5. Track Listing
1. Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
2. Original Prankster
3. Hit That
4. Walla Walla
5. The Kids Aren’t Alright
6. Americana
7. Pay The Man
8. Blackball
9. Da Hui
10.The Worst Hangover Ever
6. Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) Lyrics
Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh And all the girlies say I'm pretty fly for Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh
Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh a white guy Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh
Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh He needs some cool tunes, not just And all the girlies say I'm pretty fly for a
any will suffice white guy
And all the girlies say I'm pretty fly for a But they didn't have Ice Cube so he Uno dos tres cuatro cinco cinco se's
white guy bought Vanilla Ice So don't deflate, play it straight
Uno dos tres cuatro cinco cinco se's Now cruising in his Pinto, he sees You know he really doesn't get it
You know its kinda hard just to get along homies as he pass anyway
today But if he looks twice, they're gonna Gonna play the field, keep it real
Our subject isn't cool, but he thinks it kick his lilly ass! For you know a way, for you know a
anyway So don't deflate, play it straight way
He may not have a clue, and he may not You know he really doesn't get it So if you don't break, just over
have style anyway compensate
Gonna play the field, keep it real At least you know you can always go on
But everything he lacks, well he makes up For you know a way, for you know a Ricky Lake
in denial way The world needs wannabes
So don't deflate, play it straight So if you don't break, just over The world loves Wannabes
You know he really doesn't get it anyway compensate Let's get some more wannabes
Gonna play the field, keep it real At least you know you can always go Hey, hey, do the brand new thing!
For you know a way, for you know a way on Ricky Lake
The world loves wannabes
So if you don't break, just over compensate Hey, hey, do the trendy thing!
At least you know you can always go on Now he's getting a tattoo yeah, he's
Ricki Lake getting ink done
The world needs wannabees He asks for a 13, but they drew a 31
Hey, hey, do the brand new thing! Friends say he's trying too hard and
Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh he's not quite hip
But in his own mind he's the, he's the
Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh dopest trick
Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh Give it to me baby, uh huh, uh huh
7. Original Prankster Lyrics
Crime crime You know it smells like shit
Rockin' like Janet Reno Goddamn
Time time Tag team the double header
Son of Sam
Eighteen and life in Chino
Fire always makes it better
Freud Freud Navigate
All along it's true With style and aplomb
Well you'll see there comes a day Cause wherever you're at
Catches up to you That's the tip you's on
Lies, lies
Knock down the walls, it's alive in you Says he's down in the Bahamas
Knock down the place, you're alone it's Tries tries
true Bangin' little hoochie mamas
Knock down the world, it's alive in you No way
You gotta keep your head up through it all None of this is true
Well he'll see there comes a day
You're gonna
When the joke's on you yeah
Bust out on it - original prankster
Break out yeah - original yeah Dime dime
Bust out on it - original prankster So good to see ya
You never stop now, stop now Nine nine
Don't want to be ya
That's what the main men say
Crime crime
Fancy to meet ya
8. Hit That Lyrics
The winds of fortune What was a family Well it winds up
Don't blow the same Is now a shell Broken up
She had to get out We're raising kids now Really such a shame
And make a change Who raise themselves But why not
She had a kid now Sex is a weapon Take a chance
But much too young It's like a drug Everything's a game
That baby daddy's out having fun It gets him right into that grave that he just And it don't stop
dug Hooking up
He's saying Nothing's gonna change
I'm on a roll She's saying The more he's trying
With all the girls I know I'm on the run The more he's buying
His baby's momma I'm chasing guys for fun He says
She ain't so slow Her baby's daddy I'm on a roll
He's saying It ain't his only one With all the girls I know
I'm on a roll She's saying His baby's momma
With all the girls I know I'm on the run Don't need to know
I know you wanna hit that I'm chasing guys for fun He's saying
I know you wanna hit that hit that I know you wanna hit that I'm on a roll
All the world is gettin' with, I say I know you wanna hit that hit that With all the girls I know
Consequences are a lot, but hey Everybody's gettin' with, I say I know you wanna hit that
That's the way it Consequences are a lot, but hey I know you wanna hit that hit that
That's the way things go That's the way it All the world is gettin' with, I say
That's the way things go Consequences are a lot, but hey
That's the way it
That's the way things go
9. Walla Walla Lyrics
Goodbye my friend, you've messed up That car looked so tempting, so easy Ho ho, not this time my friend
again to drive You'll be in lockdown by ten
You're going to prison, you're off to the Just like that apartment that you I'm afraid you can't talk your way out
pen burglarized of this one, son
You've gotten off easy so many times You started to run, but didn't get far Now four walls are your 24-hour-a-
I guess no one told you how to get a life Cause under your arm was a VCR day, constant companions
The judge wasn't lenient like he was Hey, in Walla Hey, in Walla
before I'll see you in a Walla Walla I'll see you in a Walla Walla
You got three to five and a kick out the Slap on the wrist? Well, not this time Slap on the wrist? Well, not this time
door Hey, in Walla Hey, in Walla
The public defender really did try I'll see you in a Walla Walla I'll see you in a Walla Walla
Too little, too late, you didn't get a life Folsom prison is the destination Folsom prison is the destination
Hey, in Walla Hey, in Walla
Hey, in Walla I'll see you in a Walla Walla I'll see you in a Walla Walla
I'll see you in a Walla Walla Slap on the wrist? Well, not this time Slap on the wrist? Well, not this time
Slap on the wrist? Well, not this time In the scheme of life, we're all just In the scheme of life, we're all just
Hey, in Walla brothers brothers
I'll see you in a Walla Walla Rehabilitate with all the others Rehabilitate with all the others
Folsom prison is the destination Well, I'll see ya Woah
Hey, in Walla Well, I'll see ya
I'll see you in a Walla Walla I'm innocent Well, I'll see ya
Slap on the wrist? Well, not this time I didn't do it
In the scheme of life, we're all just I didn't do nothin' man Have a nice life
brothers This is bullshit
Rehabilitate with all the others He gave it to me, it was a present
Woah
Well, I'll see ya
10. The Kids Aren’t Alright Lyrics
When we were young the future was so Jenny had a chance, well she really did
bright Instead she dropped out and had a
The old neighborhood was so alive couple of kids
And every kid on the whole damn street Mark still lives at home cause he's got
Was gonna make it big in every beat no job
He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn pot
The kids are grown up but their lives are
worn Jay committed suicide
How can one little street Brandon OD'd and died
Swallow so many lives What the hell is going on?
The cruellest dream - reality
Chances thrown
Nothing's free Chances thrown
Longing for Nothing's free
Used to be Longing for
Still it's hard what used to be
Hard to see Still it's hard
Fragile lives Hard to see
shattered dreams Fragile lives
Shattered dreams
11. Americana Lyrics
Aaaaah Whoa, whoa, whoa
Aaaaah Well, my dream has come true
Aaaaah Whoa, whoa, whoa
Aaaaah My vision has come true
Yeah, it's all coming true
Well, I'd like to tell you all about my
dream, it's a place I'm a product
Where strip malls abound and Of my environment
diversion's mere moments away So don't blame me
Where culture's defined by the ones I just work here but I wanna fuck it all!
least refined
And you'll be left behind if you don't fit My rights are denied by those least
in qualified
It's all distorted in americana, my way Trading profit for pride, but it's ok
Well, fuck you Everything's backwards in americana,
my way
Whoa, whoa, whoa Well, fuck you
Well, my dream has come true
Whoa, whoa, whoa Whoa, whoa, whoa
My vision has come true Well, my nightmare has come true
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Now, give me my cable, fast food, four- My nightmare has come true
by's, tat's right away Yeah, it's all coming true
I want it right now, 'cause my g- Yeah, it's all coming true
ggeneration don't like to wait
My future's determined by
thieves, thugs, and vermin
It's quite an excursion, but it's ok
Everything's backwards in
americana, my way
Well, fuck you
12. Pay The Man Lyrics
See the way the wind blows Bow down cause I see it before me
Lives are intertwined Shadow and light
Watch the way the world goes That always keeps you running
The man deals out our plight
Shut up you talk too much
Jester in the corner Pay the man
Laughs without a sound Shut up you talk too much
Jester in the corner
Malady abounds Look at you and your struggle for
In our souls freedom
But you ain't nothing
See the way the sun sets We all pay the man for living
Twilight of this life
The man is making little bets Wouldn't it be nice for a change now
Playing with our lives To be unchained
My life is for me now
All that I believe now But this is life
Anything is possible Pay the man
A simple explanation
For the evil in this world Shut up you talk too much
And in our souls Pay the man
In our souls Shut up you talk too much
Pay the man
Come down to sorry and sable
It's always the man
Always keeping you down
13. Blackball Lyrics
In this world of hate and shallowness Win the battle or lose the war Blackball, the new disease
Where enemies become your consolation I know I've played this game before Blackball, the new disease
Those of us who win the game give up When people were still real Blackball, for a better life in this high
their minds tech, dog eat dog existence
I don't call that winning I don't want this anymore
It's time for me to close the door Win the battle or lose the war
Say this doesn't apply to you There's nothing left to feel I know I've played this game before
But ask yourself first When people were still real
What have I done today to win the game? In the style of forgotten men
And just what have I sacrificed? I look to my horizon, I see nothing I don't want this anymore
While thoughts of guns and It's time for me to close the door
Win the battle or lose the war desecration sweep through my mind There's nothing left to feel
I know I've played this game before But only coffins and bones remain
When people were still real
As I look to you
I don't want this anymore The emptiness behind your eyes
It's time for me to close the door Seals my decision
There's nothing left to feel
Can't carry on in a world of jugglers
Reflect on all out yesterdays Where all this thoughtlessness
My own words choke me, why were they And bludgeoning, your key to success
spoken? What kind of tradition to carry
Regret for things I've said and done, just
can't compare with Blackball, the new disease
Regret for those that I have never tried Blackball, the new disease
Blackball, your evil ways have found
So blame this world or blame yourself their way inside, inside me
It's really all the same
When you are standing on that precipice
From which you just cannot return
14. Da Hui Lyrics
I won't fuck with Da Hui [Chorus]
I won't fuck with Da Hui A Haole with heart, that's all I'll ever
I won't fuck with Da Hui be
Because Da Hui will fuck with me Cause I'm not a part of the North
Shore royalty
I won't take off on Da Hui Stuck on the shoulder, I'm not
I won't take off on Da Hui complaining
I won't take off on Da Hui Digging for scraps, I'm a kook in line!
Because Da Hui will fuck with me
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
A Haole with heart, that's all I'll ever Don't fuck with Da Hui
be Don't fuck with Da Hui
Cause I'm not a part of the North Don't fuck with Da Hui
Shore society Because Da Hui will fuck with you!
Stuck on the shoulder, that's where
you'll find me
Digging for scraps with the kooks in
line!
I won't park next to Da Hui
I won't park next to Da Hui
I won't park next to Da Hui
Because I don't really feel comfortable
15. The Worst Hangover Ever Lyrics
Ballroom scene, but the fire underneath, Won't someone just kill me
Gonna eat you all alive, Put me out of my misery!
Gonna bring you to your knees. I'm makin' deals with God
I'll do anything!
Went out drinking late last night, I had a
blast, make it stop please
But now the morning light has come and make it stop please!
kicked my ass! make it stop please
make it stop please!
(WOAH OHHH OHHH)
(WOAH OHHH OHHH)
I've got the worst hangover ever!
I'm crawling to the bathroom again I've got the worst hangover ever!
It hurts so bad that I'm never gonna I'm crawlin' to the bathroom again,
drink again
It hurts so bad that I'm never gonna drink
And by my seventh shot I was invincible again.
I would've never thought I'd be this I'll probably never drink again.
miserable I may not ever drink again.
At least not 'til next weekend
(WOAH OHHH OHHH)
I'm never gonna drink again!
I've got the worst hangover ever!
I'm rollin' back and forth on the bed
I'm worked so bad that I'm never gonna
drink again
16. Artist Interview
What is the song ‘Pretty Fly (For a White
Guy) all about?
Pretty fly means cool. It’s a slang
expression they use in the black parts of big
cities, very urban. The kids use it, and (the
song) is about a that tries to mingle with
them. He wants to be one of the cool gangsters
and it just doesn’t work out. He makes a
complete fool out of himself, a complete
dork, but that’s just a metaphor. It’s about
wannabes, guys who just want to be so cool.
17. Okay, cool. What was your favourite music video to
create? Which was the most gruelling?
Ah, the most gruelling one was...what's the one we did
with Atom and we were up all night...
The new album, Days Go By, has faster, more aggressive
punk rock songs in general than Rise and Fall or
Splinter did. What brought about that change?
Oh man, it's been so long since I've listened to those
records. For me, this record is more diverse. It seems
like there's more...you know, we've got "OC Guns," we've
got "Cruising California," " All I Have Left is You" and
"Dirty Magic" (which is a remake of an older song), so it
seems like this is the most diverse record we've ever
done.
18. Oh I definitely agree, but the punk songs
specifically seem to be faster and more aggressive
than the ones on the last couple of records even
though there is that diversity.
Right, yeah, I don't know. Those songs are just easy
for us in a way. We just spent our time to make them
well..."Dividing By Zero," "Secrets From the
Underground" and "Slim Pickens"...those songs, you
know I think what it is is we're harder to please as
music fans, so when we go in to write music we're a
little bit harder to please now. I don't think we're
maturing really, I just don't, but it's harder for
us to please ourselves. Once we get to the studio we
want to hear something a little bit different, a
little bit newer, but at the same time Dexter kinda
has that aggression and those kind of songs are what
we love, we feed off that, you know?
19. Absolutely. Between the similarity in the lyrical
content and the proximity between albums, there
seems to be a connection between the songs "Gone
Away" and "End of the Line," sort of like "End of
the Line" is an angrier version or a "Gone Away"
part two. Is "End of the Line" about the same person
or situation that "Gone Away" was?
No. I know enough to tell you that it's absolutely
not. "Gone Away" wasn't really...I don't want to go
too much into that but it means so many different
things to so many different people and I don't want
to go into that too much. But I love that song, it
means something to me just like it did to Dexter who
wrote the lyrics and I think he was trying to
broaden the scope of what he was singing about in
that song and make it something that everyone can
relate to, you know?
20. Right on. So, "Cruising California" has been very
controversial. I have a theory: what I hear when I
listen to it is that you see this trend in pop music and
instead of making fun of it with lyrics you do the
opposite, you're writing a totally solid piece of pop to
show, "Hey, look, anyone can do this, even a punk rock
band." So to me, it's a clever jab at pop music in
general especially since you guys managed to write
something that's good and catchy, even in a rock n' roll
context. Still, you aren't playing it live which, again,
says a lot about its real purpose. That said, the song
seems to be extremely misunderstood, especially since it
was released as a single. Can you comment on all of
that?
You know what, I don't think I need to anymore. You
really just...except for the fact that I want to fucking
play it live. I really do. I think it would be funny,
you know. All the tough guys that bring their
girlfriends to the shows, their girlfriends are going to
love it. It's fucking hilarious to me. It's fucking
hilarious and I love that people have to ask those
21. I'm glad I unravelled the mystery.
Yeah, definitely! That was the best way of
putting that question I've had ever, yeah.
You know growing up, punk rock showed us the
way. And we know we've strayed from what a
lot of punkers feel is the punk rock kind of
way of being but at the same time punk rock
was all about breaking the rules anyway, so
fuck it, have fun with that if you're not
having fun, fuck it. And when it comes to a
song like "Cruising California," we would
have been the biggest pussies in the world if
we didn't put it on the record.
22. Yeah, if you guys said, "Oh no, what are the
punk rockers going to say?," then you'd be
the pussies.
"Dirty Magic" was on Ignition 20 years ago
and when we put that on there and I had
friends telling me, "Why'd you put that on
there? It's not punk." Okay, whatever it's a
great fucking song. Fuck you. It was a little
different [in terms of]
circumstances, certainly, but you know.
23. Because it was the first controversial song
you had, "Dirty Magic" was like your first
"Cruising California."
Well I don't know if I'd go that far, I think
"Pretty Fly" was certainly our first
"Cruising California."
