Papaya REVOLT!

Mar 10, 2008 | Posted by: Megan Stay

DISCLAIMER: THIS POST IS LENGTHY BUT WELL WORTH IT!

Becca does and says some amusing things, you may recall this email I received, but this is pretty awesome. It made my day, well almost as much as getting carpet installed.

I asked Becca why her G-chat icon looked like this:

Then she sent me this picture:

While it’s amusing it still didn’t really make sense. Sure she’s dressed as a papaya and Richard’s dressed as a hot dog. But didn’t make sense as to WHY?

Then she continued…

So Amy had this party a couple months ago

“The year of champions partyMe: Ohh so you were grey’s papaya?

Becca: sort of

richard, a while ago made up this really dumb song while reading the marquee of grey’s

and it was stupid, but he thought it was SOOOO funny

and he would sing it constantly (even though there was no distinguishable melody) and dance to it

and it was stupid, but because he thought it was so funny and would crack himself up, it was kind of funny

so he wanted to perform it for this party

and i REALLY didn’t want to do it because it was so bad
and i was just afraid that everyone would just be like clapping awkwardly because they didn’t know how else to react

but then amy and i came up with this plan

where we would do do the dumb song and then i would be like, “you know richard, this arrangement isn’t working out.”

“we’ve had a good run, but i’m sick of being your back up prop”

“i’m taking my act solo”

and then i cued the music

and a karaoke version of “Survivor” by destiny’s child came on

and i sang this song “Papaya“

and dumped him

it was kind of great

he totally didn’t see it coming and i was laughing inside the whole time

seriously, he came over to my house before hand so he could teach me the choreography

SERIOUSLY!!!

RICHARD TEACHING ME CHOREOGRAPHY!!!

he is mental

Lyrics:
(Verse 1)
Now that I’m offa your tree
I’m so much better
You thought that I’d go soft without ya
But I’m stronger
You thought I wouldn’t swing without ya
Don’t need branches
You thought the fall would break my skin
Didn’t make me tender
You thought that I would start to rot
But I’m riper
You thought that I would sour without ya
But I’m sweeter
You thought that I’d get eaten by bees
That didn’t happen
You thought that I’d be C-town produce
But I’m whole foods

[Chorus]
I’m a papaya
Fruit of the angels
I’m not gon’ stop`
I’m gon’ get riper
I’m a papaya
Orange in color
Vitamin Rich
Help digest proteins
I’m a papaya
Fruit of the angels
I’m not gon’ stop
I’m gon’ get riper
I’m a papaya
Orange in color
Vitamin Rich
Help digest proteins

(Verse 2)
You thought that I’d be poor without ya
Rich in folate
You thought that I’d have nothin’ without ya
I got fiber
You thought I wouldn’t mix without ya
Try fruit salad
You thought I couldn’t blend without ya
I’m in smoothies
Thought I wouldn’t fit in without ya
Cubed in salsa
You thought that I’d be lonely without ya
Don’t need hot dogs
Thought this song’d be over by now
But it won’t stop
Even when I’m on the ground
I’m on the top

[Chorus]
I’m a papaya
Fruit of the angels
I’m not gon’ stop
I’m gon’ get riper
I’m a papaya
Orange in color
Vitamin Rich
Help digest proteins
I’m a papaya
Fruit of the angels
I’m not gon’ stop
I’m gon’ get riper
I’m a papaya
Orange in color
Vitamin Rich
Help digest proteins

(Bridge)
Papayas are the best,
Helping you digest
Eat them for lunch, dessert, or breakfast.
(I’m better than that)
I’m not gonna pump you full of calories
(I’m better than that)
Not gonna clog up all your arteries
(I’m better than that)
And I got all your vitamin C
(I’m better than that)
Three times what you really need.
(I’m better than that)
You know I’m not gonna poison you with trans-fat
Cuz I’m a lot healthier than that.

P
(Oh)
A
(Oh)
P
(Oh)
A
(Oh)
Y
(Oh)
A
(Oh)
Oh
(Oh)
Oh
(Oh)

After all of the papayas have fallen
I still have all my seeds
Don’t you think that my heart is broken-
I prevent heart disease

Becca: it was pretty awesome

well like for my monologue at the beginning when i was trying to break the news to him that i didn’t need his hot dog buns anymore, he looked a little confused and i handed him a piece of paper with acceptable lines on it and told him to play along

he started improvising which was NOT part of the plan, but it workedthen for the last chorus, i pulled a sign out from behind a curtain and everyone started singing along and it was awesome

Me: Oh man that is truly amazing

Becca: Yeah it was special

and it was like somehow empowering

not that richard is my pimp or anything

but i’d imagine that it might feel something like that if i were dumping my pimp

except he’d probably beat me with his cane

Thank you Becca Shim. You have once again blown my mind.

Comments

Christina says:

March 11, 2008 at 1:20 pm

OH MY HECK! That was seriously THE funniest thing, hands down! I was also there to witness the original Papaya performance, which was actually quite hilarious too. And if you look closely enough, the guy in the blue/striped sweater up front is Matt! That’s the night I met Matty-boy.

rachel says:

March 12, 2008 at 5:10 am

i had a front row seat to the papaya throwdown. i like to think i started everyone shouting “whut!” in sync with the final choruses. best thing EvER.

Yancy says:

March 20, 2008 at 2:30 am

totally there.
totally awesome.

Papaya REVOLT!

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