find me here the weed at
Somebody sleeping in my bed
All I do is bump Dru Hill
Damn I should have took the blue pill
It's too real, I sign for 22 Mill
Option for the third
You ain't poppin on the curb
We never see you in the street
And me I'm always in the town
You hear me
I'm the man right now
I got the plan right now
Fuck that
I got the world in my hand right now
I should be somewhere sunny getting tanned right now, uh
But I'ma show you how to move
I'ma show you how to dance, got the pistol in my pants
I got the pistol in my pants
I'ma show you how to dance, uh
Are you ready
Are you ready
Get 'em
I'm the man right now
I got the plan right now
Fuck that
I got the world in my hand right now
I should be where it's sunny getting my tan right now, uh
But I'ma show you how to move
I'ma show you how to dance
Got the pistol in my pants
I got the pistol in my pants
I'ma show you how to dance, uh
The full moon make me loco
Like I stepped in a whole baseline like coco
Then I took the speedboat for a joy ride
At one point I was flying baby no lie
What did I do for a life like this
Ass so fat on my wife like life shit
And your boy got a stomach like Buddha
Chandelier hangin' from the ceiling of the cougar, uh
50k in a swim trunk
In a brown paper bag like a kids lunch
Thug passion in a sippy cup
A hundred dollars worth of haze in a blunt bitch
I'm the man right now
I got the plan right now
Fuck that
I got the world in my hand right now
I should be somewhere sunny getting tanned right now, uh
But I'ma show you how to move
I'ma show you how to dance, got the pistol in my pants
I got the pistol in my pants
I'ma show you how to dance, uh
One time for the big girls
Two times for the big girls
Well you know that I need that, uh
You can find me here the weed at
One time for the big girls
Two times for the big girls
Well you know that I need that, uh
You can find me here the weed at
Somebody sleeping in my bed
All I do is bump Dru Hill
Damn I should have took the blue pill
It's too real, I sign for 22 Mill
Option for the third
You ain't poppin on the curb
We never see you in the street
And me I'm always in the town
You hear me
I'm the man right now
I got the plan right now
Fuck that
I got the world in my hand right now
I should be somewhere sunny getting tanned right now, uh
But I'ma show you how to move
I'ma show you how to dance, got the pistol in my pants
I got the pistol in my pants
I'ma show you how to dance, uh
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
The Choreographer Lyrics as written by Kenneth Stover Ariyan Arslani
Lyrics © GREAT SOUTH BAY MUSIC GROUP INC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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