Smash Mouth, a band from San Jose, California, created a song in partnership with the now-famous movie ‘Shrek’, which was created and produced by Dreamworks. This song was called ‘All Star’, and played in the very beginning of the movie. In the first verse, the movie starts with “Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me, I ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed.” This verse shows that Smash Mouth was told that the ‘world would roll him’ which meant that the world was either trying to conquer him, or that the entire world was trying to ‘Rick Roll’ him, which meant sending an unmarked video, in which someone would typically click, and would almost always be Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’. By Smash Mouth stating that he was not the sharpest tool in the shed, he meant that he was no the smartest person in the world and that he probably heeded the person advice that the ‘world would roll him’, and that he probably fell for the trap of being Rick Rolled. In the next verse, Smash Mouth states, “She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb, in the shape of an ‘L’ on her forehead.” This meant that instead of being Rick Rolled like described, he was probably being conquered, or defeated, by the world. By the girl, who was unnamed throughout the song, putting an L on her forehead meant that she was implying that Smash Mouth was a loser, meant by the letter L. After that verse, Smash Mouth states, “Well the years start coming and they don’t stop coming, fed to the rules so I hit the ground running.” By Smash Mouth stating that the ‘years start coming and they don’t stop coming’ means that time always runs, as years will never stop coming until the end of time, which is seemingly never. However, by Smash Mouth saying that he was ‘fed to the rules’, he was sick of the rules, in which time always ran, which is why he also ‘hit the ground running’. In the next verse, Smash Mouth states that “Didn’t make sense not to live for fun, your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb.” This means that Smash Mouth didn’t know what his life meant to the earth, and it “didn’t make sense not to live for fun”, which means that Smash Mouth couldn’t make sense to only live for one emotion, happy, or amused, and that the meaning of life had to be something different. ‘Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb’ means that your brain is loaded with more and more knowledge, however, decisions are now more stupid than it used to be. “You never know if you don’t go” means that you can never do anything until you truly do whatever you want to get done. In the chorus, Smash Mouth says, “Hey now, you’re an All Star.” This sentence means that despite being a loser for many years, you can still quickly change into an All Star. Smash Mouth keeps the chorus going by saying, “Get your game on, go play!” This means that since you are an All Star, you are the best of your abilities, which means that you should go and exemplify these traits on the field, or the area in which you are now phenomenal at. He continues this statement by stating, “All that glitters is gold, only shooting stars break the mold.” This verse of the chorus means that instead of a fairytale, we live in a real world where only substances can glitter, instead of other metaphors of glittering, such as eyes. “It’s a cool place, and it only gets colder,” Smash Mouth sings. This can possibly hint of global warming, which isn’t just warming Earth. It is also cooling places in which it is getting colder, as Smash Mouth states. He keeps on this statement by saying, “You’re bundled up now, wait ‘till you get older.” This keeps saying that the older you get, the colder Earth will get. This, in turn, will force you to ‘bundle up’, which is a term for dressing in warm clothes. The colder Earth becomes, the more you will have to dress. “But the meteor men beg to differ, judging by the hole in the satellite picture.” This statement states that people from outer space don’t believe that climate change is happening. However, the hole in the ‘satellite picture’ reveals a hole in the ozone layer, which causes climate change to happen more rapidly. He then sings, “My world’s on fire, how about yours? That’s the way I like it and I never get bored.” He says that his world is on fire, which means that his Earth is getting warmer due to climate change, however, he likes it, due to change. This makes him ‘not bored’, and he enjoys the different activities to do on Earth. The chorus starts again, which end with, “Somebody once asked, ‘could I spare some change for gas? I need to get myself away from this place.” This line means that a person relatively close to Smash Mouth asks him for gasoline, a fluid used to run many types of vehicles, primarily cars. By this person asking Smash Mouth for gasoline, they intend to leave this place, which is confirmed in the line. The next line says that “I said ‘Yep! What a concept. I could use a little fuel myself.” By Smash Mouth stating this, he intends to give some money to this individual, which could let this person leave. Smash Mouth also wants to leave, which is stated by ‘I could use a little fuel myself’, and he wants to also leave the place in which he is staying. By him saying “And we could all use a little change.” When he says this, he implies that we could all leave our boring lives behind for a new one. Then, the chorus ensues, and the song ends. This song by Smash Mouth is very good, as it increases awareness about climate change in the world. He also sings about how you can leave your life behind. This song is well balanced with guitar and other musical instruments, which makes into a good structured song. This is why I rate this song a 9/10.