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Under Pressure 

A song performed by the band Queen and co-written by David Bowie. The beat was shamefully ripped-off by Vanilla Ice. But even through that and all of time the song and all it's greatness will never die.
"Boom boom ba deh, boom boom ba deh, bubba boom ba beh beh

Pressure
Pushing down on me
Pressing down on you, no man ask for
Under pressure
That burns a building down
Splits a family in two, puts people on the streets

Boom ba ba beh, boom ba ba beh, bee deh dop, ee deh dop

It's the terror of knowing what this world is about
Watching some good friends scream "Let me out"
Pray tomorrow gets me higher
Pressure on people
People on streets

Deh deh det, ooh, ba da da da bom, O K

Trippin' around (kick my brains 'round the floor)
These are the days (it never rains but it pours)

Ee do da dep, ee da do bop bop, ee do bop, dee bop

People on the streets, dee da dee da det
People on the streets, dee da dee da dee da dee da

It's the terror of knowing what this world is about
Watching some good friends scream "Let me out"
Pray tomorrow gets me higher, higher, high

Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn
Why, why, why?
Insanity laughs, under pressure we're cracking

Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love, give love, give love, give love...?

'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves... Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure"
Under Pressure by Lithiyum January 7, 2005
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Under Pressure 

A song by Queen co-written with David Bowie featuring lines such as "It's the terror of knowing what this world is about, watching some good friends scream "LET ME OUT" tommorrow gets me high high"
Under Pressure was one of Queen's best-written songs.
Under Pressure by Vi January 2, 2004

under pressure 

A song written by Queen and David Bowie, that Vanilla Ice lifted and put into "Ice Ice Baby", and later tried to convice the public that his version was different. The Used and My Chemical Romance are currently performing Under Pressure on the Taste Of Chaos. They will be releasing a studio version to support victims of the Tsunami.
Under Pressure is THE BEST SONG EVER.


"Did you get to see MCR and The Used perform Under Pressure?"
under pressure by Rebecca April 6, 2005

under pressure 

The song that always plays at the end of a movie where the main character acomplishes something great. Used as an inspirational or "everything turned out great" song.
"Whell john we finished another movie where the main character was almost killed and was a failure at life. But since everything turned out ok for him let's put Under pressure in there as the closing song" LOL!!!111
under pressure by AC!D August 15, 2006

Folded under pressure

Cole N has done this multiple times
Cole N folded under pressure (AGAIN)!
Folded under pressure by PandaOnTop December 21, 2020

queen.under.pressure 

she is a queen who is always under pressure. Her mom (meghan trainor) was giving birth to her and her sister (deakythediscobean or marii) when she realised her life was all about the bass, not these children. she gave them away for adoption were they got adopted by david bowie. they had a nice time, before they found out they were adopted. their mum died of heart cancer two weeks after they found out. emma and marii went on to be rock legends and played at queen&AL during the 2029 tour. queen.under.pressure found out she was actually a baked bean and then got shoved in an oven and was eaten alive. after this marii commited toaster bath and they met in a new life were emma became brian may and marii became john deacon. the end.
omg hi queen.under.pressure. i heard u were pressured during ur sats

Cracking under pressure 

When someone is really confused and doesn't know whats going on, and starts to panic.
Bill: Hey bob, wanna partyyyyyy
Sandy: Wait no come to meeeeeeeee
Steve: Come to meeeeeeee
Bill: Come to meeeeeeee
Steve: Come to meeeeeeee
Sandy: Come to meeeeeeee
Bob: (Cracking under pressure) Uhh.. uhh... ah.. ahh.. I DON'T KNOW!!!!!
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