I’ve been all a round the world.

I’ve been a new who sen re sa tion.

But it (Am)does n’t real ly mat ter in this g gen er a tion.

The (G)soph to ’more a slump ble in is the an up ics, hill nev er bat tle, when but (Am)some one said that ain’t my tongue scene.

tied.

’Cause they need a (Em7)new song like a new re li gion, (G)mu sic for the tel e vi sion.

(Am)I can’t do the long di vi sion.

Some one do the math ’fore the (Em7)rec ord la bel puts me on a (G)shelf up in the freez er.

(Am)Got ta find an oth er way to live the life of lei sure.

So I (Em)drop my top, mix and I min gle.

Is (Am7)ev ’ry bod y read y for the sin gle?

And it goes: (G)La, la, (C)la, la, la.

Now, lis ten close ly to the verse I lay.

La, la, (C)la, la, la.

It’s all a bout the word play.

I, la, (C)la, la, love

the won der ful thing it does be cause, be (Em7)cause I am the wiz ard of oohs and (D)ahs and fa la la’s, yeah, the (Csus2)Mis ter A to Z.

They say I’m all a bout the word play.

When it’s time to get ill, I got your rem e dy.

For those who don’t re mem ber me, well, (Am)let me in tro duce you to my style.

gen er a tion.

I (G)try to keep a jum ble in is the an lyr ics, hill nev er mum ble when the (Am)mu sic’s mak ing peo ple tongue scene.

tied.

’Cause You want a (Em7)new song like a new re li gion, (G)mu sic for the tel e vi sion.

(Am)I can’t do the long di vi sion.

Some one do the math ’fore the (Em7)peo ple write me off like I’m a (G)one up hit the won der.

(Am)Got ta find an oth er way to keep from go ing un der.

So Pull (Em)out the stops.

Got your at ten tion.

I (Am7)guess it’s time a gain for me to men tion the word play.

(G)La, la, (C)la, la, la.

Now, lis ten close ly to the words I say.

La, la, (C)la, la, la.

I’m stick ing to the word play.

I, la, (C)la, la, love,

the won der ful thing it does be cause, be (Em7)cause I am the wiz ard of oohs and (D)ahs and fa la la’s, yeah, the (Csus2)Mis ter A to Z.

They say I’m all a bout the word play.

When it’s time to get ill, (Csus2)Mis ter A to Z.

They say I’m all a bout the word play.

I built a (Am6)bridge a cross a stream of con scious ness.

It al ways seems to be a (B)flow ing.

But I don’t know which way my brain is go ing.

All the (Em)rhym ing and the tim ing keep the (D)mel o dies in side me, ev er (C)climb ing till I’m run ning out of air.

Are you pre (Am6)pared to take a dive in to the deep end of my head?

Are you lis ten ing to a sin gle word I’ve said?

I love the won der ful thing it does be cause, be (Em)cause of the oohs and ahs and fa la (D)la’s, fall back in love with the (Csus2)Mis ter A to Z, they say, is all a bout the word play.