Cope With Pope - Song

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[Verse]
When John Calipari made his way on out the Bluegrass state
Ol’ Barney ran a coaching search and ya know he kept it safe
Couldn’t land any big fish so we got a captain once who played
But a look at his blank resume had BBN dismayed

[Pre-chorus]
..and now we cope
We cope with Pope

[Verse]
He got us to a good start but then luck it just ran out
We couldn’t guard a soul and the blowouts began to mount
We lost in the Sweet Sixteen to our rival Tennessee
Had that little midget Ziegler punk us on national tv

[Pre-chorus]
…and now we Cope
We cope with Pope

[Chrorus]
Big blue nation is a mess, oh, Can we bring in Pearl or Oats?
Can we just get a recruit for once, oh, please, I need some hope
Im tired of looking on the sidelines and see the stoicism of this dope
You can take your third year talks and shove ‘em…Fire Pope
Fire Pope

[Verse]
When the portal opened next, we wrote a blank check, time to win
We watched the Yaxels and the Wilkersons say no and no again
We got the sixth man on every SEC team and paid then 20 mil
Coach called it his Ferrari, was he lying to the gills

[Pre-chorus]
…and now we Cope
We cope with Pope

[Verse]
Starting with the first game, things started getting down
Couldn’t hang in there to Louisville, getting torched by Mikel Brown
And then we lost to every good team, couldn’t beat a squad who had a breath
Blowout losses and no offense, it’s a boring me to death

[Pre-chorus]
…and now we Cope
We cope with Pope

[Chrorus]
Big blue nation is a mess, oh, Can we bring in Pearl or Oats?
Can we just get a recruit for once, oh, please, I need some hope
Im tired of looking on the sidelines and see the stoicism of this dope
You can take your third year talks and shove ‘em…Fire Pope
Fire Pope

[Bridge]
Oh my Lord, have mercy, oh my eyes, you must be kidding me
We got a coach with no recruits and a record that can mirror Billy G
Ol’ Gillispie was a drinker and he hit the bottle hard
But Ol’ Pope has flipped the tables, now it’s me who’s at the bar
…trying to drink my thoughts away…

[Pre-chorus]
…and now we Cope
We cope with Pope

[Chrorus]
Big blue nation is a mess, oh, Can we bring in Pearl or Oats?
Can we just get a recruit for once, oh, please, I need some hope
Im tired of looking on the sidelines and see the stoicism of this dope
You can take your third year talks and shove ‘em…Fire Pope
Fire Pope


FIRE POPE
FIRE POPE
FIRE POPE
FIRE POPE
 
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BlueSince92

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[Verse]
When John Calipari made his way on out the Bluegrass state
Ol’ Barney ran a coaching search and ya know he kept it safe
Couldn’t land any big fish so we got a captain once who played
But a look at his blank resume had BBN dismayed

[Pre-chorus]
..and now we cope
We cope with Pope

[Verse]
He got us to a good start but then luck it just ran out
We couldn’t guard a soul and the blowouts began to mount
We lost in the Sweet Sixteen to our rival Tennessee
Had that little midget Ziegler punk us on national tv

[Pre-chorus]
…and now we Cope
We cope with Pope

[Chrorus]
Big blue nation is a mess, oh, Can we bring in Pearl or Oats?
Can we just get a recruit for once, oh, please, I need some hope
Im tired of looking on the sidelines and see the stoicism of this dope
You can take your third year talks and shove ‘em…Fire Pope
Fire Pope

[Verse]
When the portal opened next, we wrote a blank check, time to win
We watched the Yaxels and the Wilkersons say no and no again
We got the sixth man on every SEC team and paid then 20 mil
Coach called it his Ferrari, was he lying to the gills

[Pre-chorus]
…and now we Cope
We cope with Pope

[Verse]
Starting with the first game, things started getting down
Couldn’t hang in there to Louisville, getting torched by Mikel Brown
And then we lost to every good team, couldn’t beat a squad who had a breath
Blowout losses and no offense, it’s a boring me to death

[Pre-chorus]
…and now we Cope
We cope with Pope

[Chrorus]
Big blue nation is a mess, oh, Can we bring in Pearl or Oats?
Can we just get a recruit for once, oh, please, I need some hope
Im tired of looking on the sidelines and see the stoicism of this dope
You can take your third year talks and shove ‘em…Fire Pope
Fire Pope

[Bridge]
Oh my Lord, have mercy, oh my eyes, you must be kidding me
We got a coach with no recruits and a record that can mirror Billy G
Ol’ Gillispie was a drinker and he hit the bottle hard
But Ol’ Pope has flipped the tables, now it’s me who’s at the bar
…trying to drink my thoughts away…

[Pre-chorus]
…and now we Cope
We cope with Pope

[Chrorus]
Big blue nation is a mess, oh, Can we bring in Pearl or Oats?
Can we just get a recruit for once, oh, please, I need some hope
Im tired of looking on the sidelines and see the stoicism of this dope
You can take your third year talks and shove ‘em…Fire Pope
Fire Pope


FIRE POPE
FIRE POPE
FIRE POPE
FIRE POPE
That's excellent writing, my dude.

Only rough spot is the gills. You might get away with, "Coach called it his Ferarri, but it's a little short on wheels" if the AI will play along and sing that as a near rhyme.

Either way kudos!

I'm still at the point where I would stay behind him here if both he and JMI would stop shooting him in the face in terms of recruiting. But I'm not holding my breath for that and either way I think he's earned a good roasting if it's all in good fun.
 
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That's excellent writing, my dude.

Only rough spot is the gills. You might get away with, "Coach called it his Ferarri, but it's a little short on wheels" if the AI will play along and sing that as a near rhyme.

Either way kudos!

I'm still at the point where I would stay behind him here if both he and JMI would stop shooting him in the face in terms of recruiting. But I'm not holding my breath for that and either way I think he's earned a good roasting if it's all in good fun.
The song is actually not made from my opinions or my perspective.

I’ve actually come to believe we have two very prominent factions of fans and I don’t agree with either. The song is actually kind of trolling a certain kind of fan in good fun. There are a lot of egregious philosophical errors and weird points of emphasis in the song. It’s kind of a roast on a certain kind of fan — we will call it “me when we lose.” It’s actually very irrational if you pay attention to the lyrics.

As far as the “gills” compared to “wheels”, you’re right — would have been a much better lyrical choice in retrospect. Look out for another song tomorrow that’s kind of the opposite of this one.
 

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The song is actually not made from my opinions or my perspective.

I’ve actually come to believe we have two very prominent factions of fans and I don’t agree with either. The song is actually kind of trolling a certain kind of fan in good fun. There are a lot of egregious philosophical errors and weird points of emphasis in the song. It’s kind of a roast on a certain kind of fan — we will call it “me when we lose.” It’s actually very irrational if you pay attention to the lyrics.

As far as the “gills” compared to “wheels”, you’re right — would have been a much better lyrical choice in retrospect. Look out for another song tomorrow that’s kind of the opposite of this one.
👏 Can't wait.
 
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Made a fun song from the perspective of the posters who don’t want to see a year 3 of Mark Pope. I plan on making a second song soon from the opposite perspective called “Hope in Pope.” This song isn’t meant to be serious, enjoy.
That is seriously awesome FR. It’s crazy what you can do with AI now. You could legit get paid for using this and making up some BS about how the artist won’t go out in public or preform 😂.