I spot an active drowning victim form a mile away I save old men in seas like Hemmingway The swimming pool not taken? Watch out for Frost Don't get busted like Milton Or paradise will be lost It's like that, and that's the way it is Don't Run-DMC, walk like the other kids And if you get in trouble, I use a contact dive I extent my rescue tube to keep you alive If you're submerged, I'll dive feet first And bring you to a backboard, never to a hearse Because DOA victims are for amateurs I do it my safe way, you do it yours Like Raley's or Lucky's or Albertsons Did the victim hurt his neck? I'm going in I support your chin, airway and spine With my head-splint technique everything is fine My EAP is CPR after those rescue breaths Then I'll check your airway for respiratory arrest Then it's sweep, ventilation, and abdominal thrusts I get the pool toy out I can, will, and must Prepared for emergencies I've got my life together And understand my job keeps you alive like Eddie Vedder If you're a stressed-out mom Who keeps her children fettered Your kids are safe today, see, no lifeguard is better Ten times as reliable mature and fitter Than your average lifeguard as a water babysitter Betsy Weeks trained me well at Roble Gym And I'm slamming into swim safety, not a Slim Jim [Chorus] Lifeguarding at the pool, lake, or the sea I keep both eyes on your progeny The Red Cross has got my back like 1-2-3 Because I'm C-E-R-T-F-I-E-D And when I act it's with informed consent If you won't cooperate, I circumvent And call the cops, best recognize It's not wise to distract me as I scrutinize The pool, it's called scanning, best take a hint And shut your mouth, you don't matter like lint Larry Flint might argue that your Voice means nothing, but I be like Bush And say for safety it means nothing I'm disciplined and talented at what I do And hope to say the same for my lifeguard crew Because unlike the Insane Clown Posse We practice our sk**s repeatedly And don't cash in on tentative integrity Or fire dope producers for more money Wait, what, where was I? I guess I got side-tracked Dissing Detroit high school drop-outs With new albums that are whack Back on track, here's the point: I'm safe like “what!” Making sure the chemical room door's always shut See that gardener's dirty trowel? Well, I don't. I'm too busy making Sure your kids stay afloat And see that dude who kind of looks like Shrek But imported like badly dubbed French Star Trek? Nope, I double check The bubble trek from your kid's lungs The shovel speck or Smuggled Shrek distract no one Like me, I don't notice, no, just your kids But did I see that kid run? Oh yes I did! Peripherally, so I'm a lay the smack down And turn their smiles into one collective frown “Hey kids, stop running! You know the rule!” Yes I'm a tool from lifeguard school But safety is cool here at the pool And trust me on the sunscreen, don't be a fool [REPEAT Chorus]