I gotsta get paid - Manchester City

ZZ Top, the Rock band from Texas, are still around, and they are letting you know with their latest album, Texicali. So, what do these Hombres with beards twice as long as Andre Vilas Boas’ reign have to do with football? A lot, it would seem. A song on from Texicali, ‘I gotsta get paid’ seems like a secret tribute to none other than ‘Moneybags’ Man City. Don’t believe me? Here, let me do a critical review of its lyrics and prove it to you.

“25 lighters on my dresser yessir I gots to get paid25 lighters on my dresser yessir I gots to get paid”

This is quite obviously a reference to all the bling that the players in sky blue have to maintain. Here, we see their agents negotiating with the club about how their clients need more money. After all they have 25 different aspects they need to upkeep. From their shiny medals back from their days at Chelsea or Arsenal (well, the really old Arsenal) to their latest Ferraris and Porsches, nothing comes free. So yes, they gotsta get paid. A lot.

“I got 25 lighters for my 25 folksBout to break the mic then break 25 mo’ “

This is, again, an obvious reference. To whom, you ask? Mario Balotelli, of course. Who else at Man City is capable of breaking 25 mics, then breaking some more? I would put Richards at about 23 mics, De Jong at about 20, Kompany about 18, and Lescott and Tevez at 15 a-piece. But, as has been proved time and again, nobody breaks ‘em like Super Mario. He can set loose fireworks on them, he can destroy them with darts, and he can even take them to a school just to take a leak on them. Sly work by ZZ Top, praising King Mario, once he gets his training bib on of course.

“Bout to rip the track wit bout 25 flowsand I’m pimpin like a mac wit bout 25 hoes”

Hmm. A snide remark at Balotelli’s affair with that prostitute perhaps. Or maybe just adoring references to the WAGs at Man City. After all, “hoes” is the new “babes”, it appears. I mean, just look at how much Mario loves his women. Just look.

“Make moves to make a quick 25 millCall daddy sayin 25 got to go get ‘em, get ‘em”

Here we see one of the more intellectual references. This talks about how the City players are smart enough to make quick darting moves to raise their earnings by roughly 25 million. Be it a little statement by Nasri saying he wants to play at a club with history, or their ‘daddy’ (agent) dropping subtle hints about “Europe’s big clubs” being interested in his client, they’ve got it all covered. To end the uncertainty of course, all their beloved club needs to do is pay them 10,ooo pounds extra per week and they’ll know where their heart lies. Sheer Genius.“25 lighters on my dressa yessir, I gots to get paidWe got 25 lighters on the dresser yessir gots to get paid”

To emphasize on their love for the club, and their request to the owners to keep paying them enough to stay close to it, the whole squad sings a chorus here.. They gots to get paid!