the state wants me to skate today
they want my weekend spent in a safe and unproductive way
no threat to social order
this democracy needs happy voters

the state wants me to waste away
my time under the 95 freeway
a little park a small price to pay
keep my mind away from one day overthrow

i got new skate shoes down at the skate shop
it's nice to have time to kill so i go out
out in the sunshine i feel
so new i swear it's unreal

when i'm on my board i feel like
everything will be alright and
the anger goes away
i guess the world is ok

oh i know i might have gone insane
my ankles bleed i'm addicted to the pain
oh you've got to move that skateboard down the lane boy, because
all these working people gotta be up in the morning
and you're making too much noise so we built this government skate park

the state wants me to skate and pay
for branded shit on layaway so
is this a nuisance or
another corporate sport

everything i want to burn is
obfuscated when i learn that
they built a place for me
where i can play anarchy

i can tell myself i haven't changed
that the rebel in me can't be tamed
but i've got bills to pay before i hit the pavement, because
all these working people gotta pay their taxes so that we can
start another war and build a government skate park

(i want you to know)
yea i want you to know
there are no rules
you'll end up fine
(i want you to know)
you'll end up fine

yea i guess i'll skate my life away
find out what it means to be free
i guess i'll skate my life away
find out what it means to be me
yea