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"Billionaire" (single featuring Bruno Mars)
- By Travie McCoy
- Genre: Rap
Common Sense Media says
Edited version of reggae-rap tune is OK for younger teens.
Parents say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that while this song initially appears to be a single about materialism, it's ultimately a song about using wealth to help others. Though the track is pretty clean overall, the explicit version drops a couple f- and s-bombs, as well as the word "ho."
What's the story?
"BILLIONAIRE" is the solo track by Travie McCoy, frontman for the hip-hop group Gym Class Heroes. Getting a vocal assist from singer Bruno Mars, McCoy rhymes about what he would do with a billion dollars. Aside from talking about "buy[ing] all of the things I never had," most of what McCoy describes are good deeds: "adopt a bunch of babies that ain’t never had s--t / give away a few Mercedes like, here, lady, have this / and last but not least, grant somebody their last wish." The explicit version of the song includes a few f- and s-words, as well as a reference to "hos," but otherwise, the tune is a fairly clean, upstanding choice for teens.
Is it any good?
"Billionaire" has a feel-good, Jack-Johnson vibe that gives it an appeal to fans of reggae, hip-hop, and mainstream pop alike. Mars' vocals are super smooth, as usual, and McCoy's delivery is solid -- if not quite as crisp as B.o.B's, his fellow rapper who also recently teamed with Mars in the track "Nothin' On You."
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the many positive things that can be done with wealth. What are five things a wealthy person could do to better the lives of those who are less fortunate?
If you were rich, what would you do with your money?
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Great chillout song
I love this song, but if you listen to the real verson, there is a lot of swearing. That's pretty much the only thing wrong with this song.
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Kids hear the f-bomb all the time in movies. Good song.
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It has swearing, but other than that it's okay.
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Kid, 12 years old
October 13, 2010
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Clean 12 explicit 14 video 15
Other than langauge in every version, its positive. its good too.
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awesome song, but clean version isnt so clean.
Commonsense is lying! there is no f words in it, or no s word either. all i heard was fr--kin and d-mn. however i have the clean version so they might have changed up the words to something more appropriate, probably the f word to fr--kin and for the s word i dont know.
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AGE
i wanna be a billonaire soo fricken baddd
come on this is awesome music it only says the word f**k at the beinging come on
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Good message
Good song :) it's all about imagining the good you could do if you were a billionaire. Like "I'd probly visit where Katrina hit/and d--n sure do a lot more than cena did/". Get the clean version if you don't like the cussing though.
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Kid, 10 years old
February 19, 2011
AGE
catchy tune
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best song ever!!!
well this song is totally awesome but except when i heard the explicit version it actually said the f-word, not the word freak, and also stupid and s-word
but 6 years to 12 years should listen to a clean edition cause it may be more better than not letting your kid under 12 say bad words at all, especially 13-17
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Kid, 12 years old
August 14, 2010
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Beast song!
I normaly don't like reggae, but this is the exception. Both parts are good, and they have good messages (give away a couple mercades, who goes hungry? not a single tummy around me) so people who think this song is about owning everything, think twice. also, for the language i have the edited version, and i dont hear any pauses to censor strong language,
but i do hear milder words like fr and d.
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| Artist: | Travie McCoy |
| Release date: | April 1, 2010 |
| Label: | Fueled by Ramen |
| Genre: | Rap |
| Parental advisory: | No |
| Edited version available: | Yes |
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