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Ready To Go Pro

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About this songA fifties dad’s origin story — mixtapes, BMX, and Adderall to a man finally “ready to go PRO VERBS,” passing on hard-won wisdom in cheesy songs.
Big ideaA midlife dad turns from a loud, insecure know-it-all into a man finally “ready to go PRO VERBS” — because wisdom, like food, has to be eaten every single day.
Doctrine
Wisdom · Discipleship
Anchor text
Proverbs 1:1–7
Form
Nostalgic boom-bap
Voices
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Verse 1

I grew up on mixtapes, BMX and wrestling,
VHS and Zelda, all my milk was Nestlé.
Now I’m in my fifties, belly is protruding,
hairline is receding, but wisdom is exuding.
Way back when I knew it all, they said I needed Adderall —
I was loud but insecure, strutting like an amateur.

Chorus

But now I’m ready to go PRO VERBS!
Got some smarts although my back hurts.
Now I’m ready to pass them on
in the form of cheesy songs.
Nacho typical dad move,
but where I go I bring the groove.

Verse 2

Saturdays spent in the arcade,
Gauntlet wizard strength would fade
until he ate a turkey leg.
These PRO VERBS work in the same way —
you gotta eat them every day,
get God’s wisdom, a price is paid.
They work like friendship bracelet braids.
All the stuff I used to chase was cotton candy empty space,
but wisdom’s like a protein shake, it makes you strong with truth and grace.

Pre-Chorus

Way back when I knew it all, they said I needed Adderall,
chasing all the devil’s lures, strutting like an amateur.

Chorus

But now I’m ready to go PRO VERBS!
Got some smarts although my back hurts.
Now I’m ready to pass them on
in the form of cheesy songs.
Not your typical dad move,
but where I go I bring the groove.

Outro

All the stuff I used to chase was cotton candy empty space,
but wisdom’s like a protein shake, it makes you strong with truth and grace.

Scripture References

  1. Proverbs 1:1-7
  2. Proverbs 4:7
  3. Proverbs 9:9

Study this song

Teaching aids drawn from the song — for personal study or group discussion.

How the song moves

1
The ’80s kid
Mixtapes, BMX, Zelda, “they said I needed Adderall” — loud but insecure, strutting like an amateur.
2
Wisdom is exuding
In his fifties now: the body fades but wisdom grows — gray hair as a crown found in righteousness (Proverbs 16:31).
3
Eat them every day
Like the Gauntlet wizard needing the turkey leg, you gotta eat the proverbs daily; a price is paid (Proverbs 4:7).
4
Protein, not cotton candy
What he chased was “cotton candy empty space”; wisdom is a protein shake of truth and grace (Proverbs 1:7).

Key terms & allusions

  • the purpose of Proverbs — Proverbs 1:1–7 states the book’s aim — prudence for the simple, knowledge for the young — and its motto: “the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.”
  • “Gauntlet… wizard… turkey leg” — The 1985 arcade game Gauntlet, where a character’s strength drained over time and was refilled by on-screen food (the famous “Wizard needs food badly”) — the song’s picture of needing wisdom daily.
  • Nestlé · VHS · Zelda · BMX — ’80s childhood markers that ground the dad’s testimony in a specific generation.
  • “wisdom is exuding… belly is protruding” — A wink at Proverbs 16:31 — gray hair (and age) as “a crown of glory” gained in the way of righteousness.
  • “PRO VERBS” — The pun the whole album hangs on: “ready to go pro” (turn professional) = ready to actually live the book of Proverbs.

Discussion questions

  1. The song treats wisdom like food eaten daily, not a trophy won once. How does that reframe spiritual growth?
  2. He spent his youth “strutting like an amateur.” Where does insecurity hide behind loudness?
  3. What’s the difference between “cotton candy” pursuits and “protein” ones in your life?

For contemplation

  1. What “cotton candy empty space” have you been chasing?
  2. Are you eating wisdom daily, or running on fumes?
  3. What would “going pro” — actually living the Proverbs — look like for you this week?