The lights are on   The stage is set   You're asking God   If you were made for this      People stare   With lonely eyes   "Deliver us so we can   forget our lives."      You don't know how   To work the crowd   It looked so easy   On the TV show      When you fail   The sound ignites   You know the music's gonna   Save your life      (Chorus)      Hey kid, you're gonna get old   You're not gonna be a centerfold   Better blow up, better get rich   Better be makin' that beat explode      Hey kid, the college degree   It ain't gonna beat back poverty   Tough kid, it's a rough world   Better be makin' that beat explode      (End Chorus)      People cheer and   People jeer and   Sometimmes they may   Act in fear but      Everybody now   Shakes their body yeah   Gets a naughty groove   between the still-life.      Can't make rockets   But you can make souls   Take off when   That beat explodes yeah      Takin' off 'n yeah   Takin' off 'n now   Takin' off 'n 'til   That beat explodes yeah      (Chorus)      Hey kid, you're gonna get old   You're not gonna be a centerfold   Better blow up, better get rich   Better be makin' that beat explode      Hey kid, the college degree   It ain't gonna beat back poverty   Tough kid, it's a rough world   Better be makin' that beat explode      (End Chorus)