LOL! The Slightly Irreverent Jennifer Maglio tweeted this genius version of All Star by Smash Mouth translated into Aramaic and then back into English. The new and improved lyrics are hilarious! The translation was done by Isaac Mayer, who also posted the Aramaic version and even sang the song in the ancient language! Now we just need someone to record this hilariously translated English version:
In case you’ve forgotten the lyrics to this iconic Smash Mouth song from the 1990s, here are the original English (not Aramaic, lol) lyrics for comparison:
🎵Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an “L” on her forehead
Well, the years start coming and they don’t stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn’t make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see
So what’s wrong with taking the back streets?
You’ll never know if you don’t go
You’ll never shine if you don’t glow
Hey, now, you’re an all-star, get your game on, go play
Hey, now, you’re a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold🎵
Source: The Slightly Irreverent Jennifer Maglio / Isaac Mayer
(via: cheezburger)
Which do you like better, All Star by Smash Mouth in English or Aramaic? Let us know in the comments below!
A cattish woman once said unto me
The cruel world would blithely rob me blind.
Her scornful gesture, I could not but see,
Proved t’was not I possessed the vacant mind.
Yet still the years advance, and do not cease!
The world too great a yoke, I turned and fled.
What profit for thy knowledge to increase
If thou dost naught but earn thy daily bread?
Life’s banquet offers diverse, wondrous treats,
Their savour far too few shalt ever know.
What harm to choose thy path through narrow streets?
Thou shalt gain little if thou dost not go.
So sing! play! dance! and tell the world thy name.
Thou needst ignore the rules to win the game.