parents and teachers could never understand.
my disdain for their authority.
career and a future didn't interest me.
i'd rather skate instead, i need to be free!

i'll skate or, i'll skate or, i'll skate or die!

breaking my back just to make ends meet.
a slave to my job for forty hours a week.
but when 5 o'clock rolls around.
i'm taking my board and i'm hitting the streets.

i'll skate or, i'll skate or, i'll skate or die!