Rockin The Suburbs Lyrics - Ben Folds Five

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 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 

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 

Mixes all my shitty tracks 

I'm pissed off but I'm too polite 

When people break in the McDonalds line 

Mom and dad you made me so uptight 

Gonna cuss on the mic tonight 

I don't know how much I can take 

Girl, give me somethin' 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 

Mixes all my shitty tracks 

In a haze these days 

I pull up to the stoplight 

I can feel that something's not right 

I can feel that someone's blasting me 

With hate and bass 

Sending dirty vibes my way 

'Cause my great great great great granddad 

Made someone's great great great great granddaddy slaves 

It wasn't my idea, it wasn't my idea, it 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 and 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 

It gets me real pissed off and 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 

Mixes all my shitty tracks these days 

Yeah, yeah, I'm rockin' the suburbs 

Yeah, yeah, I'm rockin' the suburbs, 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!