intro: x2 The kids today they got nothing to say they got nothing to say because they taught em that way they wanna watch em grow old put em in their grave til they're gone They mess with their hearts and they mess with their minds and they plug up their ears and then they make em go blind til they walk down the street and they cant tell what time it is Chorus: you see em standing in line you watch em goin insane because they're wasting their time how they're waiting in vein this is the way it should be you were born to be free so why you wasting away why you wasting away x2 (Chorus) teachers today they got nothin to say they got nothin to say because they taught em that way they only do what they're told so they can get their pay and go home they walk down the street with their hearts in their hands and they grow up to fast and then they can't understand what its like to be a woman or mabey a man cause its wrong you watch em standin in line you see em goin insane because they're wasting their time while they're waiting in vein this is the way it should be you were born to be free so why you wasting away why you wasting away you were born to be free why you wasting away