Starting with johnemint's comment about the interview where the band members said, "It is one of the band members himself who is trying to pick up the girl but she wont give him the time of day. He is embarrassing himself and another band member comes up to him and tries to save him, but he says to him, Ive got her right where I want her."
There are possible ambiguities in the lyrics which could be intentional. The first verse, he is saying, "what's the point of this?" meaning dating could be a lot easier and more straightforward than a guy having to go up to a girl and make up a fake conversation just to get some action.
When he says "I think you're smart" - most likely this is a cover for his real sentiment, which is "I think you're hot" since men are attracted to physical beauty at first - but most girls won't go for this and want to be liked primarily for their personality. So in that sense it's a manipulation, but one that a guy has to come up with to have any success.
When he says "got you where I want you" - that's where he flips the script from a guy making a fool of himself to someone who claims to know what they are doing. At first glance it may seem like he is just kidding himself and that the song is just making fun of his arrogance; however, there are additional possibilities: 1) that she really is going to come back and go for his pickup lines and that he is correct (not likely), 2) That he has some psychological hangup with women and by confronting a hot woman and using cheesy pick up lines he is subconsciously pushing her away, which is right where he wants her.
I also think the line says "did you know that I can't dance" as sort of a subtle way of saying that the "real him" is not this exciting person he's having to pretend to be.
Finally, the rap part. I take it to mean that this whole process of walking up to girls who are hot and trying to get their phone number can be excruciatingly difficult for some guys, and even though he grew up in the ghetto, this form of torture is much worse than that experience, yet our society continues to force men to take the initiative if they want to get a girlfriend. For any guy who's attempted to walk up to a girl and do this sort of pick-up, only to be rejected, often in ways that are incredibly harsh, I have to say, the torture is real.
Starting with johnemint's comment about the interview where the band members said, "It is one of the band members himself who is trying to pick up the girl but she wont give him the time of day. He is embarrassing himself and another band member comes up to him and tries to save him, but he says to him, Ive got her right where I want her."
There are possible ambiguities in the lyrics which could be intentional. The first verse, he is saying, "what's the point of this?" meaning dating could be a lot easier and more straightforward than a guy having to go up to a girl and make up a fake conversation just to get some action.
When he says "I think you're smart" - most likely this is a cover for his real sentiment, which is "I think you're hot" since men are attracted to physical beauty at first - but most girls won't go for this and want to be liked primarily for their personality. So in that sense it's a manipulation, but one that a guy has to come up with to have any success.
When he says "got you where I want you" - that's where he flips the script from a guy making a fool of himself to someone who claims to know what they are doing. At first glance it may seem like he is just kidding himself and that the song is just making fun of his arrogance; however, there are additional possibilities: 1) that she really is going to come back and go for his pickup lines and that he is correct (not likely), 2) That he has some psychological hangup with women and by confronting a hot woman and using cheesy pick up lines he is subconsciously pushing her away, which is right where he wants her.
I also think the line says "did you know that I can't dance" as sort of a subtle way of saying that the "real him" is not this exciting person he's having to pretend to be.
Finally, the rap part. I take it to mean that this whole process of walking up to girls who are hot and trying to get their phone number can be excruciatingly difficult for some guys, and even though he grew up in the ghetto, this form of torture is much worse than that experience, yet our society continues to force men to take the initiative if they want to get a girlfriend. For any guy who's attempted to walk up to a girl and do this sort of pick-up, only to be rejected, often in ways that are incredibly harsh, I have to say, the torture is real.