Lyric discussion by lampada 

Cover art for Pride lyrics by No Use For A Name

the dialogue in the beginning of the song is from American Beauty. Angela tells Jane the boy she likes is a freak and you know how it goes after that.

And I don't think the message is extreme when telling you to cut all strings attaching you to your past, and to who you already were when you were born. I guess the point is to let go of all that history, all the division of classes and backgrounds and make your own path with total freedom. and if you cut the links to the past, you do it either way it is a good or bad past. so you let go of pride and shame or fear, you are yourself, new and free.