||<-3><tablealign=right><tablewidth=450><tablebgcolor=#fff,#1f2024><tablebordercolor=#EDC62D><colbgcolor=#EDC62D><colcolor=#191919> Billionaire Single by Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars ||
브루노 마스는 앨범 작업을 위해 런던에 머무르고 있을 때 레이블에서 생활비로 준 돈이 턱 없이 적다는 생각을 하게 됐고, 그래서 억만장자(Billionaire)가 되고 싶다는 생각이 들었다. 그는 그 느낌을 담아 "I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad"라는 훅을 만들게 되었다.
이후 브루노 마스는 트래비 맥코이에게 이 훅을 들려주었는데, 트래비 맥코이는 처음에 그리 긍정적인 반응이 아니었다고 한다. 경기도 안 좋은데 이런 거들먹거리는 노래를 하다간 욕 먹기 십상이라 생각했다고. 그래도 이후 훅이 괜찮다는 생각이 들었고, 노래의 나머지 가사를 최대한 솔직하면서도 물질주의적이지 않아 보이도록 작성해 노래를 완성시켰다.
I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad Buy all of the things I never had Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen
Oh every time I close my eyes I see my name in shining lights yeah A different city every night alright I swear the world better prepare For when I'm a billionaire
Yeah I would have a show like Oprah I would be the host of everyday Christmas Give Travie your wish list I'd probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt And adopt a bunch of babies that ain't never had shit Give away a few Mercedes like 'Here lady have this' And last but not least grant somebody their last wish It's been a couple months that I've been single so You can call me Travie Claus minus the Ho Ho Ha ha get it? I'd probably visit where Katrina hit And damn sure do a lot more than FEMA did Yeah, can't forget about me, stupid Everywhere I go, Imma have my own theme music
Oh every time I close my eyes (what you see what you see brah?) I see my name in shining lights (uhuh uhuh yeah what else?) A different city every night alright I swear the world better prepare (for what?) For when I'm a billionaire Oh oooh oh oooh for when I'm a billionaire Oh oooh oh oooh for when I'm a billionaire
I'll be playing basketball with the President Dunking on his delegates Then I'll compliment him on his political etiquette Toss a couple milli in the air just for the heck of it But keep the fives, twenties, tens and bens completely separate And yeah I'll be in a whole new tax racket We in recession but let me take a crack at it I'll probably take whatever's left and just split it up So everybody that I love can have a couple bucks And not a single tummy around me would know what hungry was Eating good, sleeping soundly I know we all have a similar dream Go in your pocket, pull out your wallet And put it in the air and sing
I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad (so bad) Buy all of the things I never had (buy everything ha ha) Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen (what up Oprah)
Oh every time I close my eyes, (watch ya see, what you see brah?) I see my name in shining lights, (uh huh, uh huh, what else?) A different city every night, oh I I swear the world better prepare (for what?) For when I'm a billionaire Oh oooh oh oooh when I'm a billionaire Oh oooh oh oooh