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"And your mother tried to show me all the laser crabs"

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* [#Detailed_Information 1 Detailed Information]
* [#Lyrics 2 Lyrics]
* [#Fun_Facts 3 Fun Facts]
** [#Explanations 3.1 Explanations]
** [#Trivia 3.2 Trivia]
** [#Inside_References 3.3 Inside References]
** [#Real-World_References 3.4 Real-World References]
* [#See_Also 4 See Also]
* [#External_Links 5 External Links]

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'''Album:''' [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]<br />
'''Track:''' 15<br />
'''Time:''' 2 minutes 11 seconds<br />
'''Artist(s):''' [[Coach Z]]<br />
'''Style:''' [[Rap]]<br />
'''Origin:''' Coach Z's #1 hit, originally mentioned in Strong Bad Email #47 [[new hands]], and also in [[Coach Z's Character Video|Coach Z's character video]].

This song is also accompanied by a secret music video, available on the Strong Bad Sings CD and at one time on [[Podstar Runner]].

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Coach Z, Coach Z, one two one two<br />
Coach Z, one two one two<br />
Coach Z, Coach Z, one two one two<br />
Coach Z, one two one two

These peoples<br />
These peoples<br />
These peoples try to fade<br />
These peoples<br />
These peoples<br />
These peoples try to fade<br />
These peoples<br />
These peoples<br />
These peoples try to fade

(Fade me!)

These peoples try to fade me!<br />
(I can't handle it!)<br />
C-c-c-call me on my cell phone!<br />
(I get busy!)<br />
These peoples try to fade me!<br />
(I can't handle it!)<br />
C-c-c-call me on my cell phone!<br />
(I get busy!)

Coach Z's got money, but not much<br />
Coach Z's got money, but not much<br />
Coach Z's got money, but not much<br />
I could use a dollar, I could use a couple bucks

I'm so oldschool (one two one two)<br />
They tore the school down! (one two one two)<br />
Where my lasers at?<br />
Where my lasers at, y'all?<br />
Where my lasers at? (Where my lasers at?)<br />
Where my lasers at, y'all?

Where my lasers at?<br />
All the peoples try to tell me where my lasers at<br />
And your mother tried to show me all the laser crabs<br />
And I got a bunch of types, a bunch of laser dabs

''{makes laser gun noises}''

These peoples try to fade me!<br />
(I can't handle it!)<br />
C-c-c-call me on my cell phone!<br />
(I get busy!)<br />
These peoples try to fade me!<br />
(I can't handle it!)<br />
C-c-c-call me on my cell phone!<br />
(I get busy!)

I got to see the sweet doctor! (I'm Dr. Sweet!)<br />
I got to see the sweet doctor! (I'm Dr. Sweet!)<br />
I got the grown-up beats! (I'm Dr. Sweet!)<br />
I got the grown-up beats! (I'm Doctor-doctor-doctor Beats!)

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Will flow and/or freak for food (from the music video)

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These peoples<br />
These peoples<br />
These peoples try to fade<br />
These peoples<br />
These peoples<br />
These peoples try to fade<br />
These peoples<br />
These peoples<br />
These peoples drop the BAAEERRRMM!

I can flow (one two one two)<br />
I can freak (one two one two)<br />
Uhh... I can freak and flow at the same time

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Explanations </span> ===

* In the context of hip-hop, "fade" was originally a gang term to kill someone, although now it can simply mean to put down or disgrace.
* To dab is to apply with short poking strokes. A dab is also a small flatfish, ''Limanda limanda'', also known as the [[common dab]].

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Trivia </span> ===

* Some of the laser sounds come in stereo, moving back and forth from left to right speaker.
* This was the first entry to appear on [[Podstar Runner]] that is not featured on the official Homestar Runner website. The summary read, "Coach Z drops science, but not much."

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=== <span class="mw-headline"> Inside References </span> ===

* This song was mentioned several times before it was released:
** In [[new hands]], Coach Z tries to sing his song with the help of [[Strong Bad]], who drops a beat for him with one of his new hands (a bucket).
** In [[Coach Z's Character Video|Coach Z's Character video]], Coach Z closes his video by trying to sing ''These peoples try to fade me'', only to have Homestar stop the recording before the first line.
** One of the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[Scroll Button Songs|scroll button songs]] has Coach Z saying "And if you're tryin' to fade me then ya must [[Smoking|smoke]] [[Drugs|crack]]."
* Coach Z pronounces the word "Bomb" as "Baaeerrrmm". This is reminiscent of the toon [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]].
* Coach Z's sign reads "WiLL FLOW AND/OR FReAK FOR FOOD", and in the recording booth, the light reads "ON AiR", both containing [[Lowercase i's|lowercase i's]].

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* The symbol in the top right-hand corner in the video when Coach Z says "I'm Dr. Sweet" resembles the [[caduceus]], a symbol of commerce which is often mistakenly used in place of the [[Rod of Asclepius]], the symbol of medicine.

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* The [[These peoples try to fade me Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the music video.

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== <span class="mw-headline"> External Links </span> ==

* [http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://podstar.homestarrunner.com/fademe.m4v Download the video off of Podstar Runner] (Mirror)
* [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail47.html Listen to the original version of the song in "new hands"]
* [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail47.swf View the Flash file for Strong Bad Email "new hands"]
* [http://www.homestarrunner.com/vcr_cz.html Listen to the intro in Coach Z's character video]
* [http://www.homestarrunner.com/vcr_cz.swf view the Flash file for Coach Z's character video]
* [http://www.hrwiki.org/mirror/20030519_sbemail.html Listen to a version of the song on the email menu] (Mirror)
* [http://www.hrwiki.org/mirror/20030519_sbemail.swf View the Flash file of the email menu] (Mirror)

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