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Artist: Jason Mraz
Canonical path: /jason-mraz/wordplay
Related lyric paths: 6
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Wordplay
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Wordplay
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I've been all around the world
I've been a new sensation
But it doesn't really matter
In this generation
The sophomore slump is an uphill battle
And someone said that ain't my scene
'Cause they need a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math
For the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezer
Got to find another way to live the life of leisure
So I drop my top
Mix and I mingle
Is everybody ready for my single and it goes
Ha la la la la
Now listen closely to the verse I lay
(Ha la la la la)
It's all about the wordplay
(Ha la la la love)
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the mister a to z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
When it's time to get ill I got your remedy
For those who don't remember me
Well let me introduce you to my style
I try to keep a jumble
And the lyrics never mumble
When the music's makin' people tongue-tied
You want a new song
Like a new religion
Music for the television
I can't do the long division
Someone do the math
For the people write me off like I'm a one-hit wonder
Gota find another way to keep from goin' under
Pull out the stops
Got your attention
I guess it's time again for me to mention
The wordplay
Ha la la la la
Now listen closely to the verse I lay
(Ha la la la la)
It's all about the wordplay
(Ha la la la love)
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the mister a to z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
I built a bridge across the stream my consciousness
It always seems to be a flowin'
But I don't know which way my brain is goin'
Oh the ryhmin' and the timin'
Keeps the melodies inside me
And they're comin'
Till I'm running out of air
Are you prepared to take a dive into the deep end of my head
Are you listening to a single word I've said
Ha la la la la
Listen closely to the verse I lay
Ha la la la la
I'm stickin' to the wordplay
Ha la la la love
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's
Yeah the mister a to z
They say I'm all about the wordplay
Ha la la la la
I'm all about the wordplay
Ha la la la la
Stickin' with the wordplay
Ha la la la love
I love the wonderful thing it does
Because, because
The ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's fall back in love
For the mister a to z they say
Is all about the wordplay
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