I look at how you live   And I see how sad you are   You're the one who brought you down   You could've gone so far   Now you just do drugs all day   Deteriorating fast   And you're so fucked from shooting dope   Your veins are all collapsed   I don't wanna be like you...so I won't   I take a look at my parents   And see how they scream and fight   My mother even tells me   That she cries herself to sleep at night   Dad's gone to the bottle   But he says he's doing fine   And all my younger siblings   Being raised on ugly lies   I don't wanna be like you...so I won't   Let's go!   Pick it, pick it up!   Right!   Pick it up, pick it up   That's right!   Once a revolutionary fighting for a cause   Now a successful buisnessman   Who'd never break a law   You say, "Thank God I grew up, I was such a stupid kid."   But if everyone gave up like you   No one would ever win   I don't wanna be like you...so I won't   And I won't let anyone tell me   What I'm supposed to be   I won't bow down to authority   I won't compromise, gonna stay angry   I won't ever let this world break me   I don't wanna be like you...so I won't   I don't wanna be like you...so I won't   No I won't!!!