Story Behind The Song
In pop music, lyrics are so broad and vague. What drew me from rock to hip hop was the ability to be hyper-specific in my lyrics. This song just basically tell me musical life story.
Song Description
They told me that I'm too specific and that's why I've got no appeal. "Try singing more about peace and love and California, buddy"
| Song Length |
2:48 |
Genre |
Rap - Alternative, Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Male |
| Mood |
Content, In High Spirits |
Subject |
Life, Fun |
| Similar Artists |
Atmosphere, Ben Folds |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
They told me that I'm too specific and that's why I've got no appeal
(Try singing more about peace and love and California, buddy)
They told me "Lewis you're such a pessimist"
I was like, maybe you don't realize who you're messing with
I've been calling out the whole world from an SM57
Ever since I was a minor and you called me Clift
Back in Nazareth, Blue Eagle freshman
Wrote a song about some older kids that I thought would get my ass kicked
Called it Rappin Minivan it was my first quote "hit"
We were Peyronies I was hype man to Chris Wojcik
I was a product of the homophobic 90s
Post-Ricky Vasquez Pre-Glee find me
Before it was cool to wear glasses
Before CNN told my atheist friends what LDS meant
Post-grunge pre-9/11 bleached tips The Infinite
Sadness was gone, we had nothing yet to be angry with
I kept my head down cranked a few tunes out
And took the first chance I got to move out
They told me that I'm too specific and that's why I've got no appeal
(Try singing more about peace and love and California, buddy)
I was a Provo rookie can you picture this
Innocent pop-punk kid misfit?
Not the kind who wear eyeliner and a Misfits shirt
C. Montgomery Clift, kinda reminds you of that selfless elf dentist
Those were the days when every band in town was named after its frontman
So I thought it would be funny if a punk band
Did the same thing to get some more exposure
Maybe try and trick some young fans
Who never knew us into thinking the Chance Lewis Project was just like
The newest chill acoustic group of students making music
And the truth is when Matt Lewis heard about what I was doing with his name
He was too pissed, but now it's who you know me as
They told me that I'm too specific and that's why I've got no appeal
(Try singing more about peace and love and California, buddy)
Shoutout to my east coast natives turned Provo transplants
With stage names and changed plans, throw up those hands
(Chance, that only applies to you and Allred)
Alright then, here's to our ten years of 100 block handstamps
(They told me that) I shouldn't sing about my band face
Cuz I would alienate my fanbase
Always a little too on the nose
Tried to write jingles but instead I kept coming up with long prose
Check out my single and listen to how this song goes
Anyone who's been around me long knows
There's no mystique to me, I'm just an honor rock & roll
Band nerd with the ego of a rapper in the wrong clothes
They told me that I'm too specific and that's why I've got no appeal
(It won't suffice to say I was born now I made it up to here)
They told me that I'm too specific and that's why I've got no appeal
(Try singing more about peace and love and California)