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.
don't play with me
I am not your toy
oh cant you see
I am not your gameboy
don't mess with me
I am not your toy
just look at me
I am not your gameboy
6 double A batteries, and i'm good to go
700 milliamps, i'm here 2 rokk the show
6 double A batteries, to hear the music play
700 milliamps, gonna come your way
I don't have ms. pac-man
asteroids or donkey kong
don't look here for tetris
even supermario
don't ask me, i told you no
don't play with me
I am not your toy
oh cant you see
I am not your gameboy
don't mess with me
I am not your toy
just look at me
I am not your gameboy
6 double A batteries, and i'm good to go
700 milliamps, i'm here 2 rokk the show
6 double A batteries, to hear the music play
700 milliamps, gonna come your way
I don't have spyhunter
galaga or burger time
don't look here for frogger
dig-dug aint no friend of mine
don't ask me, you'll cross the line
don't play with me
I am not your toy
oh cant you see
I am not your gameboy
don't mess with me
I am not your toy
just look at me
I am not your gameboy
I don't have a joystick
or a backlit lcd
no nintendo logo
don't push that cartridge inside me
cause i'll push back, just wait and see
don't play with me
I am not your toy
oh cant you see
I am not your gameboy
don't mess with me
I am not your toy
just look at me
I am not your gameboy...
I am not your toy
oh cant you see
I am not your gameboy
don't mess with me
I am not your toy
just look at me
I am not your gameboy
6 double A batteries, and i'm good to go
700 milliamps, i'm here 2 rokk the show
6 double A batteries, to hear the music play
700 milliamps, gonna come your way
I don't have ms. pac-man
asteroids or donkey kong
don't look here for tetris
even supermario
don't ask me, i told you no
don't play with me
I am not your toy
oh cant you see
I am not your gameboy
don't mess with me
I am not your toy
just look at me
I am not your gameboy
6 double A batteries, and i'm good to go
700 milliamps, i'm here 2 rokk the show
6 double A batteries, to hear the music play
700 milliamps, gonna come your way
I don't have spyhunter
galaga or burger time
don't look here for frogger
dig-dug aint no friend of mine
don't ask me, you'll cross the line
don't play with me
I am not your toy
oh cant you see
I am not your gameboy
don't mess with me
I am not your toy
just look at me
I am not your gameboy
I don't have a joystick
or a backlit lcd
no nintendo logo
don't push that cartridge inside me
cause i'll push back, just wait and see
don't play with me
I am not your toy
oh cant you see
I am not your gameboy
don't mess with me
I am not your toy
just look at me
I am not your gameboy...
Lyrics submitted by iconnu
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looks like you forgot the part in the beginning.
"F-R-E-E-Z-E-P-O-O-P wrong, try again F-R-E-E-Z-E-P-O-P you are correct!"
i love freezepop
love this song good beat, I think the meaning is mostly self explanatory, shes talking about a guy using her as a game and realting it to a game boy.
Yeah, it's self-explanatory for sure! That's one of the things I like about Freezepop, their lyrics aren't hard to get. Suits their music very well!
This song is kind of cool! I love the beat, and it's nice to dance to.
No one will probably get this because the last 3 comments were in 2006...<br /> <br /> Your theories of "Its a boy playing me as his game" theories are.... cute. But lets try my theory out:<br /> <br /> Freezepop's center piece of instruments in their band is the Yamaha QY-70. A portable, handheld, music synthesizer that can generate/simulate a large wide viety of tones, sounds, and instruments. Alot of songs, including their recent (Like I am not Your Gameboy) ones rely heavily on this device. The track Pop Music is not a Crime was entirely produced from this machine.<br /> <br /> And to people who aren't gamers, "Gameboy" is a term to generally classify Handheld video games. Much how elder people who didn't understand, or weren't into videogames called videogames a Nintendo. Even Arcade and Atari classics were considered Nintendos by those who didn't know the difference. Have a Sega Genisis or an Xbox? Its still a Nintendo to my grandparents just as much its still a Nintendo to many of the older populations, including but not limited to: grandparents, ignorant mothers, and polititians who are anti-videogames even though they never touched on in their life.<br /> <br /> ANYWAYS...<br /> <br /> The Yamaha QY-70 looks vaguely like a handheld gaming system much like the Original Gameboy.<br /> Just like in this song's lyrics, the QY-70 can run on 6 AA Alkaline, generating a charge of 700 miliamps "To rock the show".<br /> <br /> Contrary to the look and shape of the device, the Yamaha QY-70 is "Not your toy"<br /> <br /> The QY-70 has "No Nintendo Logo" And there is no slot for you to insert Gameboy cartridges. It also does NOT "have a joystick or a backlit LCD"<br /> <br /> Here is a list of the games that the Yamaha QY-70 cannot play:<br /> <br /> "Ms. Pacman, Asteroids or Donkey Kong, don't look here for Tetris or even Super Mario."<br /> Spy Hunter, Galaga or Burger Time, don't look here for Frogger, Dig-Dug ain't no friend of mine."<br /> <br />
This song is a double entendre, because the theme applies to relationships, but even more so it applies to the Yamaha QY70 that freezepop use on almost all their songs. It's appearance has been likened to a gameboy (and it takes "6 AA batteries" ) but it is a powerful music production tool.
@potaytoe Thanks! I thought they were talking about gamegear "6 double a batteries"... I know that dude uses old weird hardware/software
@potaytoe Thanks! I thought they were talking about gamegear "6 double a batteries"... I know that dude uses old weird hardware/software
@potaytoe Thanks! I thought they were talking about gamegear "6 double a batteries"... I know that dude uses old weird hardware/software