Oh, my God   I fuckin' love it   Come on   Check it out      I was that kid sittin' over in the corner   Smiling with a shit-eating grin   And I was that kid smilin' in the back of class   'Cause I'm fryin' on mescaline      Well, I was that kid drinkin' 40's on the bleachers   Getting drunk after school   And gettin' home too late, fallin' on my face   Way too drunk to skate, actin' a fool   [Incomprehensible] actin' a fool      I was that kid never doing good at   Nothing except for maybe at P.E.   And I was that kid getting bullied by the Filipinos   Rollin' with ABT      Me and my friends reading the satanic bible   Thinking we should start a band   Cutting class to jam, cutting class to jam   In my dad's garage we learned to      Act a fool, don't need to be cool   Pissed off too and breaking the rules   Mama told me, stay in school   Don't rock 'n' roll but this was my American high      Check it out   I was that kid that was tryin' to fuck your girlfriend   Couldn't get a goddamn date   And I was that kid that was getting hella busted   For pissin' on the subway      I fuckin' hated school except for hanging out with my friends   The outcast that was startin' up a band   Fremont was the town, California-bound   Bay area sound, taught us to      Act a fool, don't need to be cool   Pissed off too and fucking the rules   Mama told me, stay in school   Don't rock 'n' roll but this was your American      Asteroids beat out homework   But [Incomprehensible] beat out Zeppelin   Not the sharpest noggin   That's why I'm in this band      And what you got against me   I don't need a new job   What you got against me   I'll get by on my own      Tellin' me I'm never getting by from my songs   I love it when you're proven wrong      Act a fool, don't need to be cool   Pissed off too and breaking the rules   Mama told me stay in school   Don't rock 'n' roll but this was my American      Act a fool, don't need to be cool   Break the rules 'cause this is your American high      Your American high