Just take a closer look at the world around you. One more page of lyrics by The Offspring

dicography:

1989 "The Offspring"

1992 "Ingnition"

1994 "Smash"

1997 "Ixnay on Hombre"

1998 "Americana"

KILL THE PRESIDENT (1989)

In a world without leaders

Who'd start all the wars?

The world that you're saving

Will always be yours

Kill the President

Listen to the voice of reason

Unify with that single line

Stop the man with the power

Of the government

A leader's not the center

Of democracy

In a world without leaders

Who'd make people starve?

The world that we're saving

Will always be ours

Everyone says

Well maybe I'll make a difference

Thinking they've got plenty of time

But you're squeezed

A little tighter everyday

Punished before you can commit a crime

In a world without leaders

Who'd start all the wars?

The world that you're saving

Will always be yours

Kill the President

Listen to the voice of reason

Unify with that single line

Stop the man with the power

Of the goverment

A leader's not the center

Of democracy

America

All of your enemies

Come from within

But you lash out so

It is seen

Like some frightened child

In an angry world

Or the fall of Rome

Your demise comes

From your own hands

In a world without leaders

Who'd start all the wars?

The world that you're saving

Will always be yours

In a world without leaders

We might have a chance

But we'll never see it

As long as there's

BLACKBALL (1989)

In this world of hate and shallowness

Where enemies become your consolation

And those of us who win the game give up our minds

I don't call that winning

Say this doesn't apply to you

But ask yourself first

What have I done today to win the game

And just what have I sacrificed

Win the battle lose the war

I know I've played this game before

When people were still real

I don't want this anymore

It's time for me to close the door

There's nothing left to feel

Reflect on all our yesterdays

My own words choke me

Why were they spoken

Regret for the things I've said and done

Just can't compare with

Regret for those that I have never tried

So blame this world or blame yourself

It's really all the same

When you are standing on the precipice

From which you just cannot return

Win the battle or lose the war

I know I've played this game before

When people were still real

I don't want this anymore

It's time for me to close the door

There's nothing left to feel

In the style of forgotten men

I look to my horizon

I see nothing

While thoughts of guns and desecration

Sweep through my mind

But only coffins and bones remain

As I look to you

The emptiness behind your eyes

Seals my decision

Can't carry on in this world of jugglers

Where all this thoughtlessness and bludgeonings

Your key to success

What kind of tradition to carry on

Blackball The new disease

Blackball The new disease

Blackball Your evil ways

Have found their way inside me

Blackball The new disease

Blackball The new disease

Blackball For a better life

In this high tech dog eat dog existence

TEHRAN (1989)

In your plane in the blue sky

You roam again

Words that echo in your mind

Make your heart beat faster

This is no Vietnam

We will win in Iran

The Captain said kill or die

Islam be damned

Make your last stand

In Tehran

Warrior, the time bombs

About to go

What will you feel

Will you even wonder

If the man that's in your sights

Ever kissed his girl goodbye

The President said let it ride

Islam be damned

Make your last stand

In Tehran

Great Satan

Our flags our burning

Soon America may find

Its young men in the sand

Where there casualty

Is just a number

In Iran

The President said let it ride

You will be damned

Make your last stand

In Tehran

OUT ON PATROL (1989)

Look at my soldier boy now

With that big gun in your little hand

As you patrol this foreign land

Hear the mine that clicks beneath your feet

Now do you see the light

Fading while your world is crumbling

Out on patrol

And all you can do is sit and stare

What revelation have you now

What culmination to your speck of life

Your moment in time

As you sit here all alone

Will your buddies come and save your life

But as the enemy appears

See your life flash before your eyes

ELDERS (1989)

When we younger

There always seemed like

Some perfect mold

That we're supposed to be

But now we're growing up and

I see it's just not that way

Now I feel like someones lied to me

Cause I've been true

Made good for you

And now I feel used

I'm asking you

How does it feel

How does it feel

How does it feel

To be like you

Tell me now elders

What were your reasons for

Making it seem

Like you were so much more

If you want to feel good

Because of our accomplishments

Why the fuck

Don't you just do it yourself

Cause I've tried

Man I've tried

While you all lied

So now just tell me

How does it feel

How does it feel

How does it feel

To be like you

Look at all the families now

Who don't talk and don't trust

Because of the way

That things have been done

When will you finally learn

To leave out the bullshit

And just be straight with us

NOTHING FROM SOMETHING (1992)

Things are coming down on me

They never seem to let it be

It seems like everything I say just starts another fight

The pressure's building up inside

I gotta let it out tonight

Shattered glass will cure my ills and make me feel alright

Gonna break it

And never stop running

Making nothing from something

Making nothing from something

Cut me for the lion's share

It's mindless, but I don't care

'Cause no matter what I say

I'm in another fight

Take more shit, I've had enough

Tonight I'm gonna rip it up

Broken windows cure my ills and make me feel alright

L.A.P.D. (1992)

When cops are taking care of business I can understand

But the L.A. story's gone way out of hand

Their acts of aggression, they say they're justified

But it seems an obsession has started from the inside

They're shooting anyone who even tries to run

They're shooting little kids with toy guns

Take it to a jury but they don't give a damn

Because the one who tells the truth is always the policeman

Beat all the niggers

Beat whoever you see

Don't need a reason

(We're) L.A.P.D.

The city of L.A. feels like a prison

With helicopters overhead and bullets whizzing by

Martial law ain't no solution

Police brutality's just social pollution

Beat all the white trash

Beat whoever you see

Don't need a reason

(We're) L.A.P.D.

They say they're keeping the peace

But I'm not buying it because a billy club ain't much of a pacifier

"Protecting your freedom"

Now that's just a lie

It's an excuse for power that's more like an alibi

Law and order doesn't really matter

When you're the one getting bruised and battered

You take it to a jury, they'll throw it in your face

Because justice in L.A. comes in a can of mace

BURN IT UP (1992)

I think I'm burning up inside

I think I'll take a little ride

I'm gonna light up everything in sight

I'll drive on by your yard

And throw a Molotov cocktail at your car

Then another in the local bar

Ignition

They call it an obsession but I think it's kinda bitchen'

I think it's kinda neat

Yeah, I'm a pyro

I wanna burn it up

Yeah, I'm a pyro

Tonight this 'hood will be a pyre

I'm gonna set your house on fire

I'll dance around the pretty flames

Such a wonderful game

I want to make a tiki torch

I'm gonna throw it on your porch

Then I'm gonna run away

And come back another day

So many houses, so little time

So many reasons, I'm not a crime

I'd like to set you up

I'd like to set you up

WE ARE ONE (1992)

We are one with ourselves

We don't give a shit about anyone else

Well it won't be wrong until our day in the sun is gonna stop

The walls come tumbling down

We are one

We are free

We are headed for obscurity

We are one

We are weak

We are gonna make ourselves extinct

Let it go

We're gonna let it go

It's real, we are one

You know it's true

Don't fuck with us or we'll fuck with you

It's a mentality that kills the best

We better stop

The walls come tumbling down

We are one and it won't be news

When we hang ourselves with one collective noose

Well, it won't be wrong until our day in the sun is gonna stop

The walls come tumbling down

NOT THE ONE (1994)

I'm not the one who made the world what it is today

I'm not the one who caused the problems started long ago

But now I deal with all the consequences that troubles our times

I carry on and never once have even questioned why

I'm innocent

But the wieght of the world is on my shoulders

I'm innocent

But the battles started are far from over

We're not the ones who leave the homeless in the streets at night

We're not the ones who've kept minorities and women down

Still we grow and then the problems they become our own

We carry on without even realizing why

We're innocent

But the weight of the world is on our shoulders

We're innocent

But the battles left us are far from over

We're not the ones whose pollution balcked our skies

And ruined the streams

We're not the ones who made the nuclear bombs

That threaten our lives

We're not the ones who let the children starve in faraway lands

We're not the ones who made the streets unsafe to walk at night

And even if we try and not become so overwhelmed

And if we make some contribution to the plight we see

Still our descendents will inherit our mistakes of today

They'll suffer just the same as we and never wonder why

IT'LL BE A LONG TIME (1994)

All this time has whittled away

Like so many days in one

Back and forth the leaders sway

Backing it up with guns

Superpowers flex their wings

Hold the world on puppet strings

Egos will feed

While citizens bleed

That's always the way it goes

When will the world listen to reason

I've got a feeling it'll be a long time

When will the truth come in to season

I've got a feeling it'll be a long time

All they want is what they can defend

Before their time is up

Make the same mistakes again

Heard it all before

Superpowers flex their wings

Hold the world on puppet strings

Egos will feed

While citizens bleed

That's always the way it goes

Well if they tried

Maybe they'd see

It'd do a little good to let the world be free

Handshake and a smile

Gets you on through

Then turn it all around with a suicide move

But you know it's not fooling anyone but me

You gotta make yourself see what you want to see

COME OUT AND PLAY (1994)

You gotta keep 'em separated

Like the latest fashion

Like a spreading disease

The kids are strappin' on their way to the classroom

Getting weapons with the greatest of ease

The gangs stake their own campus locale

And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal

If one guys colors and the others don't mix

They're gonna bash it up

Hey - man you talkin' back to me?

Take him out

You gotta keep 'em separated

Hey - man you disrespecting me?

Take him out

You gotta keep 'em separated

Hey they don't pay no mind

If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time

Hey come out and play

By the time you hear the siren

It's already too late

One goes to the morgue and the other to jail

One guy's wasted and the other's a waste

It goes down the same as the thousand before

No one's getting smarter

No one's learning the score

Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate

Is gonna tie your own rope

BAD HABIT (1994)

Hey man you know I'm really okay

The gun in my hand will tell you the same

But when I'm in my car

Don't give me no crap

Cause the slightest thing and I just might snap

When I go driving I stay in my lane

But getting cut off makes me insane

I open the glove box

Reach inside

I'm gonna wreck this fucker's ride

I guess I got a bad habit

And it ain't goin' away Yeah

Well they say the road's a dangerous place

If you flip me off I'm the danger you'll face

You drive on my ass

You're foot's on the gas

And your next breath is your last

Drivers are rude

Such attitudes

But when I show my piece

Complaints cease

Something's odd

I feel like I'm God

You stupid dumbshit goddam motherfucker

I open the glove box

Reach inside

I'm gonna wreck this fucker's ride

Nitro [ Youth Energy ] (1994)

Our generation sees the world

Not the same as before

We might as well just throw it all

And live like there's no tomorrow

We are the ones

Who are living under the gun every day

You might be gone before you know

So live like there's no tomorrow

Ain't gonna waste this life

There's no tomorrow - you ain't gonna live it for me

Believe it

The official view of the world has changed

In a whole new way

Live fast cause if you don't take it

You'll never make it

So if you understand me

And if you feel the same

Then you will know what nitro means

You'll live like there's no tomorrow - ain't gonna waste this life

There's no tomorrow - you ain't gonna live it for me

There's no tomorrow

MOTA (1997)

Mota!

Every day, well it's all the same

That bong that's on the table starts to call

My name

I take a hit and zone out again

I'll be paranoid and hungry by quarter to ten

Watching reruns on my TV

I'm laughing off my ass at Tree's company

I don't know if I'm understood

But hearing Jimmy Buffett never sounded so good

Your memory's gone and so is your life

(Your life)

Mota boy

But losing out just never felt so right

Your enemy's you and so is your life

(Your life)

Mota boy

But losing out might feel okay all night

Mota!

I'm driving down to the barrio

Going 15 miles an hour 'cause I'm already stoned

Give the guy a twenty and wait in the car

He tosses me a baggie then runs real far

I take a hit but it smells like a clove

Oh fuck I got a baggie of oregano

This ritual is destroying me

But I guess it could be worse

It could be methedrine

Your memory's gone and so is your life

(Your life)

Mota boy

But losing out just never felt so right

Your enemy's you and so is your life

(Your life)

Mota boy

But losing out might take

Losing out might take you all night

Mota!

Losing out might feel okay all night

Yeah losing out might feel okay all life

mota=marihuana

COOL TO HATE (1997)

I hate a lot of things

I hate a lot of people that are lame

I like to hate stuff

'Cause then I don't have to try and make a change

I hate teachers

I hate school

I hate chearleaders

And anyone who's cool

I hate the office

I hate the quad

Don't wanna learn nothing

I want to be a slob

It's cool to hate

It's cool to hate

I don't like nothing and I like that fine

I don't like nothing and I like that fine

Yeah I hate everything

I even hate you

So fuck you

I'm always thinking bad

I never have nothing good to say

I'd rather tear things down

Than built them up

It's easier that way

I hate the jocks

I hate the Greeks

I hate trendies

but I also hate the freaks

I hate Dr. Martens

And Muscle Tee's

I'm only happy when 'm in my misery

It's col to hate

It's cool to hate

Liking is just a waste of time

It's cool to hate

It's cool to hate

Liking is just a waste of time

Liking is just a waste of time

I hate everything

I even hate you

So fuck you

I'll cut you down and give you lip

Being positive is so unhip

I'll cut you down 'cause I'm a fool

Being positive is so uncool

I hate the jocks

I hate the Greeks

I hate the trendies

But I also hate the freaks

I hate your band

And I hate TV

I'm only happy when I'm in my misery

WAY DOWN THE LINE (1997)

Nothing changes cause it's all the same

The world you get's the one you gave away

It all just happens again

Way down the line

There is a chine that's never broken

You know it's sad but true

An angry man gets drunk and beats his kids

The same old way his drunken father did

What comes around well it goes around

Nothing changes cause it's all the same

The world you get's the one you gave away

It all happens way down the line

At 17 shannon is pregnant

As young as her mom when she had her

Her kid is never gonna have a dad

The same old way Shannon never had

What comes around it goes around

Nothing changes cause it's all the same

The world you get's the one you gave away

It all just happens again

Way down the line

And all the things you learn when you're a kid

You'll fuck up just like your parents did

It all just happens again

Way down the line

And welfare moms have kids on welfare

And fat parents have their fat kids too

You know it's never gonna end

The same old cycle gonna start again

What comes around well it goes around

DON'T PICK IT UP (1997)

I saw a little kid

As he walks around

He pick a candy bar up

Off the ground

He choved about a half

Then his face turn blue

Turned out that candy bar was doggy doo

Don't pick it up I say

Unless you can trow it away

Don't pick it up I say

You're gonna be blummed That you went that way

You're out there making bacon

No scrutiny

You mess around too much

And you got VD

You know You never think

And you sore today

You're gonna take it back to Californa

Don't pick it up I say

Unless you can trow it away

don't pick it up I say

You're gonna be blummed that you went that way

My friend was kinda hurtin'

For girl to try

He saw one that looked like Pat

On Saturday Night Live

It had a pair of thingies

But a mustache too

Not clearly male not female

So what to do

Don't pick it up I say

Unless you can trow it away

Don't pick it up I say

You're gonna be blummed that you went that day

AMERICANA (1998)

Well I'd like to tell you all about my dream, it's a place

Where strip malls abound and diversion's mere moments away

Where culture's defined by the

Ones least refined

And you'll be left behind

If you don't fit in

It's all distorted

In americana my way

Well my dream has come true

My vision has come true

Now give me my cable, fast food, four-by's, tat's right away

I want it right now cause my generation don't like to wait

My future's determined by

Thieves, thugs, and vermin

It's quite an excursion

But it's okay

Everything's backwards

In americana my way

Well my dream has come true

My vision has come true

I'm a product

Of my environment

So don't blame me, I just work here

My rights are denied by

Those least qualified

Trading profit for pride

But it's okay

Everything's backwards

In americana my way

My nightmare has come true

My nightmare has come true

Yeah, it's all coming true

WHY DON'T YOU GET A JOB (1998)

My friend's got a girlfriend

Man he hates that bitch

He tells me every day

He says "man I really gotta lose my chick

In the worst kind of way"

She sits on her ass

He works his hands to the bone

To give her money every payday

But she wants more dinero just to stay at home

Well my friend

You gotta say

I won't pay, I won't pay ya, no way

Why don't you get a job

Say no way, say no way, no way

Why don't you get a job

I guess all his money, well it isn't enough

To keep her bill collectors at bay

I guess all his money, well it isn't enough

Cause that girl's got expensive taste

I won't pay, I won't pay ya, no way

Why don't you get a job

Say no way, say no way, no way

Why don't you get a job

Well I guess it ain't easy doing nothing at all

But hey man free rides just don't come along

Every day

Let me tell you about my other friend now

My friend's got a boyfriend, man she hates that dick

She tells me every day

He wants more dinero just to stay at home

Well my friend

You gotta say

I won't pay, I won't pay ya, no way

Why don't you get a job

Say no way, say no way, no way

Why don't you get a job

PRETTY FLY FOR A WHITE GUY (1998)

You know it's kind of hard

Just to get along today

Our subject isn't cool

But he fakes it anyway

He may not have a clue

And he may not have style

But everything he lacks

Well he makes up in denial

So don't debate, a player straight

You know he really doesn't get it anyway

He's gonna play the field, and keep it real

For you no way, for you no way

So if you don't rate, just overcompensate

At least you'll know you can always go on Ricki Lake

The world needs wannabe's

So do that brand new thing

He needs some cool tunes

Not just any will suffice

But they didn't have Ice Cube

So he bought Vanilla Ice

Now cruising in his Pinto, he sees homies as he pass

But if he looks twice

They're gonna kick his lily ass

Now he's getting a tattoo

He's gettin' ink done

He asked for a '13', but they drew a '31'

Friends say he's trying too hard

And he's not quite hip

But in his own mind

He's the dopest trip

So don't debate, a player straight

You know he really doesn't get it anyway

He's gonna play the field, and keep it real

For you no way, for you no way

So if you don't rate, just overcompensate

At least you'll know you can always go on Ricki Lake

The world needs wannabe's

The world loves wannabe's

So let's get some more wannabe's

And do that brand new thing

KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT (1998)

When we were young the future was so bright

The old neighborhood was so alive

And every kid on the whole damn street

Was gonna make it big and not be beat

Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn

THE KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT (1998)

When we were young the future was so bright

The old neighborhood was so alive

And every kid on the whole damn street

Was gonna make it big and not be beaten

Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn

The kids are grown up but their lives are worn

How can one little street

Swallow so many lives

Chances thrown

Nothing's free

Longing for what used to be

Still it's hard

Hard to see

Fragile lives, shattered dreams

Jamie had a chance, well she really did

Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids

Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job

He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot

Jay committed suicide

Brandon OD'd and died

What the hell is going on

The cruelest dream, reality

WALLA WALLA (1998)

Goodbye my friend, you've messed up again

You're going to prison, you're off to the pen

You've gotten off easy so many times

But I guess no one told you how to get a life

The judge wasn't lenient like he was before

You got three to five and a kick out the door

The public defender really did try

Too little, too late, you didn't get a life

Hey, in Walla

I'll see you in Walla Walla

Slap on the wrist? Well, not this time

Hey, in Walla

I'll see you in Walla Walla

Folsom prison is the destination

Hey, in Walla

I'll see you in Walla Walla

Slap on the wrist? Well, not this time

In the scheme of life, we're all just brothers

Rehabilitate with all the others

Well, I'll see ya

That car looked so tempting, so easy to drive

Just like that apartment that you burglarized

You started to run, but didn't get far

Cause under your arm was a VCR

Ho ho, not this time my friend

You'll be in lockdown by ten

I'm afraid you can't talk your way out of this one, son

Now four walls are your 24-hour-a-day, constant companions.

Hey, in Walla

I'll see you in Walla Walla

Slap on the wrist? Well, not this time

Hey, in Walla

I'll see you in Walla Walla

Folsom prison is the destination

Hey, in Walla

I'll see you in Walla Walla

Slap on the wrist? Well, not this time

In the scheme of life, we're all just brothers

Rehabilitate with all the others

Well, I'll see ya

Have a nice life