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.
[Toons]
Uh ha, ser-vice. Yeah.
See I'm spreading the word
Remaining unseen but heard
Around the world form the witness
What I deal wit, everyday
It's another form of war,
The government trying to put me behind the bar doors
Slangin cannabis just smashin' the seven-fo
Delivery man going door to door for doe
While raising the stash quote hollerin' Cyto"
Dummies runnin' up when they don't know what they up against
You test this you fail
Regardless the cop reveals
Hitten' em like a SWAT team outta hell
Hungry for money to pay the bills
Feed and cloth my seed
I'm livin' just to see him live life comfortable
Not having to struggle wouldn't do dirt for bundles
Stayin' humble with a lion's heart
Don't worry about me dog, I can play my part
Switch the role meet them halfway with a double four
Let him know
Around these parts, ain't no marks
Just crash men with various tools
For building and destroying cats coming at me
With a pair of facts you niggas never learn
Seem to me you wanna be you
But can't be you
Cause curious monkey do
What stupid monkey sees
[The Grouch]
Sees (Seize) A moment...
Come from within and then
Polish
Call it a day and stay
Solid
The wallet will fill it will
I promise
Be honest you and through
Trust time will tell there's no one better to know then self
Grow life like a rugan, then bask in the wealth
Though I'm askin' for help on the constant
I pull my power through my inner working content
Forever never ignore your voice
Instinctive
Travels they lead and hoist
You up where
Politics cannot breath
Believe in
All that you stand to leave
Behind is nothing
Ease your mind from suffering
And redefine what things are the norm
If you can't and won't settle to conform
We maybe only born just once
In a rival of this new age has time,
Feeling like a crutch
And I can carve my own spot to rot
Better yet rock I forgot to go jock yet recognize other ways
The place where my brother stays mentally waves
It's time to raise
[Hook:]
"It's just my interpretation" - Outkast 'SpottieDottieDopaliscious'
"I be the odd man out" - Mobb Deep
"It's just my interpretation"
"That's trying to pump what I'm about"
[Pep Love]
Like thisss.
Mystifying
To the beat of the city I know the gist of way I'm
Here right now
On this occasion
For everything I've done so put down the gun mister officer
I just wanna sit down and talk to ya
Crime I've done but I was having fun at the time
Of trying to get mine
But you judging and bill stick
Bulging me trying to keep a nigga in line
But I walk the path that's spirals and turns, expands and intensifies
Idle concerns of survival, into a general concept
Like a muscle, my mind is in step, with my every jester
That's why when I see you, you don't see me
Pass by on my quest for the best tie
Yes I, individual chose to live how I live and will continue to
Power, I possess, personally
And you can probably tell after conversing with me
Knowledge is abundant all up in my noggin'
But you searchin' runnin' my tags, mad cause I ain't got shit
[Eligh]
Sometimes I feel something like shock wave in my spine
Half of the time it's when I'm dreamin'
It's deep without a conscience mind
Mind constant pressures of structure they force my intuition
To adapt like I'm not with the bros, still fearful of the drier
But I got guys who strive along my side
At all time when I don't trust my mind as much as my heart
Or the stomach lock, depends on the risks you take
Depends on the mix of the fate
You dealt deck but I had trouble shoot
Confusion with logic a little self respect
And knowledge of outlicks on the outdoor travels
And what I needed to hear
I know it's right for me and sometimes know it's right for you
Try to tell fools what to do, but if I know something I do
I feel the energy within contact
So I trust my intuition that's the truth
(that's the truth man)
[Hook]
Uh ha, ser-vice. Yeah.
See I'm spreading the word
Remaining unseen but heard
Around the world form the witness
What I deal wit, everyday
It's another form of war,
The government trying to put me behind the bar doors
Slangin cannabis just smashin' the seven-fo
Delivery man going door to door for doe
While raising the stash quote hollerin' Cyto"
Dummies runnin' up when they don't know what they up against
You test this you fail
Regardless the cop reveals
Hitten' em like a SWAT team outta hell
Hungry for money to pay the bills
Feed and cloth my seed
I'm livin' just to see him live life comfortable
Not having to struggle wouldn't do dirt for bundles
Stayin' humble with a lion's heart
Don't worry about me dog, I can play my part
Switch the role meet them halfway with a double four
Let him know
Around these parts, ain't no marks
Just crash men with various tools
For building and destroying cats coming at me
With a pair of facts you niggas never learn
Seem to me you wanna be you
But can't be you
Cause curious monkey do
What stupid monkey sees
[The Grouch]
Sees (Seize) A moment...
Come from within and then
Polish
Call it a day and stay
Solid
The wallet will fill it will
I promise
Be honest you and through
Trust time will tell there's no one better to know then self
Grow life like a rugan, then bask in the wealth
Though I'm askin' for help on the constant
I pull my power through my inner working content
Forever never ignore your voice
Instinctive
Travels they lead and hoist
You up where
Politics cannot breath
Believe in
All that you stand to leave
Behind is nothing
Ease your mind from suffering
And redefine what things are the norm
If you can't and won't settle to conform
We maybe only born just once
In a rival of this new age has time,
Feeling like a crutch
And I can carve my own spot to rot
Better yet rock I forgot to go jock yet recognize other ways
The place where my brother stays mentally waves
It's time to raise
[Hook:]
"It's just my interpretation" - Outkast 'SpottieDottieDopaliscious'
"I be the odd man out" - Mobb Deep
"It's just my interpretation"
"That's trying to pump what I'm about"
[Pep Love]
Like thisss.
Mystifying
To the beat of the city I know the gist of way I'm
Here right now
On this occasion
For everything I've done so put down the gun mister officer
I just wanna sit down and talk to ya
Crime I've done but I was having fun at the time
Of trying to get mine
But you judging and bill stick
Bulging me trying to keep a nigga in line
But I walk the path that's spirals and turns, expands and intensifies
Idle concerns of survival, into a general concept
Like a muscle, my mind is in step, with my every jester
That's why when I see you, you don't see me
Pass by on my quest for the best tie
Yes I, individual chose to live how I live and will continue to
Power, I possess, personally
And you can probably tell after conversing with me
Knowledge is abundant all up in my noggin'
But you searchin' runnin' my tags, mad cause I ain't got shit
[Eligh]
Sometimes I feel something like shock wave in my spine
Half of the time it's when I'm dreamin'
It's deep without a conscience mind
Mind constant pressures of structure they force my intuition
To adapt like I'm not with the bros, still fearful of the drier
But I got guys who strive along my side
At all time when I don't trust my mind as much as my heart
Or the stomach lock, depends on the risks you take
Depends on the mix of the fate
You dealt deck but I had trouble shoot
Confusion with logic a little self respect
And knowledge of outlicks on the outdoor travels
And what I needed to hear
I know it's right for me and sometimes know it's right for you
Try to tell fools what to do, but if I know something I do
I feel the energy within contact
So I trust my intuition that's the truth
(that's the truth man)
[Hook]
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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