Hot Karl, Mark McGrath, Sugar Ray - The Burbs lyrics

Thanks, Karl, for coming in, uh
We're going to start the interview now
Yo so this shit's on, right? It's on
And I can talk as freely as I want about it
I can expose this whole shit?
We want you to tell your story
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

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

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

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

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 it's 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

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

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!

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!

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

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!