The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
They used to say we were born to lose that we'd never make it
Our whole lives through that we'd be stuck in this dead end town
With the whole world against us we set out on our own to find
Our way of life and way around they tried to say we'd be
Nothing they only said it just to keep us down
But your never gonna get me down
And your never gonna keep us down
You can't take this time away
'Cause I am everything I said I'd be
So fuck you and fuck your town cause I got dreams
I'm gonna conquer the world
Just you wait and see
I'm proving you wrong every single day
I remember as if it was yesterday
The good old days back in 1993
Through thick and thin you are my blood brother
We all got drunk and sang our songs
It's what we did for fun
They tried to say we'd be nothing they only said it just to keep
Us down but you can't hold me down they keep runnin'
Mouths sayin' somethin' that I don't need to hear
'Cause I am everything I said I'd be
So fuck you and fuck your town cause I got dreams
I'm gonna conquer the world
Just you wait and see
I'm proving you wrong every single day
Now we're older and we'll never be the same
We don't live by the rules and that will never change
'Cause I am everything I said I'd be
So fuck you and fuck your town cause I got dreams
I'm gonna conquer the world
Just you wait and see
I'm proving you wrong every single day
I'm gonna conquer the world
I'm gonna conquer the world
I'm gonna conquer the world
Our whole lives through that we'd be stuck in this dead end town
With the whole world against us we set out on our own to find
Our way of life and way around they tried to say we'd be
Nothing they only said it just to keep us down
But your never gonna get me down
And your never gonna keep us down
You can't take this time away
'Cause I am everything I said I'd be
So fuck you and fuck your town cause I got dreams
I'm gonna conquer the world
Just you wait and see
I'm proving you wrong every single day
I remember as if it was yesterday
The good old days back in 1993
Through thick and thin you are my blood brother
We all got drunk and sang our songs
It's what we did for fun
They tried to say we'd be nothing they only said it just to keep
Us down but you can't hold me down they keep runnin'
Mouths sayin' somethin' that I don't need to hear
'Cause I am everything I said I'd be
So fuck you and fuck your town cause I got dreams
I'm gonna conquer the world
Just you wait and see
I'm proving you wrong every single day
Now we're older and we'll never be the same
We don't live by the rules and that will never change
'Cause I am everything I said I'd be
So fuck you and fuck your town cause I got dreams
I'm gonna conquer the world
Just you wait and see
I'm proving you wrong every single day
I'm gonna conquer the world
I'm gonna conquer the world
I'm gonna conquer the world
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