There's never been a better time than right now
To get up outta the dirt
Outta the dirt
There's never been a better time than right now
To get up outta the dirt
Outta the dirt

If you sniffle cause your life's difficult, that's typical
But you get what you give
Karma is reciprocal
And I'm critical of people on my nuts
Cunts who aren't cripple but they're stuck up in their ruts
Quick to make a fuss they love busting a bubble
So this is my rebuttal to we like em when they're trouble
I got a couple of bones to pick
It's ya life don't whine take ownership
Get up, stand up, throw your hands up
While I hijack ya mind back from propaganda
With anti slander truth to candour
And it's good for the goose as it is for the gander
Every Gamut of the Planet reaps what it sows
Forget about your hair and forget about your clothes
Same goes for your woes for the moment is priceless
Puberty blues become midlife crisis
(SURPRISE!)
Ya get wiser, older, fatter
Lose your mind and control of ya bladder
Madder than a hatter, pissin in your pants
(But everybody's ugly if you give them a chance)

There's never been a better time than right now
To get up outta the dirt
Outta the dirt
There's never been a better time than right now
To get up outta the dirt
Outta the dirt

This isn't an attack or a lack of compassion
But you gotta get yourself back in the action
Tap into your passion and follow it up
Either that or let the madness swallow you up
How full is your cup, half-full or half-empty
You're the envy of plenty, tread gently
Apathy is deadly and if you've got seeds of doubt
With means to sprout, you need to weed them out
I read about people with real cares
Feel for the hunger stricken killed in Zaire
Children die there from extreme poverty
I put in perspective and my problems don't bother me
Think positive, forget about the negative
There's never been a better time to get your shit together it's
Bad etiquette that bitch and moan
With your nice clean clothes and your mobile phone
If you can't see your feet cause you over-eat
And that's your biggest pickle then your life is sweet
Not sleeping on the street, then you probably got it good
Get up, hold ya head up, if ya can, then ya should

There's never been a better time than right now
To get up outta the dirt
Outta the dirt
There's never been a better time than right now
To get up outta the dirt
Outta the dirt

Stand up straight (stand up straight!)
Don't take no shit (don't take no shit!)
(ears over shoulders, shoulders over hips)
It's time for a change (it's time for a change!)
So make it swift (so make it swift!)
(Cause you're only getting older your alive why don't ya live)

There's never been a better time than right now
To get up outta the dirt
Outta the dirt
(get up stand up, throw your hands up
while high check your mind back for propaganda)
There's never been a better time than right now
To get up outta the dirt
(this isn't an attack or a lack of compassion
but you gotta get yourself back in the action)
Outta the dirt

There's never been a better time than right now (right now!)
To get up outta the dirt (get up outta the dirt!)
Outta the dirt (get up outta the dirt!)
There's never been a better time than right now
To get up outta the dirt (get up outta the dirt!)
Outta the dirt (get up outta the, get up outta the dirt!)


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    This song means that butterfingaz rule

    dusan_son May 24, 2006   Link
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    this is a mad song. butterfingers are awesome. poeple need to listen to more of it

    velvet teddy bearon September 19, 2006   Link
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    this is a mad song. more people should listen to it. too many melodramatic complainy pants out there

    light_bulb101on June 06, 2008   Link

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