Rockin' The Suburbs Lyrics

Lyric discussion by leakeg 

Cover art for Rockin' The Suburbs lyrics by Ben Folds

your all wrong fools

he's pulling the piss out of faux angry white boy rapper nu metal bands like korn and limp bizkit, they whine about having a hard time but really they don't have much to complain about, and they just wanna fit in with the black guys but can't because they feel that they are still hated because of what their "great great great great grandad" did. He says the biggest thing these guys have to whine about is "when people break in the mcdonalds line" and "mom and dad."

If you've seen the video for this song "Korn Sucks" flashes on the screen at about the 4:00 mark, ben sports a red hat very simular to what fred durst (from Limp Bizkit) is often seen wearing, and the finale is filmed in a very simular room to that of Korn's video "Freak on a Leash."

He IS NOT pulling the piss out of Micheal Jackson, Quiet Riot or John Bon Jovi, he's just saying these guys captured the attention of suburban america but they actually had some talent, unlike the nu metal bands.

Also he IS NOT pulling the piss out of Rage Against the Machine, apart from the fact that these guys are NOT white, they actually "whine" about important issues, not just about how angry mum and dad make them. The only two bad things Rage Against The Machine did were inspire shitty bands (such as Korn) and break up.

preparation h is a hemorrhoid treatment, basically he's saying that Korn have hemorrhoids!

"i take the checks and face the facts that some producer with computers fixes all my shitty tracks these days "

He's saying the bands music is not really made by themselves but its really made by a big suit producer, but the bands don't mind because they still get the checks.

Done!

Oh yeah, "sham on" is just a misspronounciation of "C'mon" that Michael Jackson did, probably just a tribute or sorts to him (likely as he is mentioned in the song), or it could be saying that the Nu Metals bands anger and hate is just a sham to sell records.