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.
Verse:
I got bars, I money large, Credit cards charge fasurge
I'm not a star somebody lied, you trying to hard to hang suicide
Ya boyfriend googley eyed himatize, theive in the even and we cutting ties,
I can't lie success give me butterflies, I'm on the rise like granny pies,
Striking out pin's no gutter, man I'm eating like the last suppa,
And I don't know why you all on my bumpa, I'ma thump ha leave ha in a
Slumpa,
I'm so lethal and violent, they say they like purple but my color is
Violet,
The big picture clear better open ya eye lids, Follow the rules call me on
Holiday, I'm on tv.
Chorus:
My life's like a reality show, watch me live or cough me on tvo,
Till then don't touch the remote, what I'm doing and everybody wanna know,
Man I swear to ya, I swear ya just don't know, My life's a reality show.
Verse:
They wanna know just what my life is like, I made it through the dirt like
A motor bike, And I be in the air like a cloud of pie but I'm modest I just
Say I'm kinda fly, I got one brotha he major cool, he get away with things
That you could never do, really real or really rule and without a clue but
I am one of the two, spoiled rotten maybe so, I like bread under my tupa
Toes, that's shoes if ya didn't know, I'm not too smart they just really
Slow, I'm single really free but it's a lot of dudes who be diggin me, just
Cause I hang with you, you ain't dating me but you can sever me louie
Catering.
Chorus:
My life's like a reality show, watch me live or cough me on tvo,
Till then don't touch the remote, what I'm doing and everybody wanna know,
Man I swear to ya, I swear ya just don't know, My life's a reality show.
[Bridge:]
Quiet on the set(sound roll)
Sound lady, sound roll, Action
Verse:
Without rap I'm just a college kid, So I gotta try and hustle for this
Scholar ship, I never really study I use common sign, now I rock lauren far
From pants, camera's always follow me around like them groupies who want to
Be damn,
I got bars, I money large, Credit cards charge fasurge
I'm not a star somebody lied, you trying to hard to hang suicide
Ya boyfriend googley eyed himatize, theive in the even and we cutting ties,
I can't lie success give me butterflies, I'm on the rise like granny pies,
Striking out pin's no gutter, man I'm eating like the last suppa,
And I don't know why you all on my bumpa, I'ma thump ha leave ha in a
Slumpa,
I'm so lethal and violent, they say they like purple but my color is
Violet,
The big picture clear better open ya eye lids, Follow the rules call me on
Holiday, I'm on tv.
Chorus:
My life's like a reality show, watch me live or cough me on tvo,
Till then don't touch the remote, what I'm doing and everybody wanna know,
Man I swear to ya, I swear ya just don't know, My life's a reality show.
Verse:
They wanna know just what my life is like, I made it through the dirt like
A motor bike, And I be in the air like a cloud of pie but I'm modest I just
Say I'm kinda fly, I got one brotha he major cool, he get away with things
That you could never do, really real or really rule and without a clue but
I am one of the two, spoiled rotten maybe so, I like bread under my tupa
Toes, that's shoes if ya didn't know, I'm not too smart they just really
Slow, I'm single really free but it's a lot of dudes who be diggin me, just
Cause I hang with you, you ain't dating me but you can sever me louie
Catering.
Chorus:
My life's like a reality show, watch me live or cough me on tvo,
Till then don't touch the remote, what I'm doing and everybody wanna know,
Man I swear to ya, I swear ya just don't know, My life's a reality show.
[Bridge:]
Quiet on the set(sound roll)
Sound lady, sound roll, Action
Verse:
Without rap I'm just a college kid, So I gotta try and hustle for this
Scholar ship, I never really study I use common sign, now I rock lauren far
From pants, camera's always follow me around like them groupies who want to
Be damn,
Lyrics submitted by KRC-Roseland Ent-The Pac-Planet9
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