Trendy (a parody of Lorde's Royals)

The following is a parody of the song "Royals" by Lorde. If you don't know the song, you can check it out here:

With apologies to my fellow Korean Martial Artists, I have used Japanese terms since they are both more familiar to most and fit the lyrics better.

TRENDY

I’ve never done a 540° spinning kick

I cut my teeth on basic drill in the dojo

And I won’t brag about my skills,

In a simple school, no belt rank envy

But everyone’s like gold trim, grey gi, no sweepin’ in the ring, dear,

No bloodshed, contact, or sparring without full gear,

We don’t care, we’re repeating low blocks in our dreams.

But everybody’s like glow sticks, backflips, diamonds on your nunchucks,

Contracts, Upgrades, Black Belt-in-a-year plans,

We don’t care, we aren’t caught up in your mass appeal.

And we’ll never be trendy (trendy).

It don’t run in our blood.

That kind of flash just ain’t for us.

We crave a different kind of buzz.

Let me be your teacher (teacher),

You can call me Sensei

And students I’ll teach, I’ll teach. I’ll teach.

Let me live that fantasy.

My friends and I we still break boards

We count our dollars to pay the rent and keep the door open

And everyone who knows us knows that we’re fine with this,

We’re not just about money.

But everyone’s like gold trim, grey gi, no sweepin’ in the ring, dear,

No bloodshed, contact, or sparring without full gear,

We don’t care, we’re repeating front kicks in our dreams.

But everybody’s like glow sticks, backflips, diamonds on your nunchucks,

Contracts, Upgrades, Black Belt-in-a-year plans,

We don’t care, we aren’t caught up in your mass appeal.

And we’ll never be trendy (trendy).

It don’t run in our blood.

That kind of flash just ain’t for us.

We crave a different kind of buzz.

Let me be your teacher (teacher),

You can call me Sensei

And students I’ll teach, I’ll teach. I’ll teach.

Let me live that fantasy.

Ooh ooh oh

We're smaller than we might have dreamed,

But I love not being too mainstream.

Ooh ooh oh

Life is great without compromise

We aren't caught up in winning the prize.

And we’ll never be trendy (trendy).

It don’t run in our blood.

That kind of flash just ain’t for us.

We crave a different kind of buzz.

Let me be your teacher (teacher),

You can call me Sensei

And students I’ll teach, I’ll teach. I’ll teach.

Let me live that fantasy.