Back when I was sixteen Always loved to daydream Favorite song was Billie Jean Had the jacket, the curl and everything Used to ride a skateboard Never really liked sports My favorite cousin bought a four door Hummer Dad in the car, crashed the very next summer Well, man, cheer up Next medic gettin' dragged by the ice cream truck Follow your gut Don't let nothin' but a earthquake shake you up And no matter what You look him in the face, never play it safe, no Gotta take a chance in life It ain't like you gon' make it out alive My first dog Benji Benji was a mutt Benji liked to bite folks So Benji got locked up I got my first white girl She bought me a hat My mama didn't like her So she made me give it back Damn Well, man, cheer up Next medic gettin' dragged by the ice cream truck Follow your gut Don't let nothin' but a earthquake shake you up And no matter what You look him in the face, never play it safe, no Gotta take a chance in life It ain't like you gon' make it out alive Memories, memories all in my head Time will keep ticking but I won't forget ya I promise you, promise you, nothing's forever Memories, memories all in my head Time will keep ticking but I won't forget ya I promise you, promise you, nothing's forever Mama always blamed me Daddy was ashamed of me Them pills took the pain from me But only temporarily Then I hit puberty But the girls wasn't into me I found my step dad's magazines My whole freshman year they called me vaseline Man, cheer up, yeah Next medic gettin' dragged by the ice cream truck Follow your gut Don't let nothin' but a earthquake shake you up And no matter what You look him in the face, never play it safe, no Gotta take a chance in life It ain't like you gon' make it out alive