Local Man Lays Down the Arlington Rap

ARLINGTON, Va. - Have you seen it? A brand new rap is making the rounds on the web, and it's all about Arlington.

Local comedian Remy Munasifi is behind the parody video, which is called, "Arlington: The Rap." Originally posted on his YouTube page, it pokes fun at Arlington County—and specifically Clarendon, where Munasifi recently moved from the suburbs.

The rap is filled with lyrics that'll make locals chuckle. Ballston, Clarendon, and Courthouse all get shout outs. So do Wilson Boulevard, Whole Foods, and early every Starbucks in Arlington.
Munasifi, 28, is originally from McLean, and he attended Langley High School. The bio on his website says he attended Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia. He recently moved to Arlington, which sparked the new rap about his new crib.

And so far, that rap is a hit.

"One of my friends sent it to me this morning," Stacy Frances, an Arlington resident, told FOX 5. "I thought it was hilarious. I forwarded it to all my friends, posted it on facebook."

"I feel like that guy captivated the sort of humor and horror of living in a sort of yuppie area that you love and hate at the same time," said Lisa Soronen, another Arlington resident.

Munasifi is the first to tell you he's no aspiring rapper.

"No, I'm just a skinny kid with a big nose with a camera and a lot of spare time," said Munasifi. "Probably more spare time than he knows what to do with."

Munasifi says in 2006, he bought a camera and a $99 editing kit, and decided to try his hand at video blogging. He set up his YouTube channel, and got to work. His first video, Macaca Blues, poked fun at the Virginia senate race.

He's rapped about two-percent milk and the Washington Capitals, but his biggest hit up to now was an ode to McDonalds. In all, his Go Remy channel has more than 40 videos, and has topped 30 million hits.

Munasifi's website warns, "Don't watch these videos if you're allergic to awesome."

He's been so successful, in fact, that he's partnered with YouTube in an ad revenue sharing agreement, making him enough money to move from home into his swank new place in Arlington. Not too shabby for a law school dropout.

"You can be 20-something and pour milk over a counter and rap about McDonalds, but by age 60, people are going to say, 'We've heard it,' so there will probably be a phase two at some point," he said.

Munasifi's website also says he likes food, country music, and the mall. He lists his favorite iPod artists, and they include Brad Paisley, Billy Joel, Johnny Cash, Luke Bryan, and Cake.

LYRICS - ARLINGTON: THE RAP

Just moved to a new hood and it's straight up gangsta
Let me show you around my town 

People all around better know the deal
that the people in this town are ghetto for real

So when people tell me Remy, where you calling from?
I say a straight up thug town called Arlington

It's a real tough town packing heat and boat shoes
my crib's in a rough spot right next to the Whole Foods

I'm ducking gunfire daily check to see if one got me
but that's just life in the hood when I go get my puffed kashi

But we never do drugs no, cuz that's not me
the only thing high up in here are my condo fees

Welcome to Arlington the town that never fizzles
Ballston, Rosslyn, Courthouse the Clizzledizzle

So many places to choose you're gonna like to pick
I'm in Courthouse so much that they call me Michael Vick

And Rosslyn girls got money they all can pay the bills
but that's all I'll film in Rosslyn cuz I hate walking up these hills

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and we kinda got a mall yeah you know you can't stop us
got everything but nothing good, man it's kinda like tapas

Just try to mess with us I'll shoot you right in the foot punk
Just don't come on Tuesday nights that's when I meet with my book club

Okay, I don't really read when I buy books it's kinda causal
"Ah, you read Salinger?" Nah, my kitchen table wobbles

Ducking down instinctively in gunshots we're mired
Wait nevermind, somebody's German luxury car just backfired

Think you're leaving alive yeah you do but I don't buy it
I'll gonna eliminate you like I did gluten from my diet

Come and see me in an alley Run'll be what you're wishing
Bustin out my fightin moves like the fetal position

But first I need some cover y'all gotta help me this way
Cover? You need backup? Nah punk, it's for my duvet!

Straight thug hood getting mugged on the go go
but muggings here is when a stranger comes and gives you coco

Got a lot of bad girls Got a lot of tough dudes
Our school of hard knocks was written up in US News

We got dudes in brown flip flops and dudes in brown flip flops
holy crap, why are all these dudes wearing brown flip flops??

Welcome to A-town... 5pm hit the gym even if I'm feelin crappy
But first I walk my tiny dog with a little plastic baggy

Stretch in front of folks around me so they know that I'm invested
and press the button for the lobby even if somebody pressed it

I go jogging At a reasonable pace
and when I get to intersections man I jog in place

Up in Gold's Gym gonna give it my all, son
So many dudes here they should call this Ballston

Rollin one deep so everybody can see us
Cruising down Wilson all up in my Prius

Get out the car check my shoe and sock a minute
Stand right back up I got seven parking tickets

In DC from the get go head to the metro
You heading to Whitlow's? Hmm, maybe, I guess so...

Ride's never boring I say it's never better than
Riding on an orange line train to Vienna

You better step back punk that's your final warning?
You gonna punch me? Nah, son, the doors are closing!

What's with this delay? I can't wait for this
Why'd they pick today to do this track maintenance?

Now we're stuck in the city how we getting back son?
We could take the green line... Ehh...

So we're taking a taxi Back to our gangsta world
Where the sidewalks brick and the streets are curbed

So if you think you got the cred and you think your toughness got me
come and see me in my town and we'll grab a cup of coffee

At the Starbucks, or the Starbucks...

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