Twisted Sunshine

Billionaire 2010/10/04

Long before the Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars’ original “Billionaire” was used as a soundtrack in the pilot episode of the 2^nd season of Glee (sang by Chord Overstreet), Lucas is already a big fan of the song. Listening and dancing (well, the dancing part is his solo act though) with the beat of the song is a nightly bonding routine we do before he goes to sleep.

Last night, I was fooling around with the lyrics of the song (the “smiling next to Oprah and the Queen” part), instead of saying “Queen”, I changed it to “King”. To my surprise, my little Lucas shouted with much delight telling me that “No, no Mimi, Queen!” He’s only 1 year and 7 months old, what can I say? I was ecstatic! Isn’t he smart for his age to memorize bits and pieces of the lyrics on his own? Well, I might be overreacting, but as the mother, I guess I have all the right to feel proud. That alone made me a billionaire in my own right.

Billionaire
Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars

I wanna be a billionaire so freakin’ bad
Buy all of the things I never had
I wanna be on the cover of Forbes Magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen

Oh every time I close my eyes
I see my name in shining lights, yeah
A different city every night oh I, I swear
The world better prepare for when I’m a billionaire

Yeah I would have a show like Oprah
I would be the host of
Everyday Christmas give Travie a wish list
I’d probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt

And adopt a bunch of babies that ain’t never had sh*t
Give away a few Mercedes like here lady have this
And last but not least grant somebody their last wish
It’s been a couple months since I’ve single so

You can call me Travie Claus minus the ho-ho
Get it, I’d probably visit where Katrina hit
And damn sure do a lot more than FEMA did
Yeah can’t forget about me stupid
Everywhere I go Imma have my own theme music

Oh every time I close my eyes
I see my name in shining lights
A different city every night oh I, I swear
The world better prepare for when I’m a billionaire
(oooh ooh) when I’m a billionaire (oooh ooooh)

I’ll be playing basketball with the President
Dunking on his delegates
Senator … his political etiquette
Toss a couple milli in the air just for the heck of it
But keep the fives, twenty’s …completely separate

And yeah I’ll be in a whole new tax bracket
We in recession but let me take a crack at it
I’ll probably take whatever left and just split it up
So everybody that I love can have a couple bucks

And not a single tummy around me
Would know what hungry was
Eating good sleeping soundly
I know we all have a similar dream
Go in your pocket pull out your wallet
And put it in the air and sing

I wanna be a billionaire so freakin’ bad (so bad)
Buy all of the things I never had
I wanna be on the cover of Forbes Magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen

Oh every time I close my eyes
I see my name in shining lights
A different city every night oh I swear
The world better prepare for when I’m a billionaire
(oooh ooh sing it) when I’m a billionaire(oooh ooooh)

I wanna be a billionaire so freakin’ bad