FAWM: "Juxt Supposin'"

Juxt Supposin'

1 week ago by @analogj

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Liner Notes

This is a rapped wordplay song with ukulele! How's that?!? (and I'm a fan of the likes of Stephen Sondheim, Tom Lehrer, and others who are great at creative wordplay). A posed theme for a weekly online show I co-host was Juxtaposition. That can encompass many things, but it's normally the putting of two words or concepts or themes side-by-side to contrast them.

Lyrics

Time to get up
Time to get round
Time to get some juxtaposin' down

I'm juxtaposing this
I'm juxtaposing that
I'm making it up till I get through this crap

I'm juxt supposin' war
I'm juxt supposin' hate
Get rid of it all with a nice clean slate

I'm juxt supposin' love
I'm juxt supposin' peace
I'm juxt supposin' that we rap to that beat

I'm juxtaposing that
With its opposite this
Trying to justify our right to exist

I'm juxtaposing
Gonna make it to the top
But there's lots of danger, don't want to flip-flop

This song could be funny
But I'm not in the mood
Maybe I'll feel better when I get me some food

I'm juxt supposin'
They want ME to play nice
But the new administration's filled up with shite

Puttin' TWO words together
And makin' some noise
I'm almost finished, just wait a minute boys

Now that it's over
The end of the song
It's your turn to juxtapose all night long

Comments

@k8sikora 5d

So funny and free! This gives me Jonathan Richman vibes and I love Jonathan Richman.

@sycophant 6d

More clever wordplay! The strut of this is infectious. Is that a kazoo I hear among the scatting? Really enjoyed this, thank you.

@beacon 1w

Great wordplay here. I think that a kazoo there, but it could be your mouth trumpet. Very fun, and a great message.

@caitlin 1w

Oh man, my husband @daveescoffery and I are sitting here listening to your amazing ukulele rap protest rant over lunch and just utterly enRAPtured from start to finish. (See what I did there?) Genius lyrics! Oh YES. Let’s juxtapose all night long!!