Most kids can't afford the materialistic things Dexter's singing about - their parents can, and by buying those things for their kids only perpetuate the idea - Buy, buy, buy. The Offspring Bad Habit Lyrics Hey man you know Im really ok The gun in my hand will tell you the same But when Im in my car, dont give me no crap Cause the slightest thing and I just might snap man When I go driving I. It's scary to act in an authentic way, and the liberation of it can only be felt once it's achieved.Īlso, this song is NOT about kids.

It's Heidegger's classic They-Self mentality that binds us to our consumer ways.

You have to be 'radical' to speak out or better yet, act out against it. I think it is about a past love who he is no longer with, and a thousand days have passed since they were together. Even the people that know they *should* rage against the machine (ha) still don't. Anyways,I don't see what it has to do with war. I agree it's about consumerism and not capitalism per se, and it's very important to recognize the lyric after 'don't blame me, I just work here- but I wanna fuck (it up, it all, or some other subdued anarchistic line that's hard to discern over the guitar). My InterpretationFirst of all - Four-bys is an abbreviation for Four-by-fours or more commonly 4x4s - meaning 4-wheel drive trucks and SUVs that all American consumers seem to value (because of all the muddy roads and mountains we traverse on our way to Target) over fuel efficient blah blah liberal stuff.

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