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.
Slacker, a person who shirks his work or duty
A person who evades military service in the wartime
Hehehehehe, I know one thing man
I'm gonna have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flame
Youknowhat'msayin?
Eat, drink, and be merry, tomorrow you may die
That's what life's about man, good times, a little salad
Haha
Yo yo
I'm a product of reganomics, neurotic
They sayin homage is gone up, inhaling chronic
The oddest I'm stayin' honest, I'm bout to make it famous
So you can take that J-O-be and you can shove it up your anus
I ain't never understood how the world works
But I always understood why the girls twerk
For a baller not a nine-to-five
Barely makin it with disgust behind ya eyes
So I just, grip my piece, rip off fleece
Out to take ya lip off chief, with my peeps
We ruthless, if you got money then deuce it
Goofs get toothless, with loose off two-fifths, we useless
I want to kick it but ain't got the dough
Sneak in the concert, trip and make 'em stop the show
We gots to go, push me and I sock the po'
Gettin' the bail from my parents is impossible
(I'm a slacker) never did I have a lotta dough
(I'm a slacker) smoking pot and watching videos
(I'm a slacker) go whichever way the wind blows
Those just tuning in, I'm just lettin' you know
(I'm a slacker) every time I take a look around
(I'm a slacker) stuck up on the faces around
I don't do enough, I just fool around
Y'all can go to hell, how does that sound?
Now you can tell from my everyday fits, I ain't rich
I sneak with a piece when I grit (grit)
I'm just another gatman caught up in the mix (mix)
Tryna take yo' dollar and yo' fifteen cents (I grind with a pistol)
I stay rid of you lames (y'all gay)
I play video games (all day)
When Kansas City, MO brands is a gritty slow game
We diddy-bop with really no change (y'all bang)
And people holla "How ya do dat dere"
"Why ya pants hanging low, and why you grew that hair?"
Lightin' a bleeze or with my people ridin a Regal
Always in trouble with coppers 'cause we drivin' illegal (drivin' illegal)
I ain't never givin' them lee-way to hear me nay
The judicial assembly's gay hey
I come out at night 'cause I sleep all day
Tryna get with Def Jam, Loud, or MCA
(I'm a slacker) never did I have a lotta dough
(I'm a slacker) smoking pot and watching videos
(I'm a slacker) go whichever way the wind blows
Those just tuning in, I'm just lettin' you know
(I'm a slacker) every time I take a look around
(I'm a slacker) stuck up on the faces around
I don't do enough, I just fool around
Y'all can go to hell, how does that sound?
Yo, yo, check
Enter the party and my homies got to pay for me
I look dazed, it just be another day for me
Gettin' drunk, hopin' I get to the crib safely
Pray for me, 'cause I'm needin' money majorly
Sit at home watchin MTV with a empty P-
O-see-K-E-T, I MP3 everything that I hear on the streets
Never buy it, don't deny it, I'm the fear I'ma be
You say get a job? I say hit a knob
'Cause the way you run the world is every bit a fraud
So what you askin' me? You get no tax from me
I got whites, natives, and Mexicans, and blacks with me
Huh, I'm tryna get up there with Master P
Pass the D, 'cause that's the way it has to be
We bust to be free, we trust to be G
So fuck who be glee, it sucks to be me
(I'm a slacker) never did I have a lotta dough
(I'm a slacker) smoking pot and watching videos
(I'm a slacker) go whichever way the wind blows
Those just tuning in, I'm just lettin' you know
(I'm a slacker) every time I take a look around
(I'm a slacker) stuck up on the faces around
I don't do enough, I just fool around
Y'all can go to hell, how does that sound?
(I'm a slacker) never did I have a lotta dough
(I'm a slacker) smoking pot and watching videos
(I'm a slacker) go whichever way the wind blows
Those just tuning in, I'm just lettin' you know
(I'm a slacker) every time I take a look around
(I'm a slacker) stuck up on the faces around
I don't do enough, I just fool around
Y'all can go to hell, how does that sound?
I'm a slacker (doo) I'm a slacker (doo-doo-doo-doo) yeah (doo-o)
A person who evades military service in the wartime
Hehehehehe, I know one thing man
I'm gonna have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flame
Youknowhat'msayin?
Eat, drink, and be merry, tomorrow you may die
That's what life's about man, good times, a little salad
Haha
Yo yo
I'm a product of reganomics, neurotic
They sayin homage is gone up, inhaling chronic
The oddest I'm stayin' honest, I'm bout to make it famous
So you can take that J-O-be and you can shove it up your anus
I ain't never understood how the world works
But I always understood why the girls twerk
For a baller not a nine-to-five
Barely makin it with disgust behind ya eyes
So I just, grip my piece, rip off fleece
Out to take ya lip off chief, with my peeps
We ruthless, if you got money then deuce it
Goofs get toothless, with loose off two-fifths, we useless
I want to kick it but ain't got the dough
Sneak in the concert, trip and make 'em stop the show
We gots to go, push me and I sock the po'
Gettin' the bail from my parents is impossible
(I'm a slacker) never did I have a lotta dough
(I'm a slacker) smoking pot and watching videos
(I'm a slacker) go whichever way the wind blows
Those just tuning in, I'm just lettin' you know
(I'm a slacker) every time I take a look around
(I'm a slacker) stuck up on the faces around
I don't do enough, I just fool around
Y'all can go to hell, how does that sound?
Now you can tell from my everyday fits, I ain't rich
I sneak with a piece when I grit (grit)
I'm just another gatman caught up in the mix (mix)
Tryna take yo' dollar and yo' fifteen cents (I grind with a pistol)
I stay rid of you lames (y'all gay)
I play video games (all day)
When Kansas City, MO brands is a gritty slow game
We diddy-bop with really no change (y'all bang)
And people holla "How ya do dat dere"
"Why ya pants hanging low, and why you grew that hair?"
Lightin' a bleeze or with my people ridin a Regal
Always in trouble with coppers 'cause we drivin' illegal (drivin' illegal)
I ain't never givin' them lee-way to hear me nay
The judicial assembly's gay hey
I come out at night 'cause I sleep all day
Tryna get with Def Jam, Loud, or MCA
(I'm a slacker) never did I have a lotta dough
(I'm a slacker) smoking pot and watching videos
(I'm a slacker) go whichever way the wind blows
Those just tuning in, I'm just lettin' you know
(I'm a slacker) every time I take a look around
(I'm a slacker) stuck up on the faces around
I don't do enough, I just fool around
Y'all can go to hell, how does that sound?
Yo, yo, check
Enter the party and my homies got to pay for me
I look dazed, it just be another day for me
Gettin' drunk, hopin' I get to the crib safely
Pray for me, 'cause I'm needin' money majorly
Sit at home watchin MTV with a empty P-
O-see-K-E-T, I MP3 everything that I hear on the streets
Never buy it, don't deny it, I'm the fear I'ma be
You say get a job? I say hit a knob
'Cause the way you run the world is every bit a fraud
So what you askin' me? You get no tax from me
I got whites, natives, and Mexicans, and blacks with me
Huh, I'm tryna get up there with Master P
Pass the D, 'cause that's the way it has to be
We bust to be free, we trust to be G
So fuck who be glee, it sucks to be me
(I'm a slacker) never did I have a lotta dough
(I'm a slacker) smoking pot and watching videos
(I'm a slacker) go whichever way the wind blows
Those just tuning in, I'm just lettin' you know
(I'm a slacker) every time I take a look around
(I'm a slacker) stuck up on the faces around
I don't do enough, I just fool around
Y'all can go to hell, how does that sound?
(I'm a slacker) never did I have a lotta dough
(I'm a slacker) smoking pot and watching videos
(I'm a slacker) go whichever way the wind blows
Those just tuning in, I'm just lettin' you know
(I'm a slacker) every time I take a look around
(I'm a slacker) stuck up on the faces around
I don't do enough, I just fool around
Y'all can go to hell, how does that sound?
I'm a slacker (doo) I'm a slacker (doo-doo-doo-doo) yeah (doo-o)
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