Escape (Private Transporation For The Working Class)

She could handle four wheels without knowing how to drive
But it was the only way she knew she was alive
She could kick, push, like a kid throwing a fit
And if things got wack, she'd grab her board and split
Cause mom and dad weren't about to fall in love again
Wood to the streets sounded like her call, her covenant
Felt good to aim her needle down and let fly
Sometimes she had to get high just to get by
It was amazing, no one gave orders to the skateboarder
She made sure to be the one that never breaks borders
But as a rebel, that was unpreventable, inevitably
There's something wrong with whatever they pulled, they'd never be free
And she'd like a set of arms to collapse in
But the only love she ever knew was in her backspin
So she keeps grinding till her fam grows
Until she sees the light shine from that Jackson Avenue lamppost

Just want to get away...

He had as many living friends as the wheels he would ride
And he barely even knew he was alive
He took it everywhere, even did some flips around school
Praying that a sponsor would come to his town soon
The only family he had was unrelated
Apart from his sisters-in-law, none had made it
Wishing he had gotten the chance to meet Left Eye
Sometimes he had to get high just to get by
Now he's sleeping at every other best friend's house
Till he got emancipated, they left him out
But things started lookin up, one of his friends hooked him up
With new clothes and a new job, homeboy, go look it up
But never a new set of wheels, he'd always feel
At home in his dome on the same chrome and steel
So he keeps climbing life's landslope
Until he sees the light shine from that Jackson Avenue lamppost

Just want to get away...

We just want to get away from the struggle of a nine-to-five
And now we finally know that we're alive
All the pressure and stress we wanna let loose
We even had to get high just to get through
But now we strain for the right things, all the pain that life brings
Is a lot more lame than frightening
So we keep climbing new man's rope
Until we see the light shine from that Jackson Avenue lamppost
And we escape