This season's SNL just gets better and better with each episode. Case in point, last night's guest host Jesse Eisenberg with Nasim Petrad, learning about static electricity, and their growing bodies on a classic episode of Nickelodeon's Mr. Wizard:
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Bloodshed Expected Tonight In Cairo
As I reported this morning, Mubarak's plan to send the army into Cairo Saturday backfired. For the most part, soldiers sided with the protesters, protecting them from the local police. The government is incensed. Rumors started circulating around 1pm local time in Egypt that the authorization was given to the Egyptian army to "shoot to kill" starting tonight.
This information is coming from Shadi Hamid, a fellow at the Brookings Institute. He has been receiving calls from multiple contacts inside Egypt (protesters, journalists, organizers) since the protests began on January 25th. As the day continued, the news became even more frightening. According to his Twitter account, not only had the above information been confirmed, but a memo had been discovered that the order is to go into effect at midnight.
Based upon the actions seen by the majority of the troops on the ground so far, it's unlikely that they will suddenly start shooting protesters. The threat at the moment appears to be from the air. For hours now, military jets and helicopters have been flying over Tahrir Square, the focal point of the protests, at low altitudes, trying to scare the protesters.
Al Jazeera was kicked out of the county today. Video is scarce. How many more lives will have to be lost before someone steps in? A senior member of the opposition is saying that "tonight is the night", and that "there will be major bloodshed". It won't be the blood of the army or government officials, but of hundreds, or perhaps thousands of people seeking freedom.
Tourette's Syndrome 101
Over the last two months or so, my Tourette's has gotten much worse. I have developed a couple of annoying new tics. One is an eye twitch, and the other is where I scrunch my face up. Between the two, if I'm having a bad day, I tic probably 500-600 times a day. Medication doesn't seem to have an effect any more on my condition. Words cannot describe how frustrating it can be some days.
For those of you unfamiliar with the condition, Tourette's Syndrome is a neurological disorder that is usually onset in childhood. In my case, my childhood "tic" was a sniffle. I also had a nose rubbing tic. They went unnoticed. I wasn't officially diagnosed until June of 2009, when I was 34. For the tics to be classified as Tourette's tics, you have to have multiple motor (body, hand, facial) tics and one vocal tic. This is video that I took with my webcam a week before I was diagnosed:
I started having the "jerking" tic in August of 2006. It was the only form of tic I had for months after the diagnosis. Then, as my medication started to affect my Tourette's, the tics started to manifest themselves differently. I would smack myself in the back of the head. I would start tapping or touching my wife's shoulder. I would sometimes just scream out loud. And weirdest of all, sometimes, I would talk in an accent. Mid-sentence, I would start speaking in an Irish accent, using Irish jargon and slang. Maybe for a sentence or two, or sometimes it would go on for twenty minutes. It was out of my control.
Having Tourette's is a lot like someone taking over the remote control for your body. There are times in which I have zero control over my actions. I've heard other people with Tourette's say that it's akin to holding in a sneeze, which, for the most part, is true. Different tics feel differently to me personally.
I have tics that give me a ticklish feeling or like a little surge of electricity between my shoulder blades right before my tic. I can hold those in, sometimes for hours, but if I do, it gets very painful and I will tic much much longer than what I would have if I just ticked in the first place. I have other tics that build up pressure in my chest. It tightens, like a spring. When I tic, it feels like that spring has had a chance to release. Those tics require a "trigger" to occur, whether it be a location, a topic of discussion, a memory(usually something stressful). I have a variety of other tics that occur without warning that I cannot control or hold back. These are the most frustrating.
***NOT ALL PEOPLE THAT HAVE TOURETTE'S SYNDROME GO AROUND YELLING "SHIT, FUCK AND BITCH*** It's called coprolalia, and it occurs in less than 10% of people with Tourette's. I for one, have been told that I have it. I tend to say "shit" a lot as a tic. I also have palilalia, which is where you repeat a word that you say over and over. It's hard to explain, but when it happens, I cannot stop until the word either sounds right or feels right coming out of my mouth. One of my recent tics is a bad stutter. It gets worse with nervousness or stress. Toastmasters, here I come.
I highly recommend watching a movie called Niagara, Niagara. It came out in 1997, and stars Robin Tunney as a young woman with Tourette's. When I first saw the movie about 12 years ago, I thought her character was ridiculous and over the top. I saw it again about a year ago, and saw myself. The movie itself is mediocre, but her performance is extraordinary. You can stream the movie online for free on Hulu.com.
For those of you unfamiliar with the condition, Tourette's Syndrome is a neurological disorder that is usually onset in childhood. In my case, my childhood "tic" was a sniffle. I also had a nose rubbing tic. They went unnoticed. I wasn't officially diagnosed until June of 2009, when I was 34. For the tics to be classified as Tourette's tics, you have to have multiple motor (body, hand, facial) tics and one vocal tic. This is video that I took with my webcam a week before I was diagnosed:
I started having the "jerking" tic in August of 2006. It was the only form of tic I had for months after the diagnosis. Then, as my medication started to affect my Tourette's, the tics started to manifest themselves differently. I would smack myself in the back of the head. I would start tapping or touching my wife's shoulder. I would sometimes just scream out loud. And weirdest of all, sometimes, I would talk in an accent. Mid-sentence, I would start speaking in an Irish accent, using Irish jargon and slang. Maybe for a sentence or two, or sometimes it would go on for twenty minutes. It was out of my control.
Having Tourette's is a lot like someone taking over the remote control for your body. There are times in which I have zero control over my actions. I've heard other people with Tourette's say that it's akin to holding in a sneeze, which, for the most part, is true. Different tics feel differently to me personally.
I have tics that give me a ticklish feeling or like a little surge of electricity between my shoulder blades right before my tic. I can hold those in, sometimes for hours, but if I do, it gets very painful and I will tic much much longer than what I would have if I just ticked in the first place. I have other tics that build up pressure in my chest. It tightens, like a spring. When I tic, it feels like that spring has had a chance to release. Those tics require a "trigger" to occur, whether it be a location, a topic of discussion, a memory(usually something stressful). I have a variety of other tics that occur without warning that I cannot control or hold back. These are the most frustrating.
***NOT ALL PEOPLE THAT HAVE TOURETTE'S SYNDROME GO AROUND YELLING "SHIT, FUCK AND BITCH*** It's called coprolalia, and it occurs in less than 10% of people with Tourette's. I for one, have been told that I have it. I tend to say "shit" a lot as a tic. I also have palilalia, which is where you repeat a word that you say over and over. It's hard to explain, but when it happens, I cannot stop until the word either sounds right or feels right coming out of my mouth. One of my recent tics is a bad stutter. It gets worse with nervousness or stress. Toastmasters, here I come.
I highly recommend watching a movie called Niagara, Niagara. It came out in 1997, and stars Robin Tunney as a young woman with Tourette's. When I first saw the movie about 12 years ago, I thought her character was ridiculous and over the top. I saw it again about a year ago, and saw myself. The movie itself is mediocre, but her performance is extraordinary. You can stream the movie online for free on Hulu.com.
Updated News On Egyptian Protests
It's now 8:30am, Sunday morning in Cairo, and thousands of people are already out in the streets for another day of protesting. The last 36 hours have been nothing short of newsworthy.
Early morning Saturday, Cairo was on fire. Looters were roaming the city. It has been reported that the National Museum has had multiple mummies decapitated and that there is a possibility that Tutankahmun's tomb has been damaged.
Saturday morning comes, and Mubarak sends out the military to deal with the protesters. His plan backfires. The video below shows a group of protesters coming in contact with a squad of police. The police start to fire shotguns into the crowd. Three armored military vehicles come in from behind the protesters. Instead of blocking the protesters in, they form a barrier between them and the police. The video below that shows another armored vehicle acting as a barrier against the tear gas canisters being launched by the police. In the second video, the protesters are even seen riding and dancing on the military property.
At 1:30am, local time Cairo, a reporter managed to Tweet out a message saying that approximately 6000 prisoners had escaped a local prison. Sky News later confirmed that is wasn't just an escape at one location, but at multiple jails and prisons around Cairo. The atmosphere is pure chaos.
The sun is up on Egypt again. Today, the women are leading the protests. The men of the family have been standing guard overnight to protect their homes from looters and local police. It is up to Egypt's mothers, sisters, and daughters to continue their fight for democracy. At this point, it appears to be just a matter of time.
Early morning Saturday, Cairo was on fire. Looters were roaming the city. It has been reported that the National Museum has had multiple mummies decapitated and that there is a possibility that Tutankahmun's tomb has been damaged.
Eyewitnesses and journalists on the ground claim that the majority of the looters are, in fact, plain clothes Egyptian police disguised as protesters so that the blame will be placed on them. There was a curfew in place Friday night from dusk till dawn that was not being followed by anyone. Thousands of people were still in the streets. There were no police in the city. Egyptian state television was showing pictures of a burning, but a peaceful Cairo. Al Jazeera showed it's journalistic integrity Friday night by essentially calling "bullshit". They showed a split screen image. On the right was the state television feed. On the left was the Al Jazeera feed: what really was happening. From the New York Times:
"At one point, the screen was split. On one side was live video of a police van that had been set on fire by protesters defying a curfew, with the sounds of gunfire and explosions. On the other side was the scene being broadcast by state television: a quiet tableau of the night sky in downtown Cairo, with the message that a curfew had been imposed.
Al Jazeera’s news anchors often drew attention to the limits of their reporting, noting that they did not know what was happening in some parts of the country because phone lines had been cut. At one point, a correspondent warned that Egyptian security forces were poised to attack the building where the channel’s reporters were working. Anchors told viewers to switch to another satellite channel, and told them how to do it, in case its transmission was interrupted."
Saturday morning comes, and Mubarak sends out the military to deal with the protesters. His plan backfires. The video below shows a group of protesters coming in contact with a squad of police. The police start to fire shotguns into the crowd. Three armored military vehicles come in from behind the protesters. Instead of blocking the protesters in, they form a barrier between them and the police. The video below that shows another armored vehicle acting as a barrier against the tear gas canisters being launched by the police. In the second video, the protesters are even seen riding and dancing on the military property.
At 1:30am, local time Cairo, a reporter managed to Tweet out a message saying that approximately 6000 prisoners had escaped a local prison. Sky News later confirmed that is wasn't just an escape at one location, but at multiple jails and prisons around Cairo. The atmosphere is pure chaos.
The sun is up on Egypt again. Today, the women are leading the protests. The men of the family have been standing guard overnight to protect their homes from looters and local police. It is up to Egypt's mothers, sisters, and daughters to continue their fight for democracy. At this point, it appears to be just a matter of time.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Tosh.0 Inadvertently Teaches Lesson On Sexuality
Earlier this week, Comedy Central's Tosh.0 had a segment titled 'Gay Porn Viagra Boner Challenge'. The point of the "challenge" was to get all of the male staff in the office to wear revealing sweatpants, have them each take a Viagra, stand along a row for two hours and watch hardcore gay porn. The first one to get an erection loses. Watch what happens.(I promise you, you won't see anything gross.)
That's right. Even with Viagra, not one erection. Like After Elton noted, they unwittingly proved a point:
I encourage you to check out a new blog. It's called Born This Way. It has reader submitted stories and photos of their earliest gay memory. You would be surprised to find with some people it's as early as 3 or 4. Whether we're straight, gay, bi or transgendered, it's a part of us. It would be ridiculous to think of our sexuality as something so superficial to be changed by just watching a video.
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That's right. Even with Viagra, not one erection. Like After Elton noted, they unwittingly proved a point:
The whole exercise was completely juvenile. But personally, I didn't think it was at all offensive. In a strange way it helped advance the notion that people aren't turned gay by gay imagery. You either have a same sex attraction — or you don't. And not even Viagra and two hours of extreme gay porn are going to change matters.Either you're gay or you're not. Porn can't influence that. Not even Viagra can influence that. When I was young, my mother wouldn't let me listen to Elton John or George Michael CDs because she thought that their "homosexual lifestyles" would rub off on me through their music. Earlier this week, in an Arkansas grocery store, there were shields placed over the Us magazine cover of Elton John and David Furnish posing with their baby boy, because customers complained that they felt that it would influence their children to become gay.
I encourage you to check out a new blog. It's called Born This Way. It has reader submitted stories and photos of their earliest gay memory. You would be surprised to find with some people it's as early as 3 or 4. Whether we're straight, gay, bi or transgendered, it's a part of us. It would be ridiculous to think of our sexuality as something so superficial to be changed by just watching a video.
Body Positive Blog Post or Confidence Is Sexy As Hell
I read a blog post today from Amber, a 24 year old from Massachusetts:
She's beautiful."I’ve submitted a bunch of times, but never this particular picture (for reasons that I would think would be pretty obvious.)I posted this picture on another blog and had people reblog it and pick me apart. Talk about how disgusting I looked, how it was awful how I could ever ‘let myself go’ this much and how I couldn’t possibly be happy.After taking this picture, I looked at it and thought I looked pretty. Yup. I’ve got rolls, and cellulite and stretch marks, and to say my thighs touch is an understatement of astronomical proportions. I’ll be honest. Sometimes I see people post here and talk about losing 10 or 20lbs, and I can’t help but shake my head at how something so small could be so important to so many people out there.What if I told you that it’s possible to not have a so-called ‘ideal’ figure, and to be happy? Because it’s entirely possible. I’ve had scores of people compliment me on my confidence. Even when I don’t feel confident, I still put it out there, and people tend to look past my weight. It seems hard to believe but it’s true!The number on the scale is NOT important. The size of your pants is NOT important. Whether you have scars, or stretch marks, or cellulite, or rolls, or pudge, or big teeth, or acne, or a strange nose, anything that you think is a ‘deformity’, it’s NOT important. Wishing you had what someone else had is NOT important. Everyone out there is fighting a tough battle.The person who you think is perfect most likely has body issues of their own, and at least one thing they’d like to change. The grass is always going to be greener on the other side. People find it much easier to see beauty in others, but never in themselves.Stop. Look at yourself, and appreciate what you have. Even if you don’t think you have anything, you are alive, you are breathing, and you have the potential to do fantastic things with your life."
Record Club - Never Tear Us Apart
I've always been a sucker for a good cover, especially if it's of a song that I was originally fond of. When INXS' 'Kick' was released in 1987, I listened to two songs repeatedly, 'Need You Tonight/Mediate' and 'Never Tear Us Apart'. At the time, 'Never Tear Us Apart' was the quintessential modern rock love song. Twenty four years later, it's still one of my favorite songs to play and to perform.
In early 2010, Beck formed Record Club. According to his website:
Record Club: INXS "Never Tear Us Apart" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.
In early 2010, Beck formed Record Club. According to his website:
Record Club is an informal meeting of various musicians to record an album in a day. The album chosen to be interpreted is used as a framework. Nothing is rehearsed or arranged ahead of time. A track is put up here once a week. The songs are rough renditions, often first takes that document what happened over the course of a day as opposed to a polished rendering. There is no intention to 'add to' the original work or attempt to recreate to power of the original recording. Only to play music and document what happens.So far, they have recorded renditions of albums by the Velvet Underground, Yanni and Leonard Cohen. INXS' 'Kick' was recorded on March 3rd, 2010. It was arranged and recorded in twelve hours. 'Never Tear Us Apart' stands out as a haunting track with Annie Clark singing vocals, and a moving violin solo instead of the cheesy saxophone solo that was standard in so many 80's songs. Enjoy.
Record Club: INXS "Never Tear Us Apart" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Remembering The Challenger Disaster
There are very few instances in the last 50 years of American history that we can look back upon, and remember, in detail, exactly where we were when it took place. My parents remember where they were when JFK was assassinated. Their parents remember when Pearl Harbor was bombed. My first memory with that kind of historical significance was on January 28, 1986.
At 11:38am Eastern time, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, one minute and thirteen seconds after launch. On board were seven astronauts, including Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher in space.
NASA broadcast the launch live to thousands of schools nationwide. I saw it live on a big screen television in the school library with my fifth grade class. I was devastated. I remember the worst part of all was watching McAullife's parent's in the crowd clapping. They had no idea what was going on. They had never seen a shuttle launch before. I started crying. They didn't know that they had just watched their daughter die.
Fast forward twenty five years. The final shuttle mission is scheduled for April, NASA's future is in question, and the 25 year anniversary of the Challenger disaster is lucky to get a paragraph mention on page 3 or 4 of today's paper. These five men and two women pioneered what we find ordinary today. Without their sacrifice, there may not have been a possibility of "space tourism", the Hubble telescope, or the International Space Station. We owe them our gratitude and respect.
For a detailed account of what happened on January 28th, 1986, take a look at the Wikipedia article on the Challenger disaster. There is some interesting, and shocking, information about what happened to the shuttle and the crew during the accident.
At 11:38am Eastern time, the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, one minute and thirteen seconds after launch. On board were seven astronauts, including Christa McAuliffe, the first teacher in space.
NASA broadcast the launch live to thousands of schools nationwide. I saw it live on a big screen television in the school library with my fifth grade class. I was devastated. I remember the worst part of all was watching McAullife's parent's in the crowd clapping. They had no idea what was going on. They had never seen a shuttle launch before. I started crying. They didn't know that they had just watched their daughter die.
Fast forward twenty five years. The final shuttle mission is scheduled for April, NASA's future is in question, and the 25 year anniversary of the Challenger disaster is lucky to get a paragraph mention on page 3 or 4 of today's paper. These five men and two women pioneered what we find ordinary today. Without their sacrifice, there may not have been a possibility of "space tourism", the Hubble telescope, or the International Space Station. We owe them our gratitude and respect.
For a detailed account of what happened on January 28th, 1986, take a look at the Wikipedia article on the Challenger disaster. There is some interesting, and shocking, information about what happened to the shuttle and the crew during the accident.
What If Disney Made A Live Version Of Up!
...In the early '60s? With Spencer Tracy? Well, a trailer was released by amateur filmmaker Ivan Guerrero on January 24th, that makes you think that they just may have done so. Take a look:
Calling them "premakes", Ivan edited together pieces of 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner', The Muppet Movie', 'The Red Balloon', 'Superman', 'The Wizard of Oz', and more than a dozen other films, along with some crafty CGI. His Youtube page includes "premakes' of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', 'The Empire Strikes Back', 'Ghostbusters', and my favorite, 'Gone With the Wind With Vampires'. It's definitely worth taking a few minutes to check it out.
Calling them "premakes", Ivan edited together pieces of 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner', The Muppet Movie', 'The Red Balloon', 'Superman', 'The Wizard of Oz', and more than a dozen other films, along with some crafty CGI. His Youtube page includes "premakes' of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', 'The Empire Strikes Back', 'Ghostbusters', and my favorite, 'Gone With the Wind With Vampires'. It's definitely worth taking a few minutes to check it out.
Best Website Ever....this week
Oh, Charlie Sheen. Where do I start? According to TMZ, earlier this week, he had a "party" for 36 hours straight, with five porn stars, in which he went through a "briefcase" of cocaine. Today, he's in rehab, and his show, 2 1/2 Men is on "indefinite hiatus".
If you're like me, you want to get right to the point when it comes to your Charlie Sheen news. Don't tell me about how many porn actresses are locked in the bathroom. Don't tell me how many pounds of black tar heroin were delivered to his hotel room. Get to the point. Is he dead or not?
Introducing ischarliesheendead.com. Right to the point. Check it once a day. You'll know whether to set your TIVO for a new episode of 2 1/2 Men or not. Done.
At the moment: "Packed the Gucci bag. Rehab." 12 hours ago: "Almost". Ha ha.
Incredible Pics Coming Out Of Egypt
In an unprecedented move, shortly after midnight Pacific time, the Egyptian government terminated all internet service, all text messaging, and all Blackberry service nationwide. Call me naive, but I didn't know that it was even technologically possible to do something like that. Since then, the vast majority of video coming out of the country has been from news outlets like Al Jazeera and CNN. Pictures have been scarce. The ones coming out have been moving and emotional. Take a look.
Some protests have been violent, but reports are saying that many have been peaceful, and that the military have been siding with the protesters in many locales.
Taken today during a protest in Cairo. (Courtesy Reuters)
Also taken today during an anti-government protest in Cairo. (photographer unknown, via MSNBC)
Some protests have been violent, but reports are saying that many have been peaceful, and that the military have been siding with the protesters in many locales.
Taken today during a protest in Cairo. (Courtesy Reuters)
Also taken today during an anti-government protest in Cairo. (photographer unknown, via MSNBC)
Protesters praying in Alexandria, Egypt. (Getty Images) According to witnesses, following the prayers, riot police surrendered to protesters and were given food and water. No violence broke out. No one was harmed. The scene was different in another neighborhood in Cairo where police were photographed attacking a group of peaceful protesters praying on a bridge:
Currently, there are protesters calling for democracy in Tunisa, Egypt and Yemen. As a fellow blogger said: "May Allah help Egypt, North Africa, and the Middle East".
'Amin
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Must...Save....Ice...Cream
This was the picture on this morning's issue of The Washington Post:
What, coats? No, no, fuck coats! But for the love of God man, save the butter pecan! Believe it or not, the caption read that at the time the picture was taken, he had been running down the block, back and forth, for an hour and twenty minutes carrying one cone after another. The Baskin Robbins down the street had lost power, and he had volunteered to get a cone for everyone on the floor of his office.
Seriously, it's just a guy with no coat on in 10 degree weather, trying to protect an ice cream cone...from a snowstorm.
Lady Gaga Releases Lyrics To 'Born This Way'
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you the gay anthem of the decade:
BORN THIS WAY
WRITTEN BY: LADY GAGA
PRODUCED BY: LADY GAGA, FERNANDO GARIBAY, DJ WHITE SHADOW
MIXED AND ENGINEERED BY: DAVID RUSSEL
INTRO:
It doesn't matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M
Just put your paws up
'cause you were Born This Way, Baby
VERSE:
MY MAMA TOLD ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG
WE ARE ALL BORN SUPERSTARS
SHE ROLLED MY HAIR AND PUT MY LIPSTICK ON
IN THE GLASS OF HER BOUDOIR
"THERE'S NOTHIN WRONG WITH LOVIN WHO YOU ARE"
SHE SAID, "'CAUSE HE MADE YOU PERFECT, BABE"
"SO HOLD YOUR HEAD UP GIRL AND YOU'LL GO FAR,
LISTEN TO ME WHEN I SAY"
CHORUS:
I'M BEAUTIFUL IN MY WAY
'CAUSE GOD MAKES NO MISTAKES
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN THIS WAY
DON'T HIDE YOURSELF IN REGRET
JUST LOVE YOURSELF AND YOU'RE SET
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN THIS WAY
POST-CHORUS:
OOO THERE AIN'T NO OTHER WAY
BABY I WAS BORN THIS WAY
BABY I WAS BORN THIS WAY
OOO THERE AIN'T NO OTHER WAY
BABY I WAS BORN-
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN THIS WAY
DON'T BE A DRAG -JUST BE A QUEEN
DON'T BE A DRAG -JUST BE A QUEEN
DON'T BE A DRAG -JUST BE A QUEEN
DON'T BE!
VERSE:
GIVE YOURSELF PRUDENCE
AND LOVE YOUR FRIENDS
SUBWAY KID, REJOICE YOUR TRUTH
IN THE RELIGION OF THE INSECURE
I MUST BE MYSELF, RESPECT MY YOUTH
A DIFFERENT LOVER IS NOT A SIN
BELIEVE CAPITAL H-I-M (HEY HEY HEY)
I LOVE MY LIFE I LOVE THIS RECORD AND
MI AMORE VOLE FE YAH (LOVE NEEDS FAITH)
REPEAT CHORUS + POST-CHORUS
BRIDGE:
DON'T BE A DRAG, JUST BE A QUEEN
WHETHER YOU'RE BROKE OR EVERGREEN
YOU'RE BLACK, WHITE, BEIGE, CHOLA DESCENT
YOU'RE LEBANESE, YOU'RE ORIENT
WHETHER LIFE'S DISABILITIES
LEFT YOU OUTCAST, BULLIED, OR TEASED
REJOICE AND LOVE YOURSELF TODAY
'CAUSE BABY YOU WERE BORN THIS WAY
NO MATTER GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BI,
LESBIAN, TRANSGENDERED LIFE
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN TO SURVIVE
NO MATTER BLACK, WHITE OR BEIGE
CHOLA OR ORIENT MADE
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN TO BE BRAVE
REPEAT CHORUS
OUTRO/REFRAIN:
I WAS BORN THIS WAY HEY!
I WAS BORN THIS WAY HEY!
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN THIS WAY HEY!
I WAS BORN THIS WAY HEY!
I WAS BORN THIS WAY HEY!
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN THIS WAY HEY!
BORN THIS WAY
WRITTEN BY: LADY GAGA
PRODUCED BY: LADY GAGA, FERNANDO GARIBAY, DJ WHITE SHADOW
MIXED AND ENGINEERED BY: DAVID RUSSEL
INTRO:
It doesn't matter if you love him, or capital H-I-M
Just put your paws up
'cause you were Born This Way, Baby
VERSE:
MY MAMA TOLD ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG
WE ARE ALL BORN SUPERSTARS
SHE ROLLED MY HAIR AND PUT MY LIPSTICK ON
IN THE GLASS OF HER BOUDOIR
"THERE'S NOTHIN WRONG WITH LOVIN WHO YOU ARE"
SHE SAID, "'CAUSE HE MADE YOU PERFECT, BABE"
"SO HOLD YOUR HEAD UP GIRL AND YOU'LL GO FAR,
LISTEN TO ME WHEN I SAY"
CHORUS:
I'M BEAUTIFUL IN MY WAY
'CAUSE GOD MAKES NO MISTAKES
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN THIS WAY
DON'T HIDE YOURSELF IN REGRET
JUST LOVE YOURSELF AND YOU'RE SET
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN THIS WAY
POST-CHORUS:
OOO THERE AIN'T NO OTHER WAY
BABY I WAS BORN THIS WAY
BABY I WAS BORN THIS WAY
OOO THERE AIN'T NO OTHER WAY
BABY I WAS BORN-
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN THIS WAY
DON'T BE A DRAG -JUST BE A QUEEN
DON'T BE A DRAG -JUST BE A QUEEN
DON'T BE A DRAG -JUST BE A QUEEN
DON'T BE!
VERSE:
GIVE YOURSELF PRUDENCE
AND LOVE YOUR FRIENDS
SUBWAY KID, REJOICE YOUR TRUTH
IN THE RELIGION OF THE INSECURE
I MUST BE MYSELF, RESPECT MY YOUTH
A DIFFERENT LOVER IS NOT A SIN
BELIEVE CAPITAL H-I-M (HEY HEY HEY)
I LOVE MY LIFE I LOVE THIS RECORD AND
MI AMORE VOLE FE YAH (LOVE NEEDS FAITH)
REPEAT CHORUS + POST-CHORUS
BRIDGE:
DON'T BE A DRAG, JUST BE A QUEEN
WHETHER YOU'RE BROKE OR EVERGREEN
YOU'RE BLACK, WHITE, BEIGE, CHOLA DESCENT
YOU'RE LEBANESE, YOU'RE ORIENT
WHETHER LIFE'S DISABILITIES
LEFT YOU OUTCAST, BULLIED, OR TEASED
REJOICE AND LOVE YOURSELF TODAY
'CAUSE BABY YOU WERE BORN THIS WAY
NO MATTER GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BI,
LESBIAN, TRANSGENDERED LIFE
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN TO SURVIVE
NO MATTER BLACK, WHITE OR BEIGE
CHOLA OR ORIENT MADE
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN TO BE BRAVE
REPEAT CHORUS
OUTRO/REFRAIN:
I WAS BORN THIS WAY HEY!
I WAS BORN THIS WAY HEY!
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN THIS WAY HEY!
I WAS BORN THIS WAY HEY!
I WAS BORN THIS WAY HEY!
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY
I WAS BORN THIS WAY HEY!
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