Have you ever heard a fantastic song you absolutely love? How about one that gets right under your skin, and irritates you so much you start hating humanity? Well "Sexy and I know it" by LMFAO fits in the latter category for me.
Aside from the obvious irritation derived from the band (group?)'s name "LMFAO" (see Things that shit me- lol), I seriously hope they're taking the piss, because the song encapsulates so many things that annoy me about Generation Y, dating in the last few years and society in general (see Things that shit me- Arrogance).
I'm not sure on the accuracy of these randomly copied lyrics from the internet, but they're close enough for the purposes of this diatribe:
When I walk on by, girls be looking like damn he fly
I pimp to the beat, walking down the street in my new lafreak, yeah
This is how I roll, animal print, pants out control,
It's RedFoo with the big afro
They like bruce lee rock at the club
Girl look at that body (x3)
I work out
Girl look at that body (x3)
I work out
When I walk in the spot, this is what I see
Everybody stops and they staring at me
I got passion in my pants and I ain't afraid to show it
I'm sexy and I know it (x2)
I know I've said many times before (and possibly written?)- when did it change from guys saying "you look nice, I'm attracted to you", to "I'm hot, you know you want me"? Its a subtle, but important shift that mostly exists in generation ME (aka Gen-Y). Males being so self-obsessed that they would rather admire themselves in the mirror than at an attractive woman.
Perhaps it works both ways and women do the same to men? I'm not entirely sure, as I'm not on the receiving end of those dalliances.
But it's all just symbolic of how self-centred much of society has become. Don't you all know it's not about you!?... it's really all about ME!
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