Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), commonly known simply as Birdman, is a 2014 American satirical black comedy-drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. It was written by Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo. The film stars Michael Keaton with a supporting cast of Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone and Naomi Watts. The story follows Riggan Thomson (Keaton), a faded Hollywood actor best known for playing the superhero "Birdman", as he struggles to mount a Broadway adaptation of a short story by Raymond Carver.
The film covers the period of previews leading to the play's opening, and with a brief exception appears as if filmed in a single shot, an idea Iñárritu had from the film's conception. Emmanuel Lubezki, who won the Academy Award for his cinematography in Birdman, believed that the recording time necessary for the unique long take approach taken in Birdman could not have been made with older technology. The film was shot in New York City during the spring of 2013 with a budget of $16.5 million jointly financed by Fox Searchlight Pictures, New Regency Pictures and Worldview Entertainment. It premiered the following year in August where it opened the 71st Venice International Film Festival.
[Intro:]
This my 9 to 5
Still livin all that I like
Grindin makin money
Grindin makin money
Grindin makin money
Grindin makin money
[Lil Kim:]
I grind all day gettin money
Damn it take all day to count the money
I'm in the freezer neck full of iceicles
I'm a dime you other chickas need a nickel
Who that in the phantom (kimmy!)
Or maybe in that mazarati or that S1-50
Or in that bulgatti you can't f**k with me
I do this for my niggas on the grind
And never be another me
What you out your mind
I get it poppin when it's money on the line
Damn I dropped the house on my wrist for the shine
Lambouton fendi dior all the time
I snitched in the louis store yea I dropped the dime
Got baby and big daddy slim on the line
The way that we ball I'm sayin is a crime
But we don't really care I continue gettin mine
Cause this my 9 to 5
[Chorus:]
All day
This my 9 to 5
Still livin all that I like
Grindin makin money
Grindin makin money
Grindin makin money
Grindin makin money
[x2]
[Birdman:]
Back on my stunna sh*t
Flyer with a extra clip
Flyer in the new whip
Ball hard the matchin whip
Keep my shorty with me sh*t
Make sure she flip that sh*t
Ride around deliver sh*t
Get some of this money sh*t
Hustle all the time and she shine when we hit the b*tch
Ball ever night in the club like we do this sh*t
Uptown soldier know how I roller
Brought a tour overseas now she all over
Hurricane hit that b*tch
Now we had to do that sh*t
Bounce right back in my hood with some new sh*t
Everyday sunshine keep my tool all the time
Blowin out the pound everyday the money on the grind
[Chorus:]
All day
This my 9 to 5
Still livin all that I like
Grindin makin money
Grindin makin money
Grindin makin money
Grindin makin money
[x2]
[Nicki Minaj:]
Ay yo
Innie mennie minnie moe
I'm pi-pi-pickin hoes
To pucker up and kiss my ass under the missle toe
Yes I am about my cake just call me animan
I keep a gentleman first nine benjamin
Don't mess with washington
Don't mess with abraham
Patty cake patty cake better get the bakers man
Frosted flakes is on my fingers fruity loops is on my wrist
Fruity pebble barbie pendant don't forget to ice my kiss
Now where my girls at
That stack money
That young money
That cash money
I work the red carpet you clean the red carpet
Go get your vaccum don't you get me started
[Chorus:]
All day
This my 9 to 5
Still livin all that I like
Grindin makin money
Grindin makin money
Grindin makin money
Grindin makin money