[Chorus]
Listen up now everybody
All you kids across the land
listen up now everybody
Parents don't understand
You know parents are the same
No matter time or place
They don't understand that us kids are gonna make some mistakes
to all you kids all across the land
there's no need to argue parents just don't understand
I remember one year my mom took me school shoping
It was me, my brother, my mom, oh my pop
And my little sister all hopped in the car
We headed down town to the gallery mall
My mama started buggin' with the clothes she chose
I didn't say nothin' at first
I just turned up my nose
She said, "What's wrong this shirt cost twenty dollars"
I said, "Mom this shirt is plaid with the butterfly collar"
The next half hour was the same old thing
My mama buyin' me clothes from 1983('83)
And then she lost her mind in it the alternate(Oh no)
I asked for Adidas and she bought me Sips(No Way)
"Mom, what are you doin' you ruined my rep."
She said, "You're only fifteen you don't have a rep. yet"
"Mom put these clothes back please"
She said "No you go to school to learn not for a fashion show"
I said "this isn't Family Matters and mom i'm not Urkel
Please put back the Highwater pants with lime circles
But if you don't want to I can live with that but
You gotta put back the double irreversable slacks"(What are slacks?)
She wouldn't move, everything stayed the same
Inevitably the first day of school came
I thought I could over I tried to play sick
But my mom was like "No, no way uh uh, forget it"
There's nothin' I could do
I tried to relaxe
I got dressed up in those ancient artifacts
When I walked in the school
It was just as I thought
The kids were crackin' up laughin' at the clothes my mom bought (Haha look at him)
And those who weren't laughing still had a ball
'Cause they were pointing and wispering as I walked down the hall(What is he wearing?)
I went home and told my mom how my day went
She said "if they were laughin' you don't need 'em 'cause they're not good friends(Mom)
For the next six hours i was tryin' to explain to my mom
That I was gonna have to go through about two hundred more times
So to you other kids all across the land
There's no need to argue parents just don't understand!
[Chorus]
I don't care if you and you friend are a.m.ing each other (It's I.M.ing!) Get over here right now!
Yeah i'm cool i know that Justin Timberland guy! (Timberlakkkke)
Hey do you wanna see me do the moonwalk again?
I love it when you father does the moonwalk! (What?)
What's the sizzle my uhhh rizzle (DAD! If you love me stop!)
Listen up now everybody
All you kids across the land
listen up now everybody
Parents don't understand
You know parents are the same
No matter time or place
They don't understand that us kids are gonna make some mistakes
to all you kids all across the land
there's no need to argue parents just don't understand
I remember one year my mom took me school shoping
It was me, my brother, my mom, oh my pop
And my little sister all hopped in the car
We headed down town to the gallery mall
My mama started buggin' with the clothes she chose
I didn't say nothin' at first
I just turned up my nose
She said, "What's wrong this shirt cost twenty dollars"
I said, "Mom this shirt is plaid with the butterfly collar"
The next half hour was the same old thing
My mama buyin' me clothes from 1983('83)
And then she lost her mind in it the alternate(Oh no)
I asked for Adidas and she bought me Sips(No Way)
"Mom, what are you doin' you ruined my rep."
She said, "You're only fifteen you don't have a rep. yet"
"Mom put these clothes back please"
She said "No you go to school to learn not for a fashion show"
I said "this isn't Family Matters and mom i'm not Urkel
Please put back the Highwater pants with lime circles
But if you don't want to I can live with that but
You gotta put back the double irreversable slacks"(What are slacks?)
She wouldn't move, everything stayed the same
Inevitably the first day of school came
I thought I could over I tried to play sick
But my mom was like "No, no way uh uh, forget it"
There's nothin' I could do
I tried to relaxe
I got dressed up in those ancient artifacts
When I walked in the school
It was just as I thought
The kids were crackin' up laughin' at the clothes my mom bought (Haha look at him)
And those who weren't laughing still had a ball
'Cause they were pointing and wispering as I walked down the hall(What is he wearing?)
I went home and told my mom how my day went
She said "if they were laughin' you don't need 'em 'cause they're not good friends(Mom)
For the next six hours i was tryin' to explain to my mom
That I was gonna have to go through about two hundred more times
So to you other kids all across the land
There's no need to argue parents just don't understand!
[Chorus]
I don't care if you and you friend are a.m.ing each other (It's I.M.ing!) Get over here right now!
Yeah i'm cool i know that Justin Timberland guy! (Timberlakkkke)
Hey do you wanna see me do the moonwalk again?
I love it when you father does the moonwalk! (What?)
What's the sizzle my uhhh rizzle (DAD! If you love me stop!)
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