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Song Parodies -> "Behind Bars (the crime song)"

Original Song Title:

"All Star"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Smash Mouth

Parody Song Title:

"Behind Bars (the crime song)"

Parody Written by:

Wade Quartz

The Lyrics

This song takes place from a criminals point of view and a victims point of view (it switches points of view in this parody)
Somebody once mugged me
i thought that he would hug me
but I didn't see the mask on his head

he was looking kind of weird
like he had had to much beer
and had a skull and crossbones on his forehead

oh you better start runnin
and you don't stop runnin
the cops are after you cause you've been gunnin

doesn't make sense just to snipe someone
you get put in jail and
that's no fun

no ps2
no taco bell
when you've been put into a jail cell

if you never go then you wont know
but the loony bin's not the place to go

hey now
you are wanted
your being hunted
that cant be good

hey now
you are wanted
youre being hunted
go back to the hood

all that are still living are witnesses

only shooting cops gets you in trouble

it's a cruel world
and its gonna get crueler
unless we stop pulling out guns
like a western dueler

the safeties off
the bullets in
the dude with the gun
is probably gonna win
my arms on fire
oh dear lord
the bullet hit the bone
and its getting really sore

[Repeat chorus 2x]

somebody once asked if I could spare some change for gas
and I said get a job your such a disgrace
he said no your heads about to blow
then a boom and a whole lot of pain

oh you better start runnin
and you don't stop runnin
the cops are after you cause you've been gunnin

doesn't make sense just to snipe someone
you get put in jail and
that's no fun

no ps2
no taco bell
when you've been put into a jail cell

if you never go then you wont know
but the loony bin's not the place to go
Please comment ive been making parodies for about 4 years (i started when i was 8) but this is the first one ive ever tried to put on the internet or something like that. Please comment on it so i can see what was wrong with it so my future parodies will be better. Sorry for long message.

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Pacing: 4.1
How Funny: 3.7
Overall Rating: 4.1

Total Votes: 11

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Red Ant - May 16, 2005 - Report this comment
Welcome to Amiright. I Don't Remember The Original Song ( DRTOS ) well enough to vote this ( no vote recorded ). Don't worry about the 'long message' at the bottom of the parody, I have seen ones that are twice the length of the parody.

I take it you are 12 now. Not bad work. The only thing I would suggest is that in a song such as this where in The Original Song ( TOS ) they say " All-star " try to work the parody name in there somehow and change up the choruses a bit to something like this:

" Caught now, you're behind bars......".
crystal bradford - January 14, 2006 - Report this comment
hey i absolutly love that.. me and brittanie were singing it it was great.. love it... great jobb\
Dylan Baranski - April 04, 2007 - Report this comment
OK, the pacing's a bit off, but this is still a great parody. 4-5-5
AndrewLeEbic - December 10, 2019 - Report this comment
I think Red Ant summed it up, it’s a great parody and to me it’s quite funny.

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