wordplay

Wordplay

Song By: Jason Mraz

By Nicolas

LyricsI've been all around the worldI've been a new sensationBut it doesn't really matter In this ge-generationThe sophomore slump is an uphill battle And someone said it ain't my scene'Cause they need a new song Like a new religionMusic for the televisionI can't do the long division Someone do the mathFor the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezerGot to find another way to live the life of leisureSo I drop my top, mix and I mingleIs everybody ready for the single and it goes

Ah, la, la, la, la-listen closer to the verse I layAh, la, la, la, la It's all about the wordplayAh, la, la, la, loveThe wonderful thing it does Because, becauseI am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's andThe Mister A-ZThey say I'm all about the wordplayWhen it's time to get I’ll I got your remedy for those who don't remember meWell, let me introduce you to my styleI try to keep a jumble in the lyricsNever mumbleWhen the music's making people tongue-tiedYou want a new song Like a new religionMusic for the televisionI can't do the long division Someone do the mathFor the people write me off like I'm a one-hit wonderGot to find another way to keep from going underPull out the stops- got your attention

I guess it's time again for me to mention the wordplayAh, la, la, la, la-listen closer to the verse I layAh, la, la, la, laIt’s all about the wordplayAh, la, la, la, loveThe wonderful thing it does Because, becauseI am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's andThe Mister A-ZThey say I'm all about the wordplayI built a bridge across the stream of consciousnessIt always seems to be a flowingBut I don't know which way my brain is goingOh, the rhyming and the timingKeeps the melodies inside meAnd they're climbingTill I'm running out of airAre you prepared to take a dive into the deep end of my head

Are you listening to a single word I've saidAh, la, la, la, la-Listen closely to the words I sayAh, la, la, la, laI'm sticking to the wordplayAh, la, la, la, loveThe wonderful thing it does Because, becauseI am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la'sYeah, the Mister A-ZThey say I'm all about the wordplayAh, la, la, la, laI'm all about the wordplayAh, la, la, la, laStickin' with the wordplayAh, la, la, la, loveI love the wonderful thing it does Because, becauseThe ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's are back in loveFor the Mister A-Z, they sayIs all about the wordplay

Figurative Language DevicesSimile

Personification

Metaphors

Imagery

Hyperbole

Simile 'Cause they need a new songLike a new religionMusic for the televisionI can't do the long division Someone do the math

When it says “Like a new religion” it shows how society is always changing and needing new things to occupy themselves with.

MetaphorFor the record label puts me on the shelf up

in the freezer Got to find another way to live the life of

leisure So I drop my top, mix and I mingleIs everybody ready for the single and it goesFor the record label puts me on the shelf up in the

freezer

shows the record label and thus society no longer values him as a good artist.

MetaphorIn this ge-generationThe sophomore slump is an uphill battle And someone said it ain't my scene

'The sophomore slump is an uphill battle' - metaphor showing his slump in popularity is a tough battle he has to fight in order to remake his image in fan base and success.

MetaphorI am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's andThe Mister A-ZThey say I'm all about the wordplayWhen it's time to get I’ll I got your remedy for those

who don't remember me

"I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's" - metaphor indicating he is now the 'wizard' or expert at words (ie ooh's, ah's, fa-la-la's) and further claiming himself as "The Mr. A to Z", the master of the alphabet (A-Z).

HyperboleI try to keep a jumble in the lyricsNever mumbleWhen the music's making people tongue-tiedYou want a new song Like a new religionMusic for the television

"When the music's makin' people tongue-tied" - Hyperbole showing how music can confuse people so Mraz has chosen to make this more clear through his

lyrical 'wordplay' or poetic technique.

Musical DevicesEnd Rhyme

End Rhyme

Internal Rhyme

Repetition

End RhymeMusic for the televisionI can't do the long division

In these two lines the ends of the end words rhyme therefore they are an end rhyme .

RepetitionAh, la, la, la, la-listen closer to the verse I

layAh, la, la, la, la It's all about the wordplayAh, la, la, la, love

Ah, la, la, la, la repeats over and over during a three line part of the song

Alliteration But it doesn't really matter In this ge-generationThe sophomore slump is an uphill battle

For the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezerGot to find another way to live the life of leisureSo I drop my top, mix and I mingleIs everybody ready for the single and it goes

alliteration - "sophomore slump", "live the life of leisure" "mix and mingle"

ImaginaryVisual- For the record label puts me on the shelf up

in the freezer

Hearing- Music for the television

Smell- When the music's making people tongue-tied

Touch- And they're climbing

That’s all for now hope you had fun watchin it...... It was not all that hard so keep your intentions high