popular identity

talk bad, got no respect
for anybody but me
aint no anarchist
this generation cant know
individuality
all dressed like clones
head bedecked with earphones
its the pop culture

MP3 music blares
everyone else hears
dressed in Nikes and gap
tattoos and belly buttons pierced
aint no monarchist
take daddy’s Visa for cigs
stoned "hey you don't dig?"
underneath, its the pop culture

where are role models
in violent video games
aint no communist
does Hollywood have answers
in million dollar fame?
verbal shit, anorexic girls
late night party swirls
its imitation in the pop culture

like monkeys swinging from vine to vine
Tarzan in baggies, Jane in skin tights
too-young Lolitas attract young wolves
painted lips, an enticing sight
"just do it" says one slogan
don't think, act, the fun's begun
aint no monk-like Buddhist
its sex in the pop culture

I'm out of it, too old
aint got too calloused, yet
I see copycats
with bad grades, attitudes
and its my fault? so scat!
I will, take no shit — don't talk to me
I'm high as a kite flying free
soaring with the pop culture



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