Lemon Demon – Hip Hop Cherry Pop

A bonus track from the album View-Monster (2008). Written, performed and produced by Neil Cicierega. The film that this piece was written for can be watched at Author’s Comments “This song was written for the opening titles of Hip Hop Cherry Pop, a film directed by my friend Kevin James. I have a short role in the film as a concerned citizen. Sadly, it didn’t fit with the opening animation, so they went with something else. Kevin has told me he’ll feature the song in the DVD, though. The movie’s about a bullied loser who drinks a magic potion that turns him Cool. He goes around being Cool, meanwhile causing various problems for the rest of the town. The main character buys the magic potion from a gypsy shop which doubles as an ice cream joint. The potion itself is just green glow-stick juice. After making this, I was excited to realize that it’s basically a Prince song, but with better spelling.“ Lyrics I heard a rumor you could help me out. Don’t act like you don’t know what I’m talking about. I’ve waited all my life and now I’m tired. Just give me what it takes to be admired. I’m sick of always getting picked last on the playground and in gym class. I’m sick of letting guys mistake me for a punching bag, so make me Hip Hop Cherry Pop! Gimme everything you got, every single drop. All right... all right. Make me Hip Hop Cherry Pop! Pretty pretty pretty please with a cherry on top. All right... all right. Filled to the brim with paranormal charm, I’ll have at least three sexy ladies on each arm. Throw out my models and my comic books. Bring on the helpless boyfriends’ jealous looks. Every day is a metric ton of ridicule and getting made fun of. I’m sick of letting girls mistake me for a pile of dirt, so make me Hip Hop Cherry Pop! I know this ain’t no ordinary ice cream shop. All right... all right. Make me Hip Hop Cherry Pop! Pretty pretty pretty please with a cherry on top. All right... all right.