We're getting amusement out of it more than anything else." Critical reception ĭaily Record commented that on "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)", the band "has obviously been inspired by early- Beastie Boys and Run DMC songs." Music video It's so fake and obvious that they're trying to have an identity." Holland detailed that he meets many teenagers like those in his native Orange County, "going to the mall, where they buy FUBU, Tommy Hilfiger, and Ice Cube's latest record." Given rap culture is the starting point, Holland clarified that it was not an attack on African-Americans, but "poseurs of any kind", but without wanting "to be preachy about it. Īs summed up by Dexter Holland, the people described in the lyrics "are from, like, Omaha, Nebraska, regular white-bread boys, but who act like they're from Compton. The “Give it to me baby” verse was done by voice actress Nika Futterman. It was parodied by Weird Al Yankovic in " Pretty Fly for a Rabbi".īeginning with a sample of the pseudo- German nonsense phrase "Gunter glieben glauchen globen" from Def Leppard's 1983 song " Rock of Ages", chanted as a replacement for the traditional "1, 2, 3, 4" to start the recording, the song ridicules a " wannabe gangsta" who is immersed in hip-hop culture, not because he truly loves or understands it but because it is trendy, makes him feel tough ("Friends say he's tryin' too hard, and he's not quite hip/But in his own mind, he's the, he's the dopest trip") and because he believes it attracts women ("and all the girlies say I'm pretty fly, for a white guy"). The song appears as the seventh track on the Offspring's 2005 Greatest Hits album.
It was a major success internationally, reaching number one in 10 countries, including Australia, where it stayed at number one for six weeks and was certified quadruple platinum. The song peaked at number 53 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number five on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and number three on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It is the fourth track from the band's fifth studio album, Americana (1998), and was released as its first single in November 1998. The song is a mocking portrayal of a white man who likes to act like an African-American stereotype.
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Get the embed code The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) Album Lyrics1.All I Want (live)2.No Brakes3.Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)4.Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) (Geek mix)5.Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) (The Baka Boys remix)6.Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) (The Baka Boyz Low Rider Remix)7.Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) (The Baka Boyz remix)8.Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) (The Geek mix)The Offspring Lyrics provided by Now he's getting a tattoo yeah, he's getting ink doneįriends say he's trying too hard and he's not quite hipīut in his own mind he's the, he's the dopest trip Now cruising in his Pinto, he sees homies as he passīut if he looks twice, they're gonna kick his lily ass! He needs some cool tunes, not just any will sufficeīut they didn't have Ice Cube so he bought Vanilla Ice So if you don't rate, just overcompensateĪt least you'll know you can always go on Ricki Lake He may not have a clue and he may not have styleīut everything he lacks well he makes up in denial Our subject isn't cool but he fakes it anyway You know it's kinda hard just to get along today Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cinco, seís And all the girlies say I'm pretty fly for a white guy
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