Superchic[k]

So Sunday night I randomly went with my friend, Jay, to Livermore for a Superchic[k] concert. I wasnt too excited because I had seen them before and though I'm familiar with their songs, I'm not confident enough to sing along with most of them. I figured I would be Jay's navigator, read the mapquest directions, and just tag along. No. The concert rocked. We got there early. We were in the very front row, and the concert was just great. There was a lot of energy and a lot of rocking out. Apart from the bassist spitting water on everyone I liked every thing about the gig. The crowd was mostly 9-14 year old girls and that was kinda weird because tho Superchick may sound like a "Pre teen" girl band, they aren't. They sing about lots and lots of things little girls just wont understand. Its ok I guess, these girls will know the lessons before hand instead of hearing the songs and thinking "oh yeah, I should have heard this before I did that." So for that Im happy, they are getting a great message. For me, I've found I can relate to most of their songs. And for their songs I cant relate to, they still touch me.
Here are the lyrics to my favorite Superchick songs. (at the moment.)

One Girl Revolution
I wear a disguise I'm just your average Jane
The super doesn't stand for model
But that doesn't mean i'm plain
If all you see is how I look
You miss the superchick within
And I christen you Titanic
Underestimate and swim
I've got the rifle
Gonna be myself

chorus:
I'll be everything that I want to be
I am confidence in insecurity
I am a voice yet waiting to be heard
I'll shoot the shot, bang
That you hear 'round the world
I'm a one girl revolution

Some people see the revolution
But most only see the girl
I can loose my hard earned freedom
If my fear defines my world
I declare my independance from the critics and their stones
I can find my revolution
I can learn to stand alone

[chorus]

High School

chorus:
High school could be
a mini me of the rest of society
there's always a prom queen
there'll always be, always be sororities
but sadly some will be
eternally keeping score for popularity
and just 'coz they all do
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school
doesn't mean we have to act like we're in high school

High school is like a big competiton
beauty contest prom court is the mission
there can only be one queen, one king
everyone voting, everyone competing
but these are the rules the way of high school
if someone puts you down, thats so high school
someone talks behind your back, thats so high school
thinking you have to get them back thats also high school
i know i'll be graduating early
[chorus]

High school is like the state of the nation
some people never change after graduation
believing any light you shine makes theirs lesser
they have to prove to everyone that theirs is better
these are the rules the ways of high school
if someone puts you down, that's so high school
believing their too cool for you, that's so high school
if you believe it too, that's also high school
i know i'll be graduating early
[chorus]

We've all got bad yearbook photos
which we've forgot to let go
and just like acne our insecurity
should be something left with the jv
so here's to letting go of yearbook photos
things we kept that hold us down
so that was yesterday
there's always tomorrow
we are tomorrow, we are tomorrow
so i know I'll be graduating early
[chorus]

Hero

No one sits with him, he doesn't fit in
But we feel like we do when we make fun of him
Cause you want to belong do you go along?
Cause his pain is the price paid for you to belong
It's not like you hate him or want him to die
But maybe he goes home and thinks suicide
Or he comes back to school with a gun at his side
Any kindness from you might have saved his life
Heroes are made when you make a choice

Chorus:
You could be a hero
Heroes do what's right
You could be a hero
You might save a life
You could be a hero,
You could join the fight
For what's right, for what's right, for what's right

No one talks to her, she feels so alone
She's in too much pain to survive on her own
The hurt she can't handle overflows to a knife
She writes on her arm, wants to give up her life
Each day she goes on is a day that she's brave,
Fighting the lie that giving up is the way,
Each moment of courage her own life she saves
When she throws the pills out a hero is made
Heroes are made when you make a choice.

[Chorus]

No one talks to him about how he lives
He thinks that the choices he makes are just his
Doesn't know he's a leader with the way he behaves
And others will follow the choices he's made
He lives on the edge, he's old enough to decide
His brother who wants to be him is just nine
He can do what he wants because it's his right
But the choices he makes change a nine year old's life
Heroes are made when you make a choice

[Chorus]

Rap:
Little Mikey D. was the one in class who everyday got brutally harassed
This went on for years until he decided that never again would he shed another tear
So he walked through the door, grabbed the fourty-four out of his father's dresser drawer
And said I can't take life no more
And like that life can be lost
But this ain't even about that
All of us just sat back and watched it happen
Thinkin' it's not my responsibility to solve a problem that isn't about me
This is our problem
This is just one of the daily scenarios which we choose to close our eyes
Instead of doing the right thing
If we make a choice and be the voice for those who won't speak up for themselves
How many lives would be saved, changed, rearranged
Now it's our time to pick a side
So don't keep walkin' by
Not wantin' to intervene
Cause you wanna exist and never be seen
So let's wake up and change the world
Our time is now

Chorus:
You could be a hero
Heroes do what's right (our time is now)
You could be a hero
You might save a life (our time is now)
You could be a hero, (our time is now)
You could join the fight
For what's right, for what's right, for what's right

(the remixed version, witht he rap part that I posted really made the song stand out to me. It is such an amazing song. I would buy the Remix album JUST for this song.)

Princes and Frogs

Chorus:
All princes start as frogs
and all gentlemen as dogs
Just wait till its plain to see
What we're growing up to be
Cause Some frogs will still be frogs
And Some dogs will still be dogs
Some boys could become men
Just don't kiss us 'til then.

You hate men is what you say and I understand how you feel that way
All girls dream of a fairy tale
But what you've got's like a used car salesman
Trying to conceal what's wrong behind a smile and the song (la la la la)
And I'm not saying that boys are not like that (what you talkin about baby?)
But I think you should know (you should know)
That some of us will grow
Because. . .

[Chorus]

You found him is what you say and we all want you to feel that way
But the frog you've got seems cute enough to kiss
And maybe frogs seem like that's all their is
But just because you haven't found your prince yet
Doesn't mean you're still not a princess
And what if if your prince comes riding in while you're kissin' a frog
What's he gonna think then
So look into his eyes
Are you a princess or a fly?

[Chorus]




Yeah... thats all the lyrics I will torture you with for now. It really was a great show.