The Burbs

[Intro] [Interviewer] Thanks, Karl, for coming in, uh, we're going to start the interview now [Karl] Yo so this shit's on, right? [Interviewer] It's on [Karl] And I can talk as freely as I want about it, I can expose this whole shit? [Interviewer] We want you to tell your story [Karl] Alright, you know I'll do that. I'm just saying, they'll pretend like it's the cheeriest place, like everything's fine, but in real life the suburbs are just as fucked up as everywhere else [Verse One: Hot Karl] I was raised in a suburb that was hardly healthy Grew up in the middle of the most affluent and wealthy Cause most people assume happiness was in the 'burbs But please hear my words, that lifestyle is absurd Remember "Clueless"? See, that's my hood but more ruthless The method on how they call it depends on your wallet From the outside they pretend it's "Sweet Home" Where little eight-year-old kids have their own cell phone It's the 'burbs, where money's the only need Cause millionaires survive on principles of lust and greed See, we talk about a place where middle class is second rate Ridiculed at an early age for not having a guarded gate And in this case, parents try to buy their kids' love How do you think most of these kids can afford all of these drugs? But we sit back and act like it's the best place on Earth Without admitting the worst shit happens right in our suburbs Yo [Hook One] [Mark McGrath] When you're on top of the world it's lonely When you have everything it's empty And the ones you call friends are your enemies But that's the way that it goes when you live in the 'burbs [Hot Karl] In the 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs Where it looks like a dream But it's never how it seems [Verse Two: Hot Karl] So sick, my high school was like a fashion show A runway for expensive clothes and cash flow At such a vital age puberty can't run its course Kids are dissed for looking different or cause they can't play sports No surprise when we'd come back from Christmas break To see most of the girls' noses molded into pretty shapes And if girls have problems Daddy buys 'em bigger breasts Like every answer to the test is resting in your daughter's chest There's so much plastic surgery people look obscene Girls following images that can't humanly be achieved It's a vicious cycle, reality's distorted Why do you think all of these girls develop eating disorders? Cause girls who weigh more get called ugly and fat And we expect these kids to keep level-headed through all that? Yeah we look happy, but what's it all worth? Cause you lose your identity living in suburbs What [Hook Two] [Mark McGrath] When you're on top of the world it's lonely When you have everything it's empty And the ones you call friends are your enemies But that's the way that it goes when you live in the 'burbs [Hot Karl] When you're living in the 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs It's all about the salary And nothing 'bout reality! [Verse Three: Hot Karl] I'm sure there's places like this wherever you call home Same fucked-up suburb just with a different zip code Where spoiled brats live in a fake reality Where the student parking lot has better cars than the faculty's And the sickest shit, the richer the quicker they are to fight Despite all of this cash they still live like it's Thug Lyfe With a bunch of racist kids trying to be tougher than the next It's like they're obsessed with "American History X"! But in due time these problems will show Why do you think these high school shootings don't happen in ghettos? So next time you see a student driving a Porsche Throwing cash like Jermaine Dupri, living like Brandon Walsh Imagine their classmate who ain't got shit Can't find his place in utopia 'though he's supposed to live in it And getting picked on for years eventually hurts But then again that's just another day up in these suburbs HAH! [Hook Three] [Mark McGrath] When you're on top of the world it's lonely When you have everything it's empty And the ones you call friends are your enemies But that's the way that it goes when you live in the 'burbs [Hot Karl] When you're living in the 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs Where all the kids are rich But the good life's a bitch! It's fucked up in the 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs We're annulled and corrupt Yo, I'm telling you straight up In the 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs It's not the inner city But suburbia is shitty In the 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs If you wanna compete Your morals take a back seat In the 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs It proves that your stacks Don't equal happiness In the 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The 'burbs, the 'burbs, the, the, the 'burbs The all-American dream Isn't exactly how it seems Look closer!