Anno Domini - A White Kid From the 'Burbs lyrics

A white kid from the 'burbs, a**erts that he's hard He's pissed off with his parents, I guess they pushed him too far Got mixed up with a crowd, he had no business cooling with Cutting cla** at his prep school, though he'd never admit to it Confessing to being privileged would get him stomped and spit on This honky was into rock and roll, here they listen to hip hop Being something he is not, rocking rags and baggy jeans It seems he's out of his element, doing this for the hell of it Getting back at mom and dad for taking away his tennis racket From a different bracket where the taxes bought him a Lexus Picking up all of the lingo, f**ing like he was single While his girls alone in her room, crying into her pillow Wishing that he would come home and come back to his senses But 2Pac's got him brainwashed, he's a menace and he's reckless It's thug life in a Cutla**, yet he's yellow belly and gutless Praying that his new homies don't figure out, he's above this (Hook) X2 Nas said it was street dreams, Pac said it was thug life Hov was choppin' O's, while Biggie was rolling dice It's blunts, 40's and b**hes and they market it to the ma**es While one's trying to better themselves, the others are trying to have it A white kid from the 'burbs, a**ures you he's hard But when you hand him the Glock, his hands tremble a lot It's like the weight of the world, it just rests in his palms For the first time, he's armed, his arms threaten to drop And fall to the floor, f** it, that's the decision he made And now he's robbing a liquor store, clerks gun in his face A renegade, running away from the scene of the crime With nothing to show for it, doing his best not to cry Ditch the gun in the bushes, he feels the burn in his lungs But the adrenaline pumps as the cops start to come Louder and louder, as the tension it builds Praying to God in the silence, you put your faith in his will Now comes the moment of truth, distinguish men from the youth Either you're walking away, or getting cuffed by the blue And it was his lucky day, they went flying right past And that's when he realized, he had piss in his pants (Hook) X2 A white kid from the 'burbs, once thought he was hard He left home for a minute, he felt like breaking the law Saw it glorified on TV and he thought he could cut it But the reality of it all was something he just couldn't stomach When he was thugging, he loved it, 'til it wasn't just acting Down to roll with the crew, until he had to do bad things But what he didn't understand was that this wasn't a game He had a home to go back to where everything was the same As it was when he left, no hoods, free of theft Where you can walk in the park and you don't gotta be strapped Or run the risk of attack, because you're wearing a colour That some people don't like, 'cause it's the shade of another This kid was pampered and placed, in a spot to succeed The silver spoon that he ate from, was plated in dreams That were born in the street, just trying to make their escape Not glorified by white boys who could never relate (Hook) X2