Don't need no father figure to tell me what to do      Don't need no newspaper to tell me what is new      Don't want no one in power to take away my dreams      Cause they'd sell our souls for the rash of short term victory      Used to be some sincerity      Now there's only greed to fill paper fantasies            I wanna rip it up            I see so many people trying to change their lives      I see my friends falling in love wars all the time      They made some bad bargains but they're too blind to see      So they're walking down that same road      And never learn from history            I can't stand to hurt my heart again      Too much fun to have      Too much life left to live            I wanna rip it up            I feel like fighting      There's a riot in my heart      My heart ain't lying      Got to keep on trying to have a good time      Come on rip      Rip it up