words words words lyrics on screen by Bo Burnham

[@chancemorgan7243]

every line is like three puns at once

[@giansieger8687]

you should listen to eminem

[@setatimerforonehour]

LEA FORRESTER that’s how thirds work

[@daframp2753]

@@setatimerforonehour lol he took the least impressive wordplay 😂

[@Gl-my8fw]

If half the rap industry put the writing effort bo did we would have better music.

[@Gl-my8fw]

@@giansieger8687 if em is your favourite writer ypu need to discover guys like complete perth aesop rock, sage francis, K.A.A.N and MF. DOOM etc. Will open your eyes to a new world of hip hop and you will love it trust me.

[@agreenpar]

It wasn't until I read the lyrics of this song that I realized how many puns and how much word play is involved in this song. It's so genius.

[@Bombermon12]

Bo is a true lyricist. If you like wordplay, check out my soundcloud: soundcloud.com/brendanraps/sets/they-call-me-brendan

[@zanevalentine5668]

HiMyNameisPeter he's a comedian, all his songs have many puns

[@agreenpar]

Zane Valentine I'm aware. I'm a huge Bo Burnham fan.

[@sksksksks3579]

B3

[@morfborf2795]

HiMyNameisPeter I just came from toxic lyrics commenting on how the phandom is everywhere. I sweAR TO GOD IM

[@yshoulddo1261]

"I hate catchy choruses and I'm a hypocrite" An overly complicated way of saying that this chorus is very catchy.

[@Rabid_round-up]

It is really catchy, the memory of the chorus reminded me that Bo existed :)

[@lobetandsun7584]

Hungry hungry hypocrite

[@Chucky_slays]

lol

[@katsplosion]

yeah lol

[@Hdhidhdveidjsevebb]

In other obvious news, water is wet.

[@deathislife1993]

The wordplay is damn intense.

[@southerntw]

First comment, after 2 years.

[@lonkfrompennsilvania6280]

3 now

[@duustincrawford2945]

Lonk From Pennsilvania 4

[@marb1317]

5 :)

[@Lucia-yr1nk]

6

[@shsl_empath5437]

I would just like to say that the “Oedipus was the first mother f-er” line actually helped my scholastic bowl team win a match. They were taking about Greek stories and stuff and I heard “....married his mother” and I hit the button said “Oedipus” and they said “correct!”

[@Encorous]

Is this = destiny

[@leavemealone3103]

Then everyone clapped

[@JollibeenosHasYourCoordinates]

That's awesome, dude.

[@Fatherharu]

@@leavemealone3103 things happen you do know that right?

[@pyrosmoak53]

That's awesome

[@nikkinickhockeyforever402]

"Take off your bras and burn em burn em or you can let bo burnham burn em" round. of. freaking. applause. Genius absolutely genius I'm so glad I stumbled upon this

[@LiLKK123451]

NikkiNick HockeyForever another wordplay on his name that I love is in "I'm Bo yo" and he says "you can spell and smell my stink, B.O. Lingers, and it makes ya think..."

[@briannaisokay2286]

LiLKK123451 I'm the 420 like. Nice

[@b.y.v.e.s]

I read this as he said it. Like word for word

[@Zeppelin616]

@@LiLKK123451 Also in "Oh Bo" when he starts playing the oboe at the end of the song

[@LiLKK123451]

RidingOnLightning I love that LOL

[@soccerwizard975]

Does anyone sit in class and your teacher does a lecture and all you can think of is "i understand what bo was talking about now!"

[@bobdabuilda1377]

soccerwizard975 every once in a while this song, oh bo, and I’m bo yo, get stuck in my head

[@xxxdemonxx3681]

Then came in cider.. Too clever

[@Picklecodyisontop]

I KNOW IM WAY TOO LATE WHAT. I THOUGHT IT WAS INSIDE HER. FOR YEARS I THOUGHT THIS LMAO😭💀

[@Martin-iv6ny]

"Take off your bras and burn em, burn em or you can let Bo Burnham burn em." 👏Best👏lyrics👏of👏the👏century👏

[@codythespacedude7845]

This song has so much word-play and puns going on, the instrumental sounds so nice, something about this song is...almost beautiful in some strange way. Bo Burnham truly is an artist who knows how to make dark humor work.

[@nattashaw]

I can't get over the MACY --> YMCA thing 😂😂😂

[@ten-fandoms-in-a-trenchcoat]

Can I just ask you what YMCA means?

[@suzumiaburame822]

Autumn Sparkle it’s a center where you play sports. There’s a song about it

[@roughentumble9145]

YMCA stands for Young Men's Christian Association, though mainly it's a sports, workout, and recreation type of establishment. It's fairly inexpensive and is all over the country, and usually features things like rock walls for climbing or basketball teams. It's also a charitable organization, and you can(or at least, you used to be able to) pay a relatively small fee in order to get a bed to sleep in and access to their showers. All of that, paired with the prevalence of homelessness within the gay community and the fact that only men could use this service(it's the MEN'S association, after all. Women can use the gym n' such, but can't get a bed, or at least, not since I last checked), meant that the YMCA became associated with gayness. There's also a song called the YMCA by a band called The Village People. If you've ever heard a chorus that goes "It's fun to stay at the Y. M. C. A.", possibly with people dancing along by moving their arms to make the shape of each letter, then you've heard the song in question. Well, The Village People were a band of gay men and many of their songs featured at least some aspect or reference to gay culture. In the YMCA song itself, if you listen to the whole thing, you'll find the line "They have everything for young men to enjoy/You can hang out with all the boys" So that's the meaning of YMCA. Especially in this context, where Bo's using it to refer to gay culture, and gayness in general.

[@joniebear]

I think it’s because she forgot how to spell(dyslexia) so ymca can be rearranged into Macy?? It’s pretty obvious so you probably thought of it though.

[@catlovesfire]

It took me like 20 times listening to the song to get that one lol

[@MC-uf5mz]

"Let Bo Burnham burn em" 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@fairyperry1265]

M C XD

[@fairyperry1265]

M C that was my favorite part

[@impossibledial]

SOMEONE WHO LIKES MYSTIC MESSENGER AND BO BURNHAM???? Same tho

[@surfyplayer8231]

Bad m. C

[@yellowblue9261]

REPLY BACK TO THIS

[@lucasnogueira1137]

"bo talks in the third person" is way too genius

[@macym9693]

Oh I ... Didn't know I was dyslexic. Wow.

[@ATOMICxCIMOTA]

+Sapphire Otaku that's not unfortunate

[@sapphireotaku3399]

ATOMICxCIMOTA Never said it was. :P

[@JapaneseChefHELLYEAH]

+ATOMICxCIMOTA u stupid af

[@sksksksks3579]

XDXDXD OMG

[@mephostopheles3752]

What I love about this is that it implies you indeed fucked Bo, which makes us all jealous.

[@KakosKairos]

i think we only found half the jokes right?? theres one in every verse i think someone make a list

[@luckyc4t110]

Feminine Eminem refers to the rapper Eminem, and his alter ego is Slim Shady, lady referencing the feminine part. Texting Haiti refers to him taking part in a "We are the World" remake to benefit said country after a hurricane. I am unfamiliar with any controversy surrounding that event, and with Eminem in general. Help with this would be appreciated. That took 3 tabs of research. This might take a while.

[@luckyc4t110]

90 lady cops on the road and I'm arrested for doing 80 is a simple duel meaning. "Doing 80" could either mean driving at 80 miles per hour, well above the speed limit, or f*cking 80 of the female cops.

[@luckyc4t110]

The reference to Hamlet is that the kings land is split into three parts, Hamlet receiving two thirds himself. It should also be noted that most of the thinking aloud, or soliloquies, occur within the first two thirds of the play. I'm afraid I'm also unfamiliar with Shakespeare. Further help would be appreciated.

[@luckyc4t110]

The joke about the gay sea otter is, once more, duel meaning. "I blow other dudes out of the water" could either mean being better than them, or giving them blowjobs on land.

[@kevinnowicki2775]

JK at one point in the play hamlet says "words words words" whilst talking to Polonius... "Like hamlet I'm about 'words words words'"

[@allykayyy2683]

Man. This guy is a genius. So glad he's finally huge.

[@kazukster9985]

Finally huge? He has been big for awhile now...

[@allykayyy2683]

How long do you consider a while? I got into him back in 2010...a few people knew of his stuff but it seems like just this past year he's really blown up.

[@kazukster9985]

Like back when Words, Words, Words came out. And he got his most credibility with "What".

[@facebren]

I got him that way ;)

[@francisvelegra759]

He's always been huge (reference to his height)

[@bettyy228]

it's been 10 years and we haven't fully dissected this song yet

[@gulermo]

"take of your bras and burn em, or you can let Bo Burnham burn em" fucking genius

[@johnortiz6129]

Double entendre ✔ Puns✔ Inner rhymes ✔ Multiple syllable rhymes ✔ Stanza rhymes ✔ Wordplay 💯

[@lyricwymer4881]

F*ck yeah, that’s bo for ya

[@rowan_dingus]

The fact that I plan on spending my night memorizing this song. I need to know it word for word. You never know when a rap battle could come up out of no where.

[@SpacemanWander]

i’m literally doing the same right now! now i’m curious, did you memorize it?

[@SolLuna_Rose]

Very true

[@PublicFriendemy]

"And I'm arrested for doin' 80" I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE! :D

[@stitchvon1500]

Please reply to clarify that you are not dead so that I may ask you what he did there?

[@LuneWatcher]

Noahble It could mean two things: 1.) He 'did' 80 of those police officers and got arrested for it, or 2.) He got arrested for passing the speed limit

[@CNT12345]

@@stitchvon1500 he 'did' 80, meaning he fucked 80 of them

[@allstartag1176]

i thought he meant he did 80 and drove over them. i need help

[@MrJohnAlexanderG]

This is one of the greatest rap songs ever written. Beyond clever.

[@lyricwymer4881]

I would argue I’m bo yo is better

[@aubreyd1868]

“YOU CAN LET BO BURNHAM BURN EM” AAAAAH IT JUST AAAAAH

[@kent.elzinga4464]

6 years later and I now just get the to kill a mockingbird reference

[@codymarrott5720]

Kent. Elzinga Same here 😂

[@konecnysnerd7004]

Where?

[@codymarrott5720]

Trencher Nights 1:34

[@darwingamer3335]

Same

[@pukelike2007]

Took you that long

[@micaelasilva6461]

After 1 year I finally realize what he did with Botox/Bo talks and my world is blown.

[@basmaal-hemairy5517]

"I spit gold bars cuz I was molested by my uncle midas" although most people know who midas is, for those who don't, it was a man who could turn anything to gold simply by touching it. once again, this man is a genius.

[@RazorBlade368]

Basma Al-hemairy woooooooooooow

[@kxrimuu]

Basma Al-hemairy Eyyy greek mythology gang

[@nexus_5005]

Basma Al-hemairy pretty sure everyone knows who midas is right?

[@duushig7178]

boy you must be fun at parties

[@andremorais3317]

I got to know that cuz of Tomb Raider: Anniversary when I was a kid xD

[@Primaball3rina]

if he comes up with one more wordplay on his name my brain is going to explode. :D

[@malex027]

oh bo play that oboe 😩

[@idiotace4522]

420th like lol

[@trudipper8055]

2:55 "hey you better let that rock go" is a reference to david and the Goliath

[@the_goat02]

Its not like the very next line directly mentions goliath

[@mindtrait0r879]

@@the_goat02 Exactly, that line is direct. Some may not pick up on the first ones meaning though.

[@leynamaves7722]

Jesus Christ is bo even human?

[@peepo_tv]

Leyna Maves No

[@MaladyKayjo]

Leyna Maves no, he one of music gods, the others includes les claypool, flea, and Davie 605 as the gods of bass; bo, and John McCrea from CAKE as writing God's; that's all I know at least

[@richardouellette4041]

feel good i n k no because Bo exists

[@I_Wanna_Be_Legendary]

Leyna Maves no. He's god

[@outerspacetown]

he's a gay sea otter

[@crazycatshow1953]

Incase anyone wonders where Bo is now, he does music for sesame street as of 2019. Its still a shock to me how he managed to get a job on a children's show despite how he used to make music about killing yourself, and "bitches and hoes"

[@SlugJesters]

2:34 he predicted the future.

[@haroldbalzac6336]

Sluglord It's great, isn't it?

[@hermeticascetic]

That's not a new issue... Clinton ran on the same issue in 96

[@Malkalypse777]

Sluglord You do know that a border has existed between the US and Mexico for over 150 years right?

[@orbchjuice]

" bo burnham burn em' " OMG THATS GENUIS I JUST GOT THAT!!!!!

[@hutersuperman]

I take a walk by the clock and I pass the time THAT'S SO PUNNY

[@emosti9652]

I don't get how people consider "that's so punny" a pun I mean I just I can't explain it but like its just ugh... It's just horrible and not a pun

[@PDXDario]

@@emosti9652 it meets the definition of a pun but like all other puns it is shit "punny" just happens to be a little extra shit

[@emosti9652]

yea i guess

[@auggiemain]

Damn y'all must be soooo fun. Let people make whatever shit puns they want God.

[@Cieln0va]

That's the one you decide to make a pun joke at? There's about 1000 individual puns in this one song!

[@deans_luvv]

"i hate catchy choruses and I'm a hypocrite" yeah he is- that part is stuck in my head 24/7

[@codymarrott5720]

Hungry hungry hippo.....crite. I'm dumb

[@alyssa-lt9kh]

Cody Marrott I just got that. I'm ashamed.

[@Netizpossible]

I know most of the lyrics are jokes but DAAAAAAAAYUM this wordplay is so good.

[@TacoTheHuman]

Damn this is so fucking clever!

[@sxkyblue4313]

Taco The Human you watch bo?!

[@derpyzmuffinz]

Dang, that channel description hit me hard.

[@frog5799]

i think i can vaguely see what he meant

[@kiwialberts8455]

tyjo *s l o w c l a p s*

[@LuneWatcher]

Nice

[@izzie481]

i love this comment

[@haggisa]

I’m just nodding to the beats coming from my iPod.

[@user-uf7ve4sr4r]

I know this comment is five years old but what did he mean?

[@videojokeremmie7535]

Well I guess I’m glad Steven Hawking got put in this boss song before his death. Rip you will be remembered

[@sirpeetthelittle]

1:13 misheard that as hungry hungry immigrant

[@lapolealga]

He is a fucking lyrical genius.

[@kayliepaugh1791]

This guy is who I aspire to be: punny, and a fucking savage

[@carleighlewis7805]

Bo is literally one of the most talented musicians like EVER, omfg

[@andrej8413]

The backing track of this sounding like a fucking Geometry Dash level

[@chikinsodaz1sthata668]

It's been so long since I've heard this song but the word play is still beautiful

[@riverh6998]

This song proves that Bo is a lyrical genius

[@danisnotonchairsmate4105]

Word play is so fucking clever

[@kxrimuu]

Danisnotonchairs mate PHAMILY

[@ssdjjksdjkcdsjk]

3:20 this part of the song is amazing

[@Envi_sage]

Personally I think the part between 0:00 and 4:01 is the best

[@LaurenBarkley11]

@@Envi_sage I agree

[@firstnamelastname489]

Better than Drake.

[@accountname3216]

exactly

[@marvinluver1]

Hell yes

[@kayliepaugh1791]

Fuck yeah!

[@sksksksks3579]

HELL YEAH

[@peepo_tv]

Better than any modern artist pretty much...

[@p3pperjackk_]

the "bitches and hoes" part is suprisingly nice sounding. He sings it in minor, i believe.

[@dicesacc4330]

IM GONNA TOUCH YOU

[@MrJgreenwell2000]

The flow with the line "Syntax impacts the intact hymen" is SO satisfying

[@bmobasco]

☝️

[@bmobasco]

How did he fit so many BARS into that second verse? The AIDS line hit on 4 different levels for me.

[@Lootsicle]

I can watch a lyrics-video of a Bo-song 50 times and still discover new puns I didn't get before. How on earth is it physically possible to have this many talents?

[@218PoLy]

I'm here because I heard that Helga Pataki was in the song but damn xD I came looking for copper but I found GOLD

[@notsoawesomeone]

218PoLy it's great

[@mayab8053]

In five years, I’ll still never get all the jokes.

[@beastnotreally3432]

My biggest flex to this day is that I know all the words to this song

[@Uhhm123]

Yo teach me

[@user-tm9yc3uj8f]

Omg same

[@wendo_]

@@Uhhm123 this is literally a lyrics video

[@Uhhm123]

@@wendo_ oh shit forgot about that lol

[@choppedlettuce3249]

So packed with clever world play that I watched this like three times and I'm still catching jokes

[@morgan2646]

“I spit gold bars because I was molested by my uncle Midas” Genius line. Everything King Midas in Greek mythology touched turned to gold, so he spits gold bars. Fucking lyrical masterpiece.

[@cubekami830]

Did nobody understand the "Prostate cancer, semi colon"

[@raylessneptune451]

Holy shit you just blew my fucking brain

[@caitlin2642]

I don’t

[@jhelp_the_fig]

This is Shakespearean. I’m not exaggerating, I’m serious. This is bard-level wordplay.

[@Acookie7374]

Yes it truly is and I love it

[@jumpyhenderson]

Clicked on the video and realized it was posted 6 years ago today

[@wildmoonchild8210]

Were reading hamlet in school and i sing this song to my friend in the back while were reading it lmao

[@indierose0816]

istg this dude put crack into this song

[@classy_monstrosity.5188]

2:30 literally fucking died lmao

[@mickeymoose636]

Did he ever say how long this took to write cause if I were doing this I'd get like a line a day.

[@tesscrelli783]

Bo Burnham is a fucking genius. Best thing I've seen on KZbin all week.

[@TheEminemOwns]

"does my nephew's scent still linger" i died a little

[@joshuanoble334]

Absolutely no one is smarter than Bo Burnham. I’m sure he would hate hearing that but he’s the smartest man since Da Vinci.

[@AvotaroAmcado]

I keep thinking of hungry hungry hippos

[@mintybleh]

love how the 'art is dead' theme gets more and more audible at the end

[@stolas3475]

This song is such a bop i swear i’ve heard words words words like, 100 times by now-

[@sargeantschecter5683]

Much of this song is a satire of modern music.

[@caseyowen9447]

This is incredible.

[@centralevel3615]

My name is Macy and that caught me off guard

[@crcz0]

I wanna see if someone had the balls to sub this to spanish haha

[@dragunyt2727]

Did it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boHboZish7RmgLc

[@haydenchristopher480]

why

[@thememebeam8877]

@@dragunyt2727 an actual madlad

[@em1803]

Bo Burnham is a freakin genius, every time I go back to his songs I find plays on words/puns that I missed.

[@11sriver40]

this song is incredibly hard to sing while censoring it in case my strict parents hear *carries on trying bc bo is worth it*

[@GSPAEpro]

I miss these days... the days of watching fan made lyric videos when your mom wasn’t home. Blaring things from Nightcore to Bo on the slow as dirt 720 pixel screen. I don’t know why, but I just feel really nostalgic watching this.

[@Psychd0ut]

I was nodding my head to this for like half of the song but then I realized what I’m doing and I continued nodding

[@yoshikagekira4471]

People shocked that a song called Words Words Words, from an album called Words Words Words, made by Bo Burnham, would have a lot of wordplay.

[@magiv4205]

This has got to be one of his most pun-tense songs ever

[@skelebells]

I just realised how much wordplay i'm missing and i still don't understand a lot of it lmao

[@GrahamQuacker802]

i thought i was good with words bo burnham has officially humbled me

[@calebrose740]

When you haven't listened in a while, and you still remember the lyrics: I'm still worthy!

[@lminingg]

Fortnite kids gonna come in here and start talking about how Midas from Fortnite and how everything he touches turns gold and then start praising him like some Fortnite time traveler

[@skyebluebaby]

everytime i listen to this song, i get another line and feel stupid i didnt catch it the first time LMAO

[@sen6976]

*it took me a day to figure out Macy mixed up could be YMCA*

[@MeltingMellons]

I wish I wasn’t too young to understand the puns

[@joslynjayde3939]

You can let bo burnham burn em is a literary masterpiece

[@cup_vpn]

Can't wait to learn the whole lyrics my heart

[@gacha_cupid5434]

1:22 For the people who wanna listen to "I met a girl named "Macy" "

[@Leeeeeeeverett]

Are we gonna talk about how beautiful the last minute was?

[@LeRoyAllen-u4b]

I give a shit this boy is so Cold he makes ice mad 😂

[@LeRoyAllen-u4b]

Thanks for letting me know that a old G still pulling when he spit the truth

[@beauparker3128]

This dude is funny as heck! And he actually has good word play

[@tygerkito8897]

whos still loving bo burnham in 2019

[@Connor-yh5ho]

whos still loving bo burnham in 2020

[@sandy-pb5vt]

whos still loving bo burnham in 2021

[@todorokisteakettel9930]

lol but who in 2021

[@cloverthejester2206]

Who's still loving bo on 2022

[@ciasteczko_kosmity7160]

I think some of this song was just him, writing what autocorrect suggest😂

[@kplay6421]

Funny story about this song. My best friend listened to this and didn't understand it at all and had it on her music playlist, one day when I went on the bus she asked me if I wanted to listen to some music with her (i was 11 and she was 12 at the time) so I agreed and we listened to this song. And that's how I met my best friend 😂

[@danisnotonchairsmate4105]

My sisters name is Macy. Oh shit

[@jaquelinemoran5106]

is she dyslexic? XD

[@KetsukeiZetsumei]

I love the Oedipus joke XD

[@MrROSSii1990]

POV: You heard this on TikTok and needed to hear more