Listen up now everybody
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All you kids across the land
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Listen up now everybody
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Parents don't understand:
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You know parents are the same
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No matter time nor place
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They don't understand that us kids
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Are going to make some mistakes
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So to you, all the kids all across the land
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There's no need to argue
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Parents just don't understand
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I remember one year
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My mom took me school shopping
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It was me, my brother, my mom, oh, my pop, and my little sister
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All hopped in the car
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We headed downtown to the gallery mall
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My mom started bugging with the clothes she chose
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I didn't say nothing at first
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I just turned up my nose
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She said, "what's wrong? this shirt cost $20"
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We said, "mom, this shirt is plaid with a butterfly collar!"
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The next half hour was the same old thing
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My mother buying me clothes from 1983
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And then she lost her mind and did the ultimate
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I asked her for adidas and she bought me zips!
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I said, "mom, what are you doing, you're ruining my rep"
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She said, "you're only sixteen, you don't have a rep yet"
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I (we) said, "mom, let's put these clothes back, please"
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She said "no, you go to school to learn not for a fashion show"
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I said, "this isn't family matters , come on mom, i'm not erkle
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Mom, please put back the high water pants with lime circles
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But if you don't want to i can live with that but
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You gotta put back the double-knit reversible slacks"
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She wasn't moved - everything stayed the same
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Inevitably the first day of school came
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I thought i could get over, i tried to play sick
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But my mom said, "no, no way, uh-uh, forget it"
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There was nothing i could do, i tried to relax
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I got dressed up in those ancient artifacts
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And when i walked into school, it was just as i thought
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The kids were cracking up laughing at the clothes mom bought
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And those who weren't laughing still had a ball
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Because they were pointing and whispering
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As i walked down the hall
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I got home and told my mom how my day went
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She said, "if they were laughing you don't need them,
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"cause they're not good friends"
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For the next six hours i tried to explain to my mom
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That i was gonna have to go through this about 200 more times
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So to you all the kids all across the land
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There's no need to argue
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Parents just don't understand
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[mom]</i> i don't care if you and your friend are a m ing each other
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[kid]</i> it's iming
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[mom]</i> get over here right now
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[kid]</i> there's no explaining grown ups
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[dad]</i> hey i'm with it, i like that justin timberland guy
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[kid]</i> it's timerlake
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[dad]</i> hey you wanna see me do the moon walk again
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[mom]</i> i loved when your father did the moon walk
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[kid]</i> what? shhhhh!
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[dad]</i> what's the shizzle my uh grizzle
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[kid]</i> if you loved me you'd stop
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[dad]</i> grizzly bear
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[kid]</i> they just don't understand
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[dad]</i> mom and dad in effect
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We're like your total homies your posse
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Parents Just Don't Understand
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| T-Squad |
