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.
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God the only one that's over me
Traumatized this is ptsd
Wear my poker face
Roll another eighth up
Man up tie my lace up
Save your major deal for a slave
Sitting by the lakefront
I won't sell out or take a pay cut
No time to lay up
Make it look easy this is hall of fame
We divine living in some crazy times
You see the tiger in my eyes
I got a lion as a heart
Patrick Beverly just had to play my part
In the water I'm the Loch Ness
As I watch them all digress making progress
Play it smart
Make a slick remark
Finding my market
Get award for the hard work
Marcus in Boston
Stay high no velocity
What I think is what I make my philosophy
Think the shrooms calling me
Smoke good weed
Get good sleep
Throw him overboard tryna bring the ship down
Lil boy think he need his breast milk
Let's be for real
I can't sit still
Let life pass
Should've done this & that
Getting active get another bag
Clips fully loaded ain't no Cinemax
Niggas getting stitches where they snitched at
Need another check time to flip that
Need my first M
Need a lot of land
First class this the first time I did that
Pop champagne where my glass at
Celebrate the win this the last dance
Steady Geekin in the moonlight
Got a couple powers that's gon freeze the time
I calculate predications through these crystal balls
I'm one of the smoothest cats
We in New England moving pack
Talking on my eightz gon get ya tonsils snatched
I fell in love with pussy & these acid tabs
She said she love my motions & my mannerisms
There's magic in this mouth piece
Speaking spoken word
Penning out my pain don't need no counseling
Exotic weed smoker I'm like a connoisseur
I keep eating these shrooms till I can't think no more
Nigga you ain't dead then what you crying for
I died 1000 times but I'm still reborn
Got up out my feelings started walking shit
They try to bid on me then we gon auction 'em
Yo
They ain't jackin us
I bet this jacket cost like 400
Steppin on these niggas in my Nike dunks
These Hackey Sack SBs I need the Ben & Jerry's
Smoking gg4 don't want no ice cream
Smoking green lantern
Just like I'm Ryan Reynolds
Not gon pick it up
I'm just gon let it ring
I get in my zone up off these psyche things
They keep getting mad that I won't play the game
Stuck up in a cycle that don't seem to change
I use these acid tabs to just go numb the pain
God the only one that's over me
Traumatized this is ptsd
Wear my poker face
Roll another eighth up
Man up tie my lace up
Save your major deal for a slave
Sitting by the lakefront
I won't sell out or take a pay cut
No time to lay up
Make it look easy this is hall of fame
We divine living in some crazy times
You see the tiger in my eyes
I got a lion as a heart
Patrick Beverly just had to play my part
In the water I'm the Loch Ness
As I watch them all digress making progress
Play it smart
Make a slick remark
Finding my market
Get award for the hard work
Marcus in Boston
Stay high no velocity
What I think is what I make my philosophy
Think the shrooms calling me
Smoke good weed
Get good sleep
Throw him overboard tryna bring the ship down
Lil boy think he need his breast milk
Let's be for real
I can't sit still
Let life pass
Should've done this & that
Getting active get another bag
Clips fully loaded ain't no Cinemax
Niggas getting stitches where they snitched at
Need another check time to flip that
Need my first M
Need a lot of land
First class this the first time I did that
Pop champagne where my glass at
Celebrate the win this the last dance
Steady Geekin in the moonlight
Got a couple powers that's gon freeze the time
I calculate predications through these crystal balls
I'm one of the smoothest cats
We in New England moving pack
Talking on my eightz gon get ya tonsils snatched
I fell in love with pussy & these acid tabs
She said she love my motions & my mannerisms
There's magic in this mouth piece
Speaking spoken word
Penning out my pain don't need no counseling
Exotic weed smoker I'm like a connoisseur
I keep eating these shrooms till I can't think no more
Nigga you ain't dead then what you crying for
I died 1000 times but I'm still reborn
Got up out my feelings started walking shit
They try to bid on me then we gon auction 'em
Yo
They ain't jackin us
I bet this jacket cost like 400
Steppin on these niggas in my Nike dunks
These Hackey Sack SBs I need the Ben & Jerry's
Smoking gg4 don't want no ice cream
Smoking green lantern
Just like I'm Ryan Reynolds
Not gon pick it up
I'm just gon let it ring
I get in my zone up off these psyche things
They keep getting mad that I won't play the game
Stuck up in a cycle that don't seem to change
I use these acid tabs to just go numb the pain
Lyrics submitted by pUnK-jUnKiE
Pain Dance (feat. O1shakes) Lyrics as written by Ruud-anderson Beauchard
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