Rocking The Suburbs

Ben Folds Five

Rockin' the Suburbs





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





I got shit runnin' throught 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 cheques 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 cheques 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!