Offspring Lyrics!


"Pretty Fly For A White Guy"

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




"Self Esteem" 

I wrote her off for the tenth time today 
And practiced all the things I would say 
But she came over 
I lost my nerve 
I took her back and made her dessert 
Now I know I'm being used 
That's okay man cause I like the abuse 
I know she's playing with me 
That's okay cause I've got no self esteem 

We make plans to go out at night 
I wait till 2 then I turn out the light 
All this rejection's got me so low 
If she keeps it up I just might tell her so 

When she's saying that she wants only me 
Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends 
When she's saying that I'm like a disease 
Then I wonder how much more I can spend 
Well I guess I should stick up for myself 
But I really think it's better this way 
The more you suffer 
The more it shows you really care...right? 

Now I'll relate this little bit 
That happens more than I'd like to admit 
Late at night she knocks on my door 
Drunk again and looking to score 
Now I know I should say no 
But that's kind of hard when she's ready to go 
I may be dumb...but I'm not a dweeb 
I'm just a sucker with no self esteem 

When she's saying that she wants only me 
Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends 
When she's saying that I'm like a disease 
Then I wonder how much more I can spend 
Well I guess I should stick up for myself 
But I really think it's better this way 
The more you suffer 
The more it shows you really care...right?
"Why Don't You Get A Job?"
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
"Americana"
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
"The Kids Aren't Alright"
when we were young the future 
was so bright 
the old neighborhood was so alive 
and everykid on the whole d*** street 
was gonna make it big and not be beat 
now the neighborhood's cracked and torn 
the kids are grown up 
but their lives are worn 
how can one little street 
swallows so many lives 

chorus: chances thrown 
nothin'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 h*** is going on 
the cruellest dream, reality 

chorus: chances thrown 
nothing's free 
longing for what used to be 
still it's hard 
hard to see 
fragile lives, shattered dreams 

(Lastogap M. Gultom)