Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of National Poetry Month

Parody Lyrics to SHAKE IT OFF
by Angie Karcher 

I stay up too late, got rhymin’ on my brain
Ya know what people say (Do I?), Ya know what people say (What do they say?)

I shouldn’t write in rhyme! (Wait, what?) I shouldn’t write in rhyme! (What?)
At least that’s what people say (mmm), that’s what people say (mmm)

But I keep rhymin’ can’t stop, won’t stop rhymin’
It‘s like I got this music in my body and it‘s gonna be alright

‘Cause the rhymers gonna rhyme, rhyme, rhyme, rhyme, rhyme.
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate

Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

I shake it off, I shake it off

Non-rhymers gonna smirk, smirk, smirk, smirk, smirk
‘Cause they don’t get the way we work, work, work, work. work

Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off

I’ll never miss a beat, meter’s rockin’ many feet
And that’s what they don’t see (mmm), that’s what they don’t see (mmm)
I’m rhymin’ on my own (rhymin’ on my own), I’ll make the rhymes up as I go (rhymes up as I go)

And that’s what they don’t know (mmm), that’s what they don’t know (mmm)

But I keep rhymin’ can’t stop, won’t stop chiming
It‘s like I got this music in my body saying it‘s gonna be alright

Cause the rhymers gonna rhyme, rhyme, rhyme, rhyme, rhyme.
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate

Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

I shake it off, I shake it off

Non-rhymers gonna smirk, smirk, smirk, smirk, smirk

‘Cause they don’t get the way we work, work, work, work. work

I, I shake it off, I shake it off
I, I shake it off, I shake it off
I, I shake it off, I shake it off
I, I shake it off, I shake it off

Hey, hey, hey, just think while you’ve been writin’ in prose and all the wordy wordy stories people know
you could have been writing rhyme to this sick beat

My new man-uscript is written in rhyme. They’re like “oh my God”, but I’m just gonnashake it

And to the fella rhyme geek with the hella technique
Won’t you come on over, baby, we can shake, shake, shake

‘Cause the rhymers gonna rhyme, rhyme, rhyme, rhyme, rhyme.
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate

Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off

Non-rhymers gonna smirk, smirk, smirk, smirk, smirk

‘Cause they don’t get the way we work, work, work, work. work

I, I shake it off, I shake it off
I, I shake it off, I shake it off
I, I shake it off, I shake it off
I, I shake it off, I shake it off
I shake it off, I shake it off
I, I shake it off, I shake it off
I, I shake it off, I shake it off