Chronically Manic Kid.

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!

Looking back on my past year, my 2010 kinda felt like a plateau. A little high and low here but nothing defining or life-changing.

I can say that being EIC of our department mag is one of my highs. Winning Best Creative Video Portfolio and being nominated for Best Short Film sa AdClash namin din. Meeting a lot of nice people. Getting what I want. yeah that.

With my lows, hmm… Bad Romances and family shit. Then there’s parting ways with a special person in my life and letting go completely. Parting is such a sweet sorrow.

I’m doing this at work. I’m board.

At ngayon ko na lang uli nabalikan tong 30 day challenge.

Anyway, yeah, I listen to mainstream music, well of course not all types of genre. I don’t like though that mainstream music today has gone uh…well, lyrically weak. I mean, back in the 90s, even the mainstream songs had powerful lyrics. I appreciate the whole technological advancements in making records and techniques in producing music even a little of that auto-tune cause sometimes it works but not when the song is basically just an outlet for these record producers to work on their computers and tweak this sound and that.

There’s still a lot of really good mainstream music nowadays naman. I don’t have to stress much on Lady GaGa (which IMO has revolutionized mainstream pop) There’s Sara Bareilles, Amy Winehouse, Beyonce, Adele even Taylor Swift. So there. :)

Pop Culture will never be low brow.