Rip It Up Lyrics - Hall & Oates

Don't need no father figure to tell me what to do 

Don't need no newspaper to tell me what is new 

Don't want no one in power to take away my dreams 

Cause they'd sell our souls for the rash of short term victory 

Used to be some sincerity 

Now there's only greed to fill paper fantasies 

I wanna rip it up 

I see so many people trying to change their lives 

I see my friends falling in love wars all the time 

They made some bad bargains but they're too blind to see 

So they're walking down that same road 

And never learn from history 

I can't stand to hurt my heart again 

Too much fun to have 

Too much life left to live 

I wanna rip it up 

I feel like fighting 

There's a riot in my heart 

My heart ain't lying 

Got to keep on trying to have a good time 

Come on rip 

Rip it up