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.
Everybody's buckin, don't give it a damn
everbody...everbody
Straight from cop killer Queens
a juvenile named Jack Jack
at the age of 17 uh huh
yo this kid Jack started slingin crack started slingin crack
he's on the road to riches riches
baggin bitches bitches
he's in clubs takin pitchers
drink your finger always into sess
his lifestyles buckwild honey child yeah
got a shorty named Val Val
she stays on the Isle ahhh
he started slingin at the age of 17 uhh huh
his hearts made of steel eh yo
kid his minds full of green full of green
he got his first ounce
made a grand 400 hundred
3 bills to get fresh
he other bills to get blunted to be blunted
and wit the letter G G
he bought the letter O O
next thing you know man
he's rakin in the dough rakin in the dough
he put his people down
cuz say thats only right aight
for dem to get keys
dem and dem is mad tight is mad tight
set-up organation organize on the block organize...block
nobody's slingin on the block
eh yo we got this block on lock
and it's the.... huh
Lifestyles of the rich & shameless shameless
some die wit the name wit the name
some die nameless some die nameless
it's all the same game It's on
it's all the same pain It's on
it's all the same pain It's On
it's all the same game It's On
The verse 2's
about this girl named Yvette Vette
she lived out in Queens
pushed the red Corvette Corvette
she's pumpin weight uh huh
in and outta state in and outta state
outta state license plate eh yo
see her lifestyle is straight weight hah
she's into lickin shots yeah
stickin blocks gotta shorty on the team uhh huh
shortie's into pickin locks
makin G's takin trips cross seas seas
just enough to be flashin
cash they be stashin hah
she's wit the cats huh huh
they love packin gats huh
bulletproof vest bulletproof baseball hats
her and the queens stay right gettin high too
Lex, Coups and Jeeps ahh
got beeps can & lai brew brew
it's all the same shame huh
just a diffrent name huh
shorty's sniffin cane huh
just to maintain huh
to a nice shorty rock O-D'd shorty what who O-D's
bring me the chorus shoulda chilled
pass me the weed I would pass the weed
Lifestyles of the rich & shameless shameless
some die wit the name wit the name
some die nameless some die nameless
it's all the same game It's on
it's all the same pain It's on
it's all the same pain It's On
it's all the same game It's On
I used to hustle up on Linden in the van
me and my man did that thing hand in hand
20 bills up huh, plus a buck 20 sac huh
but verse itt
time to rap but the fiends kept commin back
Im tryin to put my lifestyle in order aight
the games mad deep
I keep my feet above the water above the water
caught a bid got a wife and kid huh
the name just burned in the flame huh
so out the game I slid slid
so now Im into makin hits wit my men huh
I hustle wit my style huh
cook up works wit my pen true
Mr. Cheeks represent in the gutter gutter
Freaky Tah gettin lai thats my brudda thats my brudda
In the game huh
and hit you in the brain huh
and if I was cocaine huh
believe it Im your main huh
Tally up it's the Lost Boyz crew an
Freaky Tah, Spigg Nice and Pretty Lou an..
Lifestyles of the rich & shameless shameless
some die wit the name wit the name
some die nameless some die nameless
it's all the same game It's on
it's all the same pain It's on
it's all the same pain It's On
it's all the same game It's On
everbody...everbody
Straight from cop killer Queens
a juvenile named Jack Jack
at the age of 17 uh huh
yo this kid Jack started slingin crack started slingin crack
he's on the road to riches riches
baggin bitches bitches
he's in clubs takin pitchers
drink your finger always into sess
his lifestyles buckwild honey child yeah
got a shorty named Val Val
she stays on the Isle ahhh
he started slingin at the age of 17 uhh huh
his hearts made of steel eh yo
kid his minds full of green full of green
he got his first ounce
made a grand 400 hundred
3 bills to get fresh
he other bills to get blunted to be blunted
and wit the letter G G
he bought the letter O O
next thing you know man
he's rakin in the dough rakin in the dough
he put his people down
cuz say thats only right aight
for dem to get keys
dem and dem is mad tight is mad tight
set-up organation organize on the block organize...block
nobody's slingin on the block
eh yo we got this block on lock
and it's the.... huh
Lifestyles of the rich & shameless shameless
some die wit the name wit the name
some die nameless some die nameless
it's all the same game It's on
it's all the same pain It's on
it's all the same pain It's On
it's all the same game It's On
The verse 2's
about this girl named Yvette Vette
she lived out in Queens
pushed the red Corvette Corvette
she's pumpin weight uh huh
in and outta state in and outta state
outta state license plate eh yo
see her lifestyle is straight weight hah
she's into lickin shots yeah
stickin blocks gotta shorty on the team uhh huh
shortie's into pickin locks
makin G's takin trips cross seas seas
just enough to be flashin
cash they be stashin hah
she's wit the cats huh huh
they love packin gats huh
bulletproof vest bulletproof baseball hats
her and the queens stay right gettin high too
Lex, Coups and Jeeps ahh
got beeps can & lai brew brew
it's all the same shame huh
just a diffrent name huh
shorty's sniffin cane huh
just to maintain huh
to a nice shorty rock O-D'd shorty what who O-D's
bring me the chorus shoulda chilled
pass me the weed I would pass the weed
Lifestyles of the rich & shameless shameless
some die wit the name wit the name
some die nameless some die nameless
it's all the same game It's on
it's all the same pain It's on
it's all the same pain It's On
it's all the same game It's On
I used to hustle up on Linden in the van
me and my man did that thing hand in hand
20 bills up huh, plus a buck 20 sac huh
but verse itt
time to rap but the fiends kept commin back
Im tryin to put my lifestyle in order aight
the games mad deep
I keep my feet above the water above the water
caught a bid got a wife and kid huh
the name just burned in the flame huh
so out the game I slid slid
so now Im into makin hits wit my men huh
I hustle wit my style huh
cook up works wit my pen true
Mr. Cheeks represent in the gutter gutter
Freaky Tah gettin lai thats my brudda thats my brudda
In the game huh
and hit you in the brain huh
and if I was cocaine huh
believe it Im your main huh
Tally up it's the Lost Boyz crew an
Freaky Tah, Spigg Nice and Pretty Lou an..
Lifestyles of the rich & shameless shameless
some die wit the name wit the name
some die nameless some die nameless
it's all the same game It's on
it's all the same pain It's on
it's all the same pain It's On
it's all the same game It's On
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless Lyrics as written by Denzil Delano Foster Jay A. King
Lyrics © MUSIC & MEDIA INT'L, INC., Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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