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[00:12.18]Oh my god
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[00:29.96]Check it out
[00:31.16]I was that kid sitting over in the corner
[00:33.13]Smiling with a shit-eating grin
[00:35.35]And I was that kid smiling in the back of class
[00:37.21]'Cause I'm frying on mescaline
[00:39.58]I was that kid drinking 40's on the bleachers
[00:41.84]Getting drunk after school
[00:44.09]Getting home too late, falling on my face
[00:45.73]Way too drunk to skate and acting a fool
[00:51.28]Drunk and acting a fool
[00:57.11]I was that kid never doing good at nothing
[00:59.67]Except for maybe at P.E.
[01:01.95]And I was that kid getting bullied by the Filipinos
[01:03.86]Rolling with the ABT
[01:05.92]Me and my friends reading the Satanic Bible
[01:07.96]Thinking we should start a band
[01:10.23]Cutting class to jam, cutting class to jam
[01:12.02]In my dad's garage we learned to...
[01:14.84]Act a fool, don't need to be cool
[01:19.21]Pissed off too and breaking the rules
[01:23.80]Mama told me stay in school
[01:27.22]Don't rock 'n roll but this is my American high
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[01:42.83]I was that kid that was crank-calling your girlfriend
[01:44.99]Couldn't get a goddamn date
[01:47.08]And I was that kid that was getting hella busted
[01:49.18]For pissing on the bart train
[01:51.45]I fuckin' hated school except for hanging out with my friends
[01:53.40]The outcast that was starting up a band
[01:55.63]Fremont was the town, California-bound
[01:57.54]Bay Area sound, taught me to...
[02:00.37]Act a fool, don't need to be cool
[02:04.69]Pissed off too and breaking the rules
[02:09.38]Mama told me stay in school
[02:13.30]Don't rock 'n roll but this is my American high
[02:29.30]I'm that kid you tried to punk in English class
[02:34.66]Now I'm in a band and you're kissing my...
[02:39.44]Asteroids beat out homework
[02:42.10]Slayer beat out Zeppelin
[02:44.90]Not the sharpest noggin
[02:47.23]That's why I'm in this band
[02:50.11]And what you got against me, I don't need a new job
[02:52.76]What you got against me, I'll get by on my own
[02:55.50]Telling me I'm never getting by from my songs
[02:57.87]I love it when you're proven wrong
[03:05.90]Act a fool, don't need to be cool
[03:10.35]Pissed off too and breaking the rules
[03:15.11]Mama told me stay in school
[03:19.42]Don't rock 'n roll but this is my American...
[03:24.10]Act a fool, don't need to be cool
[03:29.61]Break the rules
[03:31.93]'Cause this is the American high
[03:37.41]The American high
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