swestrup | Blast from the Past.

Today

rehenazelreyhan was mentioning her dislike of the Law of Attraction, one of those pseudo-scientific new-ageisms that I so abhor. It reminded me of a one-hit-wonder of a song I came across in my music collection the other day. MC 900ft Jesus presents Truth is Out of Style:

Sample: "This is a journey upon which we shall make some remarkable discoveries of that inner realm that is part of your consciousness this very moment."
Sample: "123"
Sample: "...this is the take"

Please let me introduce you to a brand new idea
it ain't like your stupid car because it don't come from Korea.
I wont charge you for this tip but you can take it to the bank
and when your whole life starts to turn around, you'll know who to thank.

Thank God for MC nine oh oh, will be the first thing you say
when you are jumping out of bed, at the start of every day,
dropping on your knees while you are calling out my name,
saying "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
and you'll bless the day I came into your life

which up to this point had been a big fat joke
that you were playing on yourself but now its time you awoke
from this dream you've been having and confront reality
so shut your mouth for one minute and play attention to me.

Sample: "pay attention", "say what?"

'Cause I'm going to reveal the secret of my success
so now you can share in my continued happiness.
You will know the blissful peace of all the masters of old
and everything you touch will turn to fourteen karat gold.

It's an easy four-word sentence
that's the key to all your dreams
so from now on you don't have to worry 'bout no complex schemes.
Your life will be a simple game that you will always win
and for every dollar that you spend, the bank will pay back ten.

And I know you are starting to say
"why don't he stop beating around the bush?"
Well I'll get there when I get there
so there ain't no need to push.
'Cause the point I'm trying to make contains my whole philosophy
so listen to what I tell you and repeat it after me:

truth is out of style (out of style) (say what?)
truth is out of style (out of style) (say what?)
truth is out of style (out of style) (say what?)
truth is out of style (out of style) (say what?)

sample: "truth." "is out of style"
sample: "yo won't you tell them what your name is"

I hear what you're saying: "MC 900ft Jesus, exactly how
did you come to the conclusion that truth is out of style?"

Well I was on my way to work one day when I spied a rocket ship
some aliens abducted me and took me on a trip
to a previous existence on another astral plane.
I met a real nice lady there named Shirley Maclaine.

"The truth is not an obstacle for someone such as me," she said,
"because you see we all create our own reality
and if a problem should arise
the best thing you can say is:
'Don't worry, be happy, and have a nice day.'"

Well I thanked her very kindly for the excellent advice.
She said she'd bill me later at a reasonable price
then the aliens brought me back and beamed me down into this bar
but I could not go to work because bigfoot stole my car.

sample: "i know a mother fucking bigfoot when i see one"

truth is out of style (out of style)
truth is out of style (out of style)
truth is out of style (out of style)

sample: "truth." "is out of style."

sample: you possess the ability to control the movement of the invisible electromagnetic energies of light. you also control a mental power over even the gross
physical objects around you. this concept seems fantastic yet it has been proven.

Ever since I first heard this song in the Nineties, the phrase "but I could not go to work because bigfoot stole my car" has expressed for me the kind of outrageous lies that the new age movement regularly gets away with.