Ben Folds Five Rocking The Suburbs Lyrics

Rocking The Suburbs Lyrics

Let me tell y'all what it's like
Being male, middle-class and white
It's a
bitch, if you don't believe
Listen up to my new CD, sham on

I got shit
runnin' through my brain
It's so intense that I can't explain
All alone in
my white-boy pain
Shake your booty while the band complains

I'm
rockin' the suburbs
Just like Michael Jackson did
I'm rockin' the
suburbs
Except that he was talented 
I'm rockin' the suburbs
I take
the checks and face the facts
That some producer with computers fixes all my
shitty tracks

I'm pissed off but I'm too polite
When people break in
the McDonald's line
Mom and Dad you made me so uptight
I'm gonna cuss on
the mic tonight

I don't know how much I can take
Girl, give me
something I can break

I'm rockin' the suburbs
Just like Quiet Riot
did
I'm rockin' the suburbs
Except that they were talented
I'm rockin'
the suburbs
I take the checks and face the facts
That some producer with
computers fixes all my sh*tty tracks

In a haze these days
I pull up
to the stop light
I can feel that something's not right
I can feel that
someone's blasting me with hate
And bass
Sendin' dirty vibes my
way
'Cause my great great great great Grandad
Made someones' great great
great great Grandaddies slaves
It wasn't my idea
It wasn't my
idea
Never was my idea

I just drove to the store
For some
preparation H

Y'all don't know what it's like
Being male,
middle-class and white
Y'all don't know what it's like
Being male,
middle-class and white
Y'all don't know what it's like
Being male,
middle-class and white
Y'all don't know what it's like
Being male, middle
class and white
It gets me real pissed off, it makes me wanna say
It gets
me real pissed off and it makes me wanna say
It gets me real pissed off and
it makes me wanna say
F*CK!

Just like Jon Bon Jovi did
I'm rockin'
the suburbs
Except that he was talented
I'm rockin' the suburbs
I take
the checks and face the facts
That some producer with computers fixes all my
shitty tracks these days, 
yea yea
I'm rockin' the suburbs
Yea
yea
I'm rockin' the suburbs
Yea yea

You'd better look out, because
I'm gonna say 'F*ck'
You'd better look out, because I'm gonna say
'F*ck'
You'd better look out, because I'm gonna say 'F*ck'
You'd better
look out, because I'm gonna say 'F*ck'