OPENING NUMBER - The History of Me (Part 1)
Music and Lyrics by Michael O'Dell
GG Vocals: Alejandro Roldan
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PROLOGUE
(Lights fade to black. Music begins. During the radio report, the cast walks on with chairs to represent the rows of bus seats. GG rushes on and just makes the bus. He plops down into a seat and gets out his sketch book. As the bus takes off he looks out the window and then at his book and thinks about his life.)
GG
(Raps)
SKETCHES ARE LITTLE QUESTIONS
ASKING TO BE UNCOVERED
HIDDEN -THEY LEAVE SUGGESTIONS
JUST WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED
A PENCIL - A NUMBER TWO
OH, HOW IT DANCES ACROSS THE PAGE
AND JUST IN CASE MY PLANS FALL THROUGH
AN ERASER REINVENTS THE STAGE
(Sings)
L.A.'S BIG AND OMINOUS BUT STILL I CHOOSE TO STAY
PUTTING UP WITH WHAT I'D RATHER NOT
FROM WEST HOLLYWOOD TO DISNEYLAND ON ANY GIVEN DAY
THE SCENE IS "LOOK AT ME AND LOOK AT WHAT I GOT!"
(He looks out the window at something weird, repulsive, and questionable)
(Speaks) Oh, my GOD...it's official. Now I've seen everything.
(Raps)
I'M A CYNIC - AND I MEAN
SARCASTIC - ALL AT NINETEEN
ADOPTED - PROBABLY THE WHITEST LATINO I'VE SEEN!
I WISH I MADE THIS UP!
MY TASTES ARE RATHER EXTREME
I'M A REBEL - THERE ARE NO IN-BETWEENS
I'M A VANDAL AND, MAN, I'VE GOTTA SCREAM
I'M A LOVER AND I GOT A DREAM!
(Sings)
THE NAME OF THE GAME IS GETTING THROUGH AND BOMBING - BEING SEEN
LEADING UP TO THE "WHO" I'M MEANT TO BE
I KEEP THINKING - MAN, YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD
YOU'RE SET, YOU'RE ALMOST FREE
AND THEN I GLANCE BEHIND STILL SEARCHING FOR THE HISTORY OF ME
(The number continues with GG receiving a call from Izzy. In the next part of the song we meet all the characters in the show via GG, our "narrator.")
