T.O. Rap Parody

[Pythor 1,354]

Yes, you read the topic title right. Here's the deal. I was sitting around my house last week listening to a certain rap song and appreciating the amazing lyrics that made the song great. All the time and work songwriters put into crafting the perfect lyrics is astounding. Anyway, I thought what if I somehow created a rap song about Tanki? The idea seemed absurd at first, but as I thought about it more and more, I acknowledged the originality that this feat could bring to the AWS. Obviously I wasn't going to make a whole new "Tanki" song, so I was faced with the decision of what rap song I should choose to style the T.O. lyrics after.

After much debate, I chose "The Search" by NF, a song that I'm assuming most of you know. After investing many hours into writing these lines I finally finished. Before the I present the new lyrics, here are the lyrics to "The Search" and its official music video, to give you an idea of the format and beat of the song. To get the desired effect, please read and listen to this before continuing on to the first ever of it's kind - A Tanki Online Rap Parody. 

Hope you all enjoy.

 

 

"THE SEARCH" - NF

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnlJw9H0xAM

 

 

Hey Nate, how's life?

I don't know it's alright
I've been dealin' with some things like every human being
And really didn't sleep much last night

I'm sorry
That's fine
I just think I need a little me time
I just think I need a little free time
Little break from the shows and the bus rides

Last year I had a breakdown
Thoughts tellin me I'm lost gettin too loud
Had to see a therapist then I found out
Somethin' funny's going on up in my house

Yeah started thinkin' maybe I should move out
You know pack my cart take a new route
Clean up my yard get the noose out
Hang up my heart let it air out

I've been searchin'
What does that mean, Nate? I've been learnin'
Grabbin' my keepsakes
Leavin' my burdens
Well I brought a few with me I'm not perfect
Lookin' at the view like this concerns me
Pickin' up the cues right? I'm quite nervous
Hate it when I lose sight life gets blurry
And things might hurt me
It's prolly gonna be a long journey but hey!

It's worth it though
Cold world out there kids grab your coats
Been a minute I know now I'm back to roam
Looking for the antidote
To crack the code
Pretty vivid I admit it I'm in classic mode
Don't need pity given to me, but I can't condone
Talkin' down to me I'mma have to crack your nose
For crackin' jokes
I'm lookin' for the map to hope
You seen it?

Been makin a whole lot of changes
Wrote a song about that you should play it
I get scared when I walk on these stages
I look at the crowd and see so many faces
Yeah

That's when I start to get anxious
That's when my thoughts can be dangerous
That's when I put on my makeup
And drown in self-hatred forget what I'm sayin an …

Where the beat go?
Ohh
Ain't that somethin'
Drums came in you ain't see that comin'
Hands on my head can't tell me nothin'
Gotta taste of the fame had to pump my stomach

Throw it back up like I don't want it
Wipe my face clean off my vomit
OCD tryna push my buttons
I said don't touch it
Now y'all done it

I can be critical
Never typical
Intricate with every syllable
I'm a criminal
Intimate but never political
Pretty visual
Even if you hate it I make you feel like you're in it though

You call me what you wanna but never call me forgettable
Leave you deep in thought I could never swim in the kiddy pool
Way that I be thinkin' is cinematic it's beautiful
Man I don't know if I'm makin' movies or music videos (Videos)

The sales can rise
Doesn't mean much though when your health declines
See we've all got somethin' that we've trapped inside
That we try to suffocate you know hoping it dies
Try to hold it under water
But it always survives
Then it comes up out of nowhere like an evil surprise
Then it hovers over you to tell you millions of lies
You don't relate to that, must not be as crazy I am

The point I'm makin is the mind is a powerful place
And what you feed it can affect you in a powerful way
It's pretty cool right? Yeah, but it's not always safe
Just hang with me this will only take a moment okay

Just think about it for a second if you look at your face
Every day when you get up and think you'll never be great
You'll never be great
Not because you're not but the hate
Will always find a way to cut you up and murder your faith
(Whoo)

I been developin'
Take a look at the benefits
Nothin to meddle with
I could never be delicate
Am I even relevant
That depends how you measure it
Take a measurement
Then bag it up and give me the evidence

Pretty evident
Dependable
Can never be tentative
I'm a gentleman
Depending on if I think your genuine
Pretty elegant
But not afraid to tell you to get a grip
Proper etiquette
I keep it to myself when I celebrate

It's that time again
Better grab your balloons and invite your friends
Seatbelts back on yeah strap 'em in
Look at me everybody I'm smilin' big
On a road right now that I can't predict
Tell me tone that down, but I can't resist
Y'all know that sound better raise your fist
The search begins
I'm back so enjoy the trip

 

 

 

T.O. PARODY VERSION 

 

Hey Ced

Hows the game?

Its not good, losing fame

With every single day when more and more players 

Always talk down and then complain

 

I’m sorry

That’s cool

They’re all just bein fools

They’re all just bein tools

Forever causing chaos and hecticity

 

One day it will end up like T.X.

Rotted out before ever getting fixed

Player base diminishing

Druggers always winning

And buyers ever grinding

 

Yeah everything’s been going downhill mate

New developments haven’t been good of late

Only bad things for the game awaits

But I just wanna get this straight

 

Wake up Cedric

See what’s happenin? Make some changes

Fix this game we’ve had

The widespread appeal has been lost

Cause winning take a cost

Yet Ponytails still the boss

But even now all is not lost

 

It needs to be done

To save the game devs else it won’t be fun

Glitches reigning lag remaining 

It just doesn’t run

Victories won’t be won

Needs to work a ton

Client freezes reboot frequents

Still releasing guns

Flash soon died then tankers cried

We’re all out to lunch

Slowly dying out we all speak out

Imma have to speak

Ever repeat

The beginnin’ of the end draws near

You with me?

 

Back in the day

When many people still played

When Starladder still saved

Many tankers from leaving the game

Yeah

Those were the good old days

Now the future looks gray

I remember the memories and wish

I could get back there some day

Can we?

The games’ still great bet you didn’t see that comin

Just needs some necessary changes to fix its problems

Potential lingers on but will soon be forgotten

If it continues on like it has been

If the players trust can be regained

If more advertisement can be arranged

If they cater more to the USA

Maybe more gamers will come over and stay

Jumpin’ in the fray

Dodging Striker rockets like I be free

Buzzing in and out like I be a devil bee

Enemies defending themselves futily

Always creating mutiny

I can kill mammys without a double d

Other tankers always say that they wanna be

Even my opponents confessing that they see

The god of Tanki

But most likely these lyrics will be dismissed

Leaving the players all bein’ pissed

We all just hope an just graspin’ onto the wish

That someday soon the lags will be fixed

 

The truth is that sometimes

Things have to be risked

New future updates have sometimes gotta be kissed

Tell em goodbye an then give em a rinse

Do ya understand

Or are you still on the fence

Listen up ya tankers and hear what I’m about to tell

Currently the games’ going through a kind of hell

The final countdown has been triggered an begun to yell

The clock is ticking down to the games’ final bell

Time should now be the highest prize to achieve

As battles keep on flyin’ by at the topmost speed

Too bad this elusive component can never be freezed

It just whisks on by you like a cold breeze

Times’ of the essence 

There doesn’t need to be questions

Full of tension

We all know the games’ rigged for the Russians

Devs get rid of your gumption

Pretty redundant

I know but the point needs be confronted

I’m confronting

My deductions

On why the game is erupting

Losing money

Over the past years it’s only been plummeting

I been rummaging

And what i’ve found ain’t for sure funny

Very cunning

The method by which the game keeps on running

As we wrap up you’re now faced with a decision

In your own mind for the game what’s the ultimate vision?

I’ve presented you with some sentiments from certain players that have risen

Will you be someone who furthers the game or one who causes derision?

It’s your own choice devs make updates that please the players

And players be respectful of the devs

And all the time they’ve invested

For the stage is set

It’s our time to rise

Our time to request

To introduce changes that will be for the best

 

LYRICS WRITTEN BY PYTHOR

 

 

DISCLAIMER - I wrote these lyrics from the point of view of many tankers, not necessarily from my own.

[Tidebreaker 1,669]

Edits:

I cut down on spacing just a bit.

Changed the Tanki lyrics to Italics so it's easier to differentiate between the real ones.

 

Approved.

 

Where do you get all this creativity? I would personally never be able to come up with the content that you have no problem creating. Like TWNC, I would rate this a solid 10/10, not only because of the throught you put into this, but also because of how easily the average Tanki player can relate to this. I myself was on the verge of tears by the end. I don't want this game to go after so many years.

 

But I guess everything has an origin and an end...

 

Keep making content like this and you should have a very good shot at securing a podium spot at 2019's best of AWS!

[thetankman_9000 14]

glad you used NF The Search as your writing guideline, thats a gr8 song! loved the points xd, like USA and updates, awesome job!

[r_Given6 859]

Wow! Your lyrics were way better than the actual rap.

 

I tried my hand at this thing a while back. Was not able to complete the whole parody.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsXeFqj5p7Q

 

Nightmares creep

As the whole world heats

All these smoggy streets

It's suffocating

 

I find this frustrating

and equally devastating

Overcome by desire,

you set my earth afire

 

Earth on fire,

set my earth afire,

yeah...

Edited October 6, 2019 by Given

[Person_Random 4,991]

Niceeee, I like the song and the parody is just as good, if not better.  However, maybe you could put the original lyrics in a spoiler so readers can reference it easily and differentiate between the two sets of lyrics.

[Initiate 1,306]

As we wrap up you’re now faced with a decision

What are you lookin' at?  :ph34r:

[Hex 11,520]

This is great! Especially the end part, that was 10/10 by me.

[Cyborg 3,189]

Awesome job 

[Zekrom 316]

 

XD

 

Where's that :GWmythiFeelsBannedMan: image found anyway?