Futurama Theme (Remix)

If I ran a game store I would play the song Futurama Theme (Remix) by Adam WarRock.

The Futurama theme song is embedded in the heads of a lot of people. From the opening chimes on the tubular bells to the closing sounds that imply a machine coming to a faulty stop, most of us have a pretty good idea of how the theme sounds. Along comes Adam WarRock wanting to pay homage to the show, but there's no lyrics to remix. What's a nerdcore rapper to do? Ever the pro, he remixes the sounds and beats and adds his own lyrics. He sings about the show at a general level, how he became exposed to it, and why he loves it. He also gives props to the executive producers, The Simpsons, and the ephemera of both those shows. While the lyrics aren't always on the subject of Futurama this song is every bit written by a fan of the show about his love of the show.

Futurama Theme (Remix) was released on Adam WarRock's 2013 album, Planet Express EP.

Zip file of Planet Express EP on Adam WarRock's website



Futurama Theme (Remix) lyrics

Thirty-first century: rock with me
To the aliens and all the robots with me
When I plug in the toaster and redefine
Then I realize I am, like, lost in time

Because now I lost a couple of hours devouring every episode
Here on the microphone, I'll let you know
Child of the Nineties, born in the Eighties
Tracy Ullman Show, yo, my mother used to say to me:

"Don't watch cartoons, they rot your mind"
But now my friends and I quote The Simpsons all the time
But you get your choice of toppings, that's good gosh dang-it
And they took the whole crew off the whole darn planet

To the X in the middle of "David Cohen"
That marks the spot in the kind of television I'm knowing
And I'm more like Zoidberg, living like Bender
Planet Express package, return to sender

Clothes you like, beanie or slick Van Dyke
And if you never bother watching cartoons in your life
Then I bet you might cry when Fry gets back his dog
Like I did watching Jurassic Bark

I'm a take a second, uh, compose myself here

'Cause some people think when I rap, none of this happened on the inside
Trying to make it geeky or nerdy is how you define
Do what I love about what I love most
Parks and Rec, Firefly, Mass Effect, Space Ghost

'Cause these shows got me through all those lonely nights
When I used to live a life that I didn't really like
Now I'm rockin' on the mic, no need for explainin'
Big ups to homie Matt Groening

Yo, sometimes like we tell and if you couldn't tell
I'm here to rock the bells and serve a little to the clientele, hell
Kids who love laughin'
Those who might obsess over details in cartoons playing on the Snes

I used to play Bart versus the World in the arcades
Smack cats with a vacuum in that game
I got bummed when Fox didn't renew
Futurama, so I signed a petition or two

And now it's, like, back and everything's cool, right?
Power to the fans, right?
I'm a just keep rapping, is that cool with y'all?
Here we go
Yo check it out

Futurama

Where the robots will smoke Cubanas
And drink a lot of cervezas until they call their mama
Where you can live until tomorrow with that kind of drama
But try to find another rapper with my kind of karma

I'll do the Bender, yo, I'll do the Bartman
Man, I'll be dancing before the music even starts, man
'Cause rappers talk about music as art, man
I think the argument is just on a house of cards, man

I think music and culture's fun
And it should spark a little bit before the song is done
Hope it did in your chest if you love the sun
And if you make believe, set your toy phaser to stun

Yeah, know what I'm saying?
I ain't tryin' to make high art here
Tryin' a good time
I hope you had a good time, too
Check it out

Thirty-first century: rock with me
To the aliens and all the robots with me
When I plug in the toaster and redefine
Then I realize I am, like, lost in time

And the future's so bright that I hope I got shades on
Glad in the night that the stars still stay on
I'm here to do it better than you've even known
And the future's just a day away
I can't wait, let's go