Generational Gap
by @betoMod · @wobbiewobbit
Liner Notes
@beto says: me and @wobbiewobbit were talking about all the new slang of the new generations; the expressions we don't understand ("#skibidi toilet from Ohio!") and the expressions we don't like (personally I hate "drop" for anything that is released). So we decided to write this song, with each part having slang from a different generation! 😆
Also, apparently I'm unable to sing the word "timidity"! 😆
@wobbiewobbit says: I knew what you meant ;)
Beto did the hardlifting in this! but i was glad we did it together from our initial seed of an idea in chat :) you sure are skibidi and i love your timidy
Lyrics
[verse, gen alpha] My nephew told me I was skibidi And said something about a toilet And something else about Ohio He made it all up, I bet!
[verse, millennial] Co-worker told me about an album Said it was gonna drop today He said the album was on fire? I don’t know how it's gonna play
[pre-chorus, gen alpha] Because I'm skibidi! Despite my timidity My sensitivity Gives me the ability to communicate
[verse, UK millennial] My neighbor came back from Majorca Holibobs chillaxing in Spain Cruising in a 50' bad boy Totes amazeballs know what I'm saying?
[pre-chorus, gen alpha] Because I'm skibidi! Despite my timidity My sensitivity Gives me the ability to communicate
[chorus, gen alpha] I've got the rizz, I am the sigma Kid please, it's no enigma I'm mewing, I look max Giga Chad is here, relax
[verse, genz] My girlfriend told me I was sus (big yikes!) Then she ghosted me for what? Lucky for me I have my fam They are the best — periodt ("peer-ee-uht")
[pre-chorus, gen alpha] I am so skibidi! Despite my timidity My sensitivity Gives me the ability to communicate
[rap, gen alpha] (my nephew was supposed to do this, but he didn't, so now I left the placeholder)
[chorus, gen alpha] I've got the rizz, I am the sigma Kid please, it's no enigma I'm mewing, I look max Giga Chad is here, relax
[chorus, millennial] I'm gonna drop it like it's hot Dude, don't tell me that it's not This album is dope, the best I got Everything I have I brought
[verse, self reflection] I'm getting old, I know 44, 60, 78 I just don't understand new generations But I know how to communicate
[repeat chorus]
Comments
Wait, old, we’re not old, are we? I thought this song was Awesome and some of this new slang, well, gag me with a spoon! You guys have so much compassion for each other. what’s wrong with those kids?
This amused me (and lost me here and there...haha)- truly sound like you cats (yes, I'm that old) had fun! This brought some memories of things I thought I had (safely) forgotten... 😆
nicely done. I don't try keep.up, when they start I go deeper into ancient slang! such a fun listen! and beto doing a bit Jonathan Richman.
I like the clean organ/electric piano(?) sound with the crunchy synth bass.
Favorite lines: "He said the album was on fire? I don’t know how it's gonna play" and "Totes amazeballs know what I'm saying?"
This song is so much fun and as a Gen Xer, I can appreciate it's content so much. You've managed to create a song that complains without sounding like you're complaining. I am young enough to understand some of the Millennial stuff but that Gen Z stuff escapes me sometimes and I don't even try yo follow the Gen Alpha stuff.
This is a beautiful, lighthearted collab. Well done to both of you!
Funny! Love the back and forth of your vocals. Yep, there is so much slang that I don't get (if I really wanna know I can ask one of my sons who are 25 and 27 - they know it all!). I think "drop" and "chillax" are the only ones I'd ever heard of! Excellent collab!
If I didn't know what any of these terms meant I'm even less the wiser now. But yeah, I found this hilarious, especially as a two-hander with Beto's evident desperation and Wobbie's ironic asides playing off each other brilliantly. This is the kind of entertainment you only get in FAWM, and I'm so glad I found it.
Hahaha! Pretty fun tune y'all got workin' here. I had to scratch my head a few times only because I wasn't aware of the slang. I, too, try not to use whatever the latest slang is mainly because it's not my "generation speak", but I still try to communicate to the best of my ability. Communication is the goal, right? Y'all put together a song that is full of fun on y'all's part. That's what's so cool to me. I can hear the fun in the collab as well as the talent and creativity.
This is such a fun song. I’m only 30 and have no idea what most of these mean haha. The other day I did a songwriting workshop with 7th graders and I said “YOLO” trying to be hip with the kids and they had no idea what it meant 😂
Enjoyed this song and all its slang. No doubt some of us are falling behind on this. I love the change of pace about 2/3 of the way through. Nice work, guys!
You know you're getting old when your generation's slang doesn't even make it into a song about slang. Not groovy, but I guess it's cool? ;-)
I love this. Even if I've never encountered many of these expressions. That breakdown is hilarious!
This is so creative and fun. I especially like your pre-chorus, and that you sing it in unison, and then the commentary throughout. The album on fire bit is hilarious. I guess what I mean to say is, this song is SICK (yes I have kids haha).
This is HILARIOUS Oh the takedown of the modern slang
Damn, how did I miss this one! This is making me so happy to hear from some of my favorite FAWMers. Such smart writing.
Bahaha this is great! So fun. Totes amazeballs indeed!
OMG, this is totes amazeballs from you two!! Grinning from ear to ear listening to this, and love the wee ad libs all the way through from @wobbiewobbit, had me chuckling! 🤩 Also kinda love the rap section even though it's just a placeholder...
This is adorable! I thought I knew slang pretty well, but the UK millennial verse was new to me. lol at the rapping placeholder!
This was really fun! I like what you both brought to this - super cool! And awesome. Is that Beto rapping in the placeholder? Wobbie's vocal additions made me smile.
I don't understand all the new phrases either!! A very fun collab!
Don't know why, but wobbie's interjections had me howling with laughter. The whole this is a catchy/funny delight. There's something about how you're not quite synced up that's charming. Dope rap interlude! I'm guessing you guys had some fun. I did
Such a funny song, I love it!
this works really rather well . . . think I'm jealous
Super cool drum loop...great song concept. This was cool, fire, sick, jam and other gen names I don't know.
Ah, so many ways to communicate! This is fun.
Love the beat here. The lyrics are full of things I don't understand, but I see that's kinda the point. The metal interlude was perfect.