People round me got a strong feelin' my habits ain't good guess I'm losin' some good ol' respect in this neighbourhood Give me a break stop complaining so loud as long as you don't know what y'r talkin' about Won't be long before y'r gonna find out y'r local misfit's gonna be a national breakout Gonna prove y'r smalltown judgement wrong Gonna do a lil' thing to make you feel PROUD PROUD Take life by the neck & I won't let go entertain this mob like fightin' a bull in a rodeo I don't wanna be poor I gotta have a job But not like everybody else on the block Take you by surprise stop complaining so loud Gonna do a lil' thing to make you feel PROUD PROUD Just in time rock turns out to be a way to prove y'r not just a too far gone disconnected dopey nitwit makin' nowhere plans in the basement instead of ... uh.