| I wanna be a pop star (James@War) | 
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JamesatWar makes a parody of the worst things about pop stars taking bits of information from many different famous singers gone out of hand.
I'm through with living in trailers with my pushy mom, 
 I'm only nine and she makes me put make-up on, 
 So I'll grant her her wish and I won't stop till I'm on TV 
 
 So tell me what you want 
 
 I want a brand new nose and a cleft in my chin 
 And some breast implants I'll deny I put in 
 And a teacup poodle that I'm always carrying with me. 
 
 Yeah, so what you need? 
 
 I'll need a good producer 'cause you know I can't sing 
 And a lawyer who can get me out of anything 
 Gonna date Justin Timberlake to gain some credibility. 
 
 Been there, done that 
 
 I want my own perfume and clothing line 
 It's all made in sweatshops, but that's just fine 
 I'll give the child labourers a signed copy of my CD
  
 So how you gonna do it 
 
 I'm gonna reestablish the mouseketeers 
 Start my new life wearing those Mickey ears 
 
 'Cause we all just wanna be big popstars 
 Start out innocent to get my fanbase large 
 My listeners will be people in their tweens 
 And old perverts who can't wait till I turn eighteen 
 And my first hit will be a Disney song 
 But my good girl image won't last too long 
 My first album just had some innuendo 
 But by my third album I'll act like a full blown hoe, well 
 Hey, hey, I wanna be a pop star 
 Hey, hey, I wanna be a pop star 
 
 I wanna be generic, let the media lead me 
 Gonna sing canned music that my label feeds me 
 Oversaturate the market 'till everyone is sick of me 
 
 Oh, trust me, it'll happen 
 
 I'm gonna dress myself without an ounce of class, 
 Gonna make the boys all drool and stare at my... Glasses 
 Gonna hang out with the laughing stock of society 
 
 So how you gonna do it?
 
 I'm gonna lose all sense of decency 
 And sell out all of my integrity 
 
 'Cause we all just wanna be big pop stars 
 Paparazzi gettin' pictures of my implant scars 
 I'll sleep through the days and party all night long 
 It's so hard to remember to put panties on 
 And my male fans will all be crushed 
 When those photos leak that haven't been airbrushed 
 I'll marry a loser who just wants my fame 
 And I'll divorce his sorry butt the very next day 
 And I'll drop a hint that I'm a lesbian 
 Hoping that'll jump start my lame career again 
 I'll pose for magazines like FHM and Marie Claire 
 Tell 'em 'bout how I'm a Christian in my underwear, well 
 Hey, hey, I wanna be a pop star 
 
 I'm gonna have some babies and then I'll neglect 'em 
 Hit my mid life crisis when I'm twenty seven 
 Make sure I'm drunk before I start to drive 
 Get caught lip syncing on Saturday Night Live 
 
 Well we all just wanna be big pop stars 
 Make abysmal movies and wreck fifteen cars 
 I'll check into rehab after hitting that tree 
 Then I'll check out early but be back next week 
 And they'll finally put me behind bars 
 With a real short sentence since I am a star 
 The tabloids will tell 'em that I've lost my flair 
 When the pressure gets too much well I'll just shave my hair 
 But I'll work hard to get my life on track 
 And my fans will all start to accept me back 
 I'm back on top and selling out my shows 
 Until my ex releases our sex videos... Well 
 Hey, hey, I wanna be a pop star 
 Hey, hey, I wanna be a pop star
I’M THROUGH WITH IT= I don’t want to do it anymore
 
 PUSHY= someone who is pushy is always demanding your attention and wants to do  better than anybody else
 
 MON(AmE)= MUM(BrE) = mother. "Mon" with AmE accent sounds the same as "Mum" with  BrE accent.
 
 MAKE-UP= artificial colours that women put on their face to improve their beauty  (well, at least that’s the idea)
 
 GRANT= if you grant somebody a wish, you make that wish possible
 
 I’LL GRANT HER HER WISH= the first HER is the indirect object of GRANT (I’ll  grant her), and the second HER is the possessive adjective of the 3rd person  singular feminine (her wish).
 
 BRAND NEW= very very new
 
 CLEFT= if you have a cleft in your chin, your chin has a little hollow. If that  hollow is right on the edge, like a little indentation, it's a cleft, if it’s  like a little hole between the edge and your lips, it’s a dimple (like in Kirk  Douglas).
 
 BREASTS= the big (sometimes) fatty parts women have on their chests to feed  babies (etc)
 BREAST IMPLANTS= silicone padding which is introduced inside a woman’s breasts  to make them look bigger
 
 I’LL DENY I PUT IN= I will say I didn’t put breasts implants in my breasts
 
 A TEACUP POODLE= a little breed of dog with curly hair, usually white
 
 GONNA= I’m going to
 
 DATE= if you date someone, you go out with them as boyfriend and girlfriend
 
 SWEATSHOPS= a small factory where many people work together in poor conditions  and for a very low salary
 
 MOUSEKETEERS= a group of children appearing on the television program The Mickey  Mouse Club in the 1950's, wearing the later famous Mickey Mouse big ears (as a  kind of hat)
 
 WANNA= want to
 
 ‘CAUSE= because
 
 FANBASE= the faithful group of admirers of a particular pop singer, sports team etc
 
 PEOPLE IN THEIR TWEENS= people between 20 and 29 years old
 
 INNUENDO= An indirect or subtle, usually derogatory implication in an expression;  an insinuation (in this context it refers to sex innuendos)
 
 HOE= A promiscuous woman. Someone who doesn’t mind having sex with lots of  people. A full blown hoe is a very promiscuous woman.
 
 GENERIC= if you are generic you are very famous and everybody knows you
 
 CANNED= (AmE) canned food is food sold inside a metal can, so that it lasts for  a long time. In BrE it is usually "tinned" food (we use "tin" for food and "can"  for drinks)
 
 MY LABEL= my music company
 
 OVERSATURATE= to saturate to excess
 
 EVERYONE IS SICK OF ME= everyone is tired of me
 
 TRUST ME= believe me
 
 WITHOUT AN OUNCE OF CLASS= with no taste at all (very ugly)
 
 DROOL= to let saliva run from your mouth
 
 STARE= to look directly and fixedly, often with eyes wide open. The song says "gonna  make the boys all drool and stare at my...", and we expect a word to rhyme with  CLASS (from the previous line), and in this context everybody would think of  "ass", which is a colloquial word for your bottom (BrE "arse"), a bit rude. But  instead, he says "glasses", which doesn’t rhyme well with "class" (so we know  he avoided using the rude word, but it’s already in our minds... too late)
 
 HANG OUT= if you hang out with friends, you go out with them to have fun
 
 THE LAUGHING STOCK= something or someone that is ridiculed by everyone else and  is often well-known only because it is so ridiculous and so bad it's funny
 
 PAPARAZZI= pronounced "paparatsi". An Italian plural word (singular: paparazzo).  A paparazzo is a freelance photographer who doggedly pursues celebrities to take  hidden pictures for sale to magazines and newspapers.
 
 SCAR= a mark left on the skin after a surface injury or wound has healed
 
 PARTY ALL NIGHT LONG= I will have fun all the night (in a private house, in bars  or anywhere else)
 
 PANTIES= underwear worn by women (under their clothes)
 
 CRUSHED= overexcited
 
 I’LL DIVORCE HIS SORRY BUTT= I’ll divorce him, the poor man. "Butt" means "ass,  bottom", but in coll. AmE people often use "butt" to mean "person" (I don’t want  to see your butt near me again = I don’t ever want to see you around)
 
 TO DROP A HINT= say something ambiguous that make people think
 
 LAME= a lame person can’t walk properly. A lame career is a career that goes  badly
 
 TELL’EM’BOUT= tell them about
 
 NEGLECT= don’t look after them properly, don’t pay proper attention to them
 
 LIP SYNCE= to sing in playback
 
 LIVE= pronounced /laɪv/. Transmitted at the time of performance, rather  than being pre-recorded.
 
 WANNA= want to
 
 ABYSMAL= (of movies, songs, etc.) of a terrible quality
 
 WRECK= if you wreck a car, you crash them (as in an accident)
 
 REHAB= a rehabilitation centre for drug-addicts or alcoholics
 
 PUT ME BEHIND BARS= send me to prison
 
 SENTENCE= a court judgment, especially a judicial decision of the punishment to  be inflicted on a person found guilty
 
 TABLOIDS= newspapers of small format giving the news in condensed form, usually  with illustrated, often sensational material (not serious)
 
 FLAIR= natural talent or style
 
 TO GET MY LIFE ON TRACK= to get my life back to normal, the way it should be