Linnea is the New Pink

Friday, August 18, 2006

My name is john mayer and I'm lazy cuz I'm "waiting on the world to change"

God, this song bugs me. If you haven't heard it, you're lucky. It's a new one from John Mayer and it's on the radio constantly.
The lyrics consist of halfassed explanations of what he hates about the world and his reaction to his anger (his reaction being the chorus: "We keep on waiting/waiting on the world to change"). As he says, "It's hard to beat the system/ when we're standing at a distance/so we keep on waiting/ waiting on the world to change". Awww, life is just rough isn't it Mr. Mayer? You heard it here, kiddies, when life gets tough, the tough get ... well actually we don't know what tough people do, but all of us wussies get waiting for the world to change. If at first you try a little tiny bit, give up immediately...or something like that. I think you get the gist, after all I'm just paraphrasing here.
John, if you hate how the world is, change it yourself. It's people like this that piss me off so much. People who just bitch and complain about shit, but who aren't willing to actually fix it. Yeah, John while you are waiting for the world to catch up to you, other motivated people are actually trying to accomplish stuff. If you aren't willing to change your life why the hell are you complaining? I had this same beef with a former sociology professor of mine. He had us studying America's out of control consumerism and how bad it is for the environment. Then he tells us how much his new sailboat cost (it's a forty footer!) and how he spent $400 on a toy from radio shack for his kids that they don't even like. And he is trying to teach me how America needs to change its 'evil ways' while he is spending $8 a day on lattes!! (And we had a lecture on america's dependency on foreign oil and gas prices and shit and he drives an effin' SUV = HYPOCRITE) [a side note, if you are asking yourself what any of this has to do with sociology, I did ask that and I never found out]
So yeah John Mayer thanks to your lazy ass, all the lemmings who actually care what celebrities and singers think about politics and the world at large are going to start thinking, yeah maybe I should wait for the world to change. DUH, people like you are the reason that half of america doesn't vote for its next president. Mr. Mayer says it himself, "One day our generation/ is gonna rule the population" but if they take the hint from him, we will still be waiting, waiting for... Well gosh, he didn't actually tell us what to wait for. Oh well, we'll just wait for a new John Mayer single to tell us what to do next since this one was so chock full of good advice for young poeple everywhere.
For shame, John Mayer, For Shame. (whoa deja vu)

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