What do you get when you mash up one of the all time great ironic movie theme songs with the best new television series of 2011? You get “Damn It Feels Good To Be A Lannister” – a video tribute to the hoighty toighty, incestuous, holier-than-thou, debt-paying Medieval Game of Thrones gangsters from House Lannister set to the beat of “Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta” from Mike Judge’s Office Space.
Ha! The only compaint I have is that they seemed to leave out the Lannisterest of the Lannisters, young King Douchebag himself, Joffrey Baratheon Lannister! I suppose that’s OK though – perhaps there is another video in the works.
And speaking of more videos in the works, I am now anxiously waiting for “Stark Spreading the News” and “When you wish upon a Targaryen!” Until then, here are the lyrics to “Damn It Feels Good To Be A Lannister:”
Jaime Lannister:
Damn if feels good to be a Lannister
Damn it feels good to be a Lannister
A real high class lord wears a lion crest
a real high class lord makin’ love to his twin
cuz real high class lords choose incest
And nobles sometimes try ‘n’ kill kids
All because a little boy was peepin’
But real high class lords spawn princes
cuz real high class lords queen freakin’
And everything’s cool in Casterly Rock
Where high class nobles been born
I always pay my debts and I love my little brother
cuz some high class nobles be deformed.
And all I gotta say to you outwardly cowardly
Usurper lovin’ daughter birthin’ challengers
is when your gold runs out what the f**k you gonna do?
Damn it feels good to be a Lannister
Tyrion Lannister:
Damn it feels good to be a Lannister
Sipping wine, reading books and bedding whores
I’m the imp that leaves em limpin’ when I finish em’
With tricky tricks I get my pick of sellswords
Damn it feels good to be a Lannister
pissing of the wall down into the snow
Riding round seven kingdoms while escaping like a boss
but for me that’s my quid pro quo
Now high class lords come in all shapes and sizes
some got killed in the past
but this noble here is a smart one
Top it off. Gone. Refill my glass
And all I gotta say to you outwardly cowardly
Usurper lovin’ daughter birthin’ challengers
is when your gold runs out what the f**k you gonna do?
Damn it feels good to be a Lannister
And just in case this mash up left you hungering for the original song by the Geto Boys, I tracked that down as well:
***This clever mash-up becomes even more so when you consider that both the Lanisters and the Geto Boys have a diminutive wordsmith among their ranks! For The Lannisters it is verbose Tyrion Lannister (played by actor Peter Dinklage, who was nominated for an Emmy for his efforts) and the Geto Boys had Bushwick Bill, a born-again rapster who once got shot in the eye by his girlfriend – sort of by request!
