You gotta keep 'em separated Like the latest fashion Like a spreading disease The kids are strappin' on their way to the classroom Getting weapons with the greatest of ease The gangs stake their own campus locales And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal If one guy's colors and the other's don't mix They're gonna bash it up
CHORUS
Hey man you talkin' back to me? Take him out You gotta keep 'em separated Hey man you disrespecting me? Take him out You gotta keep 'em separated Hey they don't pay no mind If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time Hey come out and play By the time you hear the siren It's already too late One goes to the morgue and the other to jail One guy's wasted and the other's a waste It goes down the same as a thousand before No one's getting smarter No one's learning the score Your never ending spree of death a violence and hate Is gonna tie your own rope
I wrote her off for the tenth time today And practiced all the things I would say But she came over I lost my nerve I took her back and made her dessert Oh I know I'm being used That's okay man cause I like the abuse Oh I know she's playing with me That's okay cause I've got no self esteem
We make plans to go out at night I wait till 2 then I turn out the light All this rejection's got me so low If she keeps it up I just might tell her so
When she's saying, oh, that she wants only me Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends When she's saying, oh, that I'm like a disease Then I wonder how much more I can spend Well I guess I should stick up for myself But I really think it's better this way The more you suffer The more it shows you really care Right? Yeah-eh-eh
Now I'll relate this little bit That happens more than I'd like to admit Late at night she knocks on my door She's drunk again and looking to score Oh I know I should say no but It's kind of hard when she's ready to go I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb I'm just a sucker with no self esteem
When she's saying, oh, that she wants only me Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends When she's saying, oh, that I'm like a disease Then I wonder how much more I can spend Well I guess I should stick up for myself But I really think it's better this way The more you suffer The more it shows you really care Right? Yeah-eh-eh
I'm getting edgy all the time There's someone around me just a step behind It's kinda scary the , the shape I'm in The walls are shakin' and they're closing in Too fast or a bit too slow I'm paranoid of people and it's starting to show There's one guy that I can't shake Over my shoulder is a big mistake
Sitting on the bed Or lying wide awake There's demons in my head And it's more than I can take I think I'm on a roll But I think it's kinda weak Saying all I know is I gotta get away from me
I tell you something just ain't right My head is on loose but my shoes are tight Avoiding my friends cause they all bug Life is like a riddle and I'm really stumped If you reason, don't you know Your own preoccupation is where you'll go I think I'm being followed, I look around It's only my shadow creepin' on the ground
Sitting on the bed Or lying wide awake There's demons in my head And it's more than I can take I think I'm on a roll But I think it's kinda weak Saying all I know is I gotta get away from me Gotta get away from me Gotta get away from me
Whoa...Whoa... Whoa...Whoa...
Sitting on the bed Or lying wide awake There's demons in my head And it's more than I can take I think I'm on a roll But I think it's kinda weak Saying all I know is I gotta get away from me Gotta get away from me Gotta get away from me Gotta get away from me
Day after day your home life's a wreck The powers that be just breathe down your neck You get no respect, you get no relief You gotta speak up and yell out your piece
So back off your rules Back off your jive Cause I'm sick of not living To stay alive Leave me alone I'm not asking a lot I just don't want to be controlled That's all I want That's all I want That's all I want That's all I want
Ya ya ya ya ya
How many times is it gonna take Till someone around you hears what you say You've tried being cool, you feel like a lie You've played by their rules now it's their turn to try
So back off your rules Back off your jive Cause I'm sick of not living To stay alive Leave me alone I'm not asking a lot I just don't want to be controlled That's all I want That's all I want That's all I want That's all I want
I said it before I'll say it again If you could just listen Then it might make sense
So back off your rules Back off your jive Cause I'm sick of not living To stay alive Leave me alone I'm not asking a lot I just don't want to be controlled That's all I want That's all I want That's all I want
Maybe in another life.... I could find you there. Pulled away before your time... I can't deal it's, so unfair. And it feels, and it feels like Heaven is so far away. And it feels, yeah it feels like, world has grown cold, now that you've gone away.
Leavin flowers on your grave.... To show that I still care. Black roses and Hail Mary's.... Can't bring back,what's taken from me. I reach to the sky.... And call out your name. And if I could trade.... I would. And it feels, and it feels like Heaven's so far away. And it stings, yeah it stings now, world is so cold, Now that you've gone away... Gone away.... Gone away.... Gone away.... Yeah,Yeah,Yeah,Yeah,Yeah.
I sing a song...... Whoa.... Yeah....
I reach to the sky.... And call out your name. Oh please let me trade.... I would. And it feels, and it feels like, Heaven's so far away. And it feel, yeah feels like, world has grown cold, now that you've gone away... Gone away.... Gone away....
Give it to me baby. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Give it to me baby. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Give it to me baby. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. And all the girlies say I'm pretty fly For a white guy. Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cinco, seis.
You know it's kind of hard Just to get along today. Our subject isn't cool, But he fakes it anyway. He may not have a clue; And he may not have style. But everything he lacks Well he makes up in denial.
So don't debate, a player straight You know he really doesn't get it anyway. He's gonna play the field, and keep it real. For you no way, for you no way. So if you don't rate, just overcompensate. At least you'll know you can always go on Ricki Lake. The world needs wannabe's. So (Hey! Hey!) do that brand new thing.
Give it to me baby. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Give it to me baby. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Give it to me baby. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. And all the girlies say I'm pretty fly For a white guy.
He needs some cool tunes Not just any will suffice. But they didn't have Ice Cube So he bought Vanilla Ice. Now cruising in his Pinto, he sees homies as he pass. But if he looks twice They're gonna kick his lily ass.
So don't debate, a player straight You know he really doesn't get it anyway. He's gonna play the field, and keep it real. For you no way, for you no way. So if you don't rate, just overcompensate. At least you'll know you can always go on Ricki Lake. The world loves wannabe's. So (Hey! Hey!) do that brand new thing
Now he's getting a tattoo. Yeah he's gettin' ink done. He asked for a '13', but they drew a '31'. Friends say he's trying too hard And he's not quite hip. But in his own mind He's the, he's the dopest trip.
Give it to me baby. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Give it to me baby. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Give it to me baby. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cinco, seis.
So don't debate, a player straight You know he really doesn't get it anyway. He's gonna play the field, and keep it real. For you no way, for you no way. So if you don't rate, just overcompensate. At least you'll know you can always go on Ricki Lake. The world needs wannabe's. Oh the world loves wannabe's. So let's get some more wannabe's. And (Hey! Hey!) do that brand new thing.
You can do it! Until the break of dawn Life, Life, and I quote by the letter Time, Time, Prozac can make it better Noise, Noise, any kind will do Can you feel it slip away, well it's all on you
Crime, Crime, rockin' like Janet Reno Time, Time, 18 and life in Chino Freud, Freud, all along it's true Well, you see the common day catches up to you yeah
Knock down the walls It's alive in you Knock down the place You alone it's true Knock down the walls It's alive in you You're gonna keep your head up through it all You're gonna bust out ohh Original Prankster Break out yeah Original yeah Bust out ohh Original Prankster You'll never stop now, stop now That's what the main men say
You can do it! You know it smells like shit, goddamn Tag team, the double header Son of Sam, fire always makes it better Navigate with style and aplomb 'Cos wherever you're at
Lies, Lies, says he's down at the Bahamas Tries, Tries, all you little hoochie mamas No way, none of this is true When you see it coming down when the joke's on you
Knock down the walls It's alive in you Knock down the place You alone it's true Knock down the walls It's alive in you You're gonna keep your head up through it all You're gonna bust out ohh Original Prankster Break out yeah Original yeah Bust out ohh Original Prankster You'll never stop now, stop now That's what the main men say
Hey! You can do it! Time, Time, so cool to see ya Nein, Nein don't wanna be ya Time, Time, so cool to see ya Nein, Nein, don't wanna be ya Crime, Crime, fine sensamilla Crime, Crime, fine sensamilla Crime, Crime, fine sensamilla You'll see the common day catching up to you
Knock down the walls It's alive in you Knock down the place You alone it's true Knock down the walls It's alive in you You're gonna keep your head up through it all You're gonna bust out ohh Original Prankster Break out yeah Original yeah Bust out ohh Original Prankster You'll never stop now, stop now Stop now, stop now That's what the main men say
If you could only read my mind You would know that things between us Ain't right I know your arms are open wide But you're a little on the straight side I can't lie
Your one vice Is you're too nice Come around now can't you see
I want you All tattooed I want you bad
Complete me Mistreat me Want you to be bad, bad, bad, bad, bad
If you could only read my mind You would know that I've been waiting So long For someone almost just like you But with attitude, I'm waiting So come on
Get out of clothes time Grow out those highlights Come around now can't you see
I want you In a vinyl suit I want you bad
Complicated X-rated I want you bad, bad, bad, bad, bad... bad
Don't get me wrong I know you're only being good But that's what's wrong I guess I just misunderstood
I want you All tattooed I want you bad
Complicated X-rated I want you bad
I mean it I need it I want you bad, bad, bad, bad, bad bad, really really bad
The winds of fortune Don't blow the same She had to get out And make a change She had a kid now But much too young That baby daddy's out having fun
He's saying I'm on a roll With all the girls I know His baby momma She ain't so slow He's saying I'm on a roll With all the girls I know I know you wanna hit that I know you wanna hit that, hit that All the world is gettin' with, I say Consequences are a lot, but hey That's the way it That's the way things go Hey, hey, hey
What was a family Is now a shell We're raising kids now Who raise themselves Sex is a weapon It's like a drug It gets him right into that grave that he just dug
She's saying I'm on the run I'm chasing guys for fun Her baby daddy It ain't his only one She's saying I'm on the run I'm chasing guys for fun I know you wanna hit that I know you wanna hit that, hit that Everybody's gettin' with, I say Consequences are a lot, but hey That's the way it That's the way things go Hey, hey, hey
Well it winds up Broken up Really such a shame But why not Take a chance Everything's a game And it don't stop Hooking up Nothing's gonna change The more he's trying The more he's buying
He says I'm on a roll With all the girls I know His baby momma Don't need to know He's saying I'm on a roll With all the girls I know I know you wanna hit that I know you wanna hit that, hit that All the world is gettin' with, I say Consequences are a lot, but hey That's the way it That's the way things go
Deep inside your soul there's a hole you don't wanna see Every single day what you say makes no sense to me Even though I try I can't get my head around you
Somewhere in the night there's a light in front of me Heaven up above with a shove, I beg it's me Even though I try I fall in the river of you You've managed to bring me down too
All you're faking (Get Up, Get Up, Get Up, Get Up) Shows you're aching (Get Up, Get Up, Get Up)
Every single day what you say makes no sense to me Lettin' you inside, isn't right, don't mess with me I never really know what's really going on inside you I can't get my head around you
All you're feeling (Get Up, Get Up, Get Up, Get Up) Shows you're breathing (Get Up, Get Up, Get Up)
Deep inside your soul there's a hole you don't wanna see Covering it up like a cut with the likes of me You know I've really tried, I can't do anymore about you
The cut's getting deeper (Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh) The hill's getting steeper (Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh)
I guess I'll never know what's really going on inside you I can't get my head around you I can't get my head around you I can't get my head around you I can't get my head around you