Rockin’ the Suburbs

Ben Folds – Rockin’ the Suburbs

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

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

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I'm rockin' the suburbs
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Just like Michael Jackson did
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I'm rockin' the suburbs
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Except that he was talented
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I'm rockin' the suburbs
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I take the checks and face the facts
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That some producer with computers 
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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
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I don't know how much I can take
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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 shitty tracks

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

It gets me real pissed off, it makes me wanna say
Fuck!

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 
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these days
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Yeah yeah
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I'm rockin' the suburbs
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Yeah yeah

You'd better look out, because I'm gonna say 'Fuck'
You'd better look out, because I'm gonna say 'Fuck'
You'd better look out, because I'm gonna say 'Fuck'
You'd better look out, because I'm gonna say 'Fuck'