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Cheese / Where's My Slice? Lyrics
It's been a long time
Now it's time to get your bubble burst
Things are bad enough in this world
Why do you have to make them worse?
Day after day, you just gotta get it
So sick and tired of your bitching and complaining
So long you've been oppressed while others lives are
gaining
Want reparations, you're needy and deserving
Can't understand why some are served while you're
doing the serving
Anything but responsibility
Where's my slice?
I want more than equal rights
I want everything for free!
You waste your time concerned with what others are
earning
You want a revolution to start the tables turning
A demonstration to make a better nation
We'll spend the day protesting all the problems that
we're facing
Anything but face reality
Where's my slice...
Your brilliant theory
how the world owes you a living
You'll take away from others
the things they should be giving
They own the pie and you want your share
Whoever told you life was fair?
You were dealt your hand - now play it
Where's my slice...
Now it's time to get your bubble burst
Things are bad enough in this world
Why do you have to make them worse?
Day after day, you just gotta get it
So long you've been oppressed while others lives are
gaining
Want reparations, you're needy and deserving
Can't understand why some are served while you're
doing the serving
Anything but responsibility
I want more than equal rights
I want everything for free!
earning
You want a revolution to start the tables turning
A demonstration to make a better nation
We'll spend the day protesting all the problems that
we're facing
Anything but face reality
Where's my slice...
how the world owes you a living
You'll take away from others
the things they should be giving
They own the pie and you want your share
Whoever told you life was fair?
You were dealt your hand - now play it
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This song is about one of Fat Mike's friend who was on welfair, and complained about how much our government sucked.
This one seems reasonable, it seems most likely to be the meaning. Plus, the last verse almost gives it away.
This one seems reasonable, it seems most likely to be the meaning. Plus, the last verse almost gives it away.
Junkie is righ. From an interview back in the early 90's:
"I wrote it about a friend of mine named Eric, this peace punk guy who lives on welfare lines and government checks. He doesn’t do shit and he’s always complaining about how the world owes him a living. He just drinks. He’s always going to demonstrations and complaining. The guy’s a bum. He’s living off the system, but he doesn’t do anything. The song is about him. You can also insert different groups of people into the lyrics and it fits in a general way. I suppose you could put women in it, poor people, some minorities, basically anybody that hasn’t gotten a fair shake. A whole bunch of different groups will fit. But I wrote it about a guy named Eric."
Could this song be about affirmative action?
"I want more than equal rights"
Cool, never knew that it was actually about a particular person. Either way, they song also speaks volumes about the negative side of social services; that some people simply use them as a permanent crutch rather, milking the government titty rather than minimizing their dependence.
Best line in the song:
"You'll take away from others the things they should be giving"
The song does not apply to all groups who are currently receiving "equal rights" protections under the law...that would presume that NOfx are against those sorts of things...looking at their ideological make-up i just don't think that is the case.
Junkie has it right...the song is refering to a specific kind of person (or specific person in this instance)...the type of person who not only complains about the "system" but also abuses it.
@manicmarkus No, the song doesn't apply to all groups, but Fat Mike did says that that it could apply to all sorts of people. And, unfortunately, there are some minorities that most definitely do abuse the system while complaining that they deserve more and more and more.
@manicmarkus No, the song doesn't apply to all groups, but Fat Mike did says that that it could apply to all sorts of people. And, unfortunately, there are some minorities that most definitely do abuse the system while complaining that they deserve more and more and more.
One of my pals had this family that lived next door to him and the mother was on welfare, the aunt was on welfare, the uncle was on welfare, the father was on welfare, one son was on disability, the other sold drugs and their daughter was collecting welfare, SNAPS and all sorts...
One of my pals had this family that lived next door to him and the mother was on welfare, the aunt was on welfare, the uncle was on welfare, the father was on welfare, one son was on disability, the other sold drugs and their daughter was collecting welfare, SNAPS and all sorts of other stuff for her three kids out of wedlock. The entire family all knew that they couldn't be on welfare for the entire year (welfare reforms under Clinton added timeframes and work requirements), so they all coordinated the timing of their welfare applications so that they could always be collecting a check. They knew what they were doing, for sure, and the son on disability (who was high-functioning autistic) would play it up as if he were Gilbert Grape whenever he had to go reapply for disability.
When my friend asked the daughter if she wanted him to esquire about any secretary jobs at his place of work, the daughter and mother and uncle all laughed while sitting on their porch and the daughter said, "why would I get a job? The government sends me a check for doing nothing and I don't get that if I have a job."
Typically, the ones who complain the most about not getting their fair share are the ones who expect it to be given to them.
Derped on autocorrect. "if she wanted him to esquire about any secretary jobs at his place of work" should have been "if she wanted him to INQUIRE about any secretary jobs at his place of work."
Derped on autocorrect. "if she wanted him to esquire about any secretary jobs at his place of work" should have been "if she wanted him to INQUIRE about any secretary jobs at his place of work."