Aziz Ansari (born February 23, 1983) is an American actor and comedian. He … Read Full Bio ↴Aziz Ansari (born February 23, 1983) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known as one of the stars of the critically acclaimed sketch comedy series Human Giant on MTV, for which he is also a writer and executive producer. Ansari appeared in the NBC series, Parks and Recreation, from producers of The Office.

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Babies
Aziz Ansari Lyrics

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Philadelphia wow thank you thank you so much wow wow

This is awkward actually have no material prepared

I just booked this venue for this date
And I'll now have an act by then I don't
Ah No it's going to be really good I have one prepared which is really convenient because were filming and everything ah so let's begin

I turn 30 years old this year.
Yes it's been a good year
I have found this year to be the year a lot of my friends have begun getting serious about their lives
they call me up they say serious things

They're be like Aziz, you're not to believe it I just had a baby and I always have the same reaction I always go hahahahaha-ha
that sucks
I'm so sorry that happened
why were you not using condoms or birth-control
you're going to have to take care that thing forever
alright well I'll talk to you later
I got to go do literally anything I want cause
I don't have a baby. So all my options are still options

Hate those phone calls and also those emails to friends send these emails to attach a photo of the baby the right something to welcome the baby
Hey everyone welcome Lindsey to the universe
I always write back unsubscribe
Yeah I don't recall signing up for this mailing list
Please remove me from all future updates
Know if you excuse me on Going to throw your baby in my trash

And now everybody has videocameras on their phone and everything so you get videos of the baby's
Every single video I got is exactly the same thing thought
Kid shows up on the screen
Ah ah ah umm umm
End of clip that's the amazing footage they needed to share with everyone
Brian's first steps
Look I walk all the time I'm not impressed
I'm going to start sending my own clips back look at the shit
Brian has nothing on this
he has no swagger in his step
He almost fell down after three steps
Meanwhile I'm running advanced shit I can high step I can run if I want too I can even tiptoeing behind Brian and push him on the ground and then step on him with my next step
so that's how advanced as my shit is

Some of these people are not ready to have kids either
You know you ever have friends like that are about to have kids you're like what no they're dumb why
I have a friend he got married recently he's kind of a goofball I asked him hey your not going to have kids are you
Maybe next year I was like dude you still have a chain wallet
You can't have a chain wallet and a kid at the same time
ah if your wallet is causing you so much problem you have to chain it to your person
you're not ready to bring life into the world
if you go to like pay for the baby with a chain wallet they should be like oh no no no no we got to put this one back whoop
I'm not ready for that kind of responsibility

Overall Meaning

In Aziz Ansari's song "Babies," the comedian talks about turning 30 and how this age made many of his friends become more serious about their lives, particularly about having babies. Aziz expresses his disinterest in having children, jokingly treating his newborn friends in a sarcasm-laden way, and criticizing them for sending him endless photos and videos of their kids. He also talks about how some people are not ready to have children, mentioning a friend who still wears a chain wallet.

The song is a hilarious but also honest take on what it means to be a 30-year old in a world that expects you to have your life together, and particularly to have children. By taking a critical look at the expectations and realities of parenthood, Aziz Ansari is illuminating the sometimes absurd nature of life's milestones and the societal pressure that comes with them.

Line by Line Meaning

Philadelphia wow thank you thank you so much wow wow
I've got no material prepared, but let's get started anyway. We're filming, so it's gonna be great.

I turn 30 years old this year.
My friends are all having babies, but I'm still kid-free and that's a good thing.

I always have the same reaction I always go hahahahaha-ha that sucks I'm so sorry that happened why were you not using condoms or birth-control you're going to have to take care that thing forever alright well I'll talk to you later
When my friends tell me they've had a baby, I laugh and feel sorry for them because they'll have to take care of it forever. I'm glad I don't have that responsibility.

Please remove me from all future updates Know if you excuse me on Going to throw your baby in my trash
I hate getting emails and videos of my friends' babies, so I usually ask to be removed from their mailing lists. Sometimes I joke about throwing their baby in the trash.

Kid shows up on the screen Ah ah ah umm umm End of clip that's the amazing footage they needed to share with everyone
The baby videos I get are all the same: a baby just appears on the screen and makes some noises. I'm not impressed.

Meanwhile I'm running advanced shit I can high step I can run if I want too I can even tiptoeing behind Brian and push him on the ground and then step on him with my next step so that's how advanced as my shit is
I make fun of my friends' baby videos by sending them clips of myself doing more impressive things, like high-stepping, running, and tripping their kid.

You can't have a chain wallet and a kid at the same time if your wallet is causing you so much problem you have to chain it to your person you're not ready to bring life into the world
One of my friends is getting ready to have a baby, but he still has a chain wallet. I think that means he's not ready to be responsible for another human being.

"If someone came up to me with a baby like, 'Hey, you've gotta look out for this baby,' I'd be like, 'Sorry, I've got my own things going on right now. I don't have time to look out for this little brown baby.' In this scenario I'm assuming it's a little Indian baby. If it was a white baby I'd be like, 'Get that thing away from me! It's disgusting!' White babies are gross, man! I'm sorry! They're like regular babies that aren't ripe yet.
Babies are not my responsibility. If someone tried to make me take care of a brown baby, I'd say I don't have time for it. White babies are even more disgusting, like they're not even fully formed yet.

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