You know parents the same no matter time nor place They don’t understand that us kids gonna make some mistakes So to you, all the kids all across land There’s no need to parents just don’t understand I remember one My mom took me school It was me, my brother, mom, oh, my pop, and my little sister hopped in the car We downtown to the Gallery Mall mom started bugging with the clothes she chose I didn’t nothing at first I turned up my nose said, “What’s wrong? This shirt cost $20″ I said, “Mom, this shirt is plaid a butterfly collar!” The next half was the same old thing My mother buying me clothes from And she lost her mind and did the ultimate I asked her for Adidas and she bought me I said, “Mom, what are you you’re ruining my rep” She said, “You’re only sixteen, you don’t have rep yet” I said, let’s put these clothes back, please” She said “no, you go to school to learn not for a show” I said, “This isn’t Na Na, come on Mom, I’m not Bowzer Mom, please put back the bell-bottom Brady Bunch But you don’t want to I can live with that but You gotta put back the double-knit reversible She wasn’t - everything stayed the same Inevitably the first day school came I thought I could get over, tried to play sick But my mom said, “No, no way, forget it” There was nothing I could do, I to relax I got dressed up in ancient artifacts And when I walked into school, was just as I thought kids were cracking up laughing at the clothes Mom bought those who weren’t laughing still had a ball Because they were and whispering I walked down the hall I got home and told my Mom how day went She said, “If were laughing you don’t need them, Cause they’re not good the next six hours I tried to explain to my Mom That I was gonna have to go through about 200 more times So you all the kids all across the land There’s no need argue just don’t understand Oh-kay, here’s the parents went away on a week’s vacation and They left the keys to the brand new they mind? Umm, well, of course I’ll take it for a little spin And show it off to a couple of friends I’ll just cruise it around the maybe I shouldn’t Yeah, course I should Pay attention, here’s the of the plot I pulled up to the corner the end of my block That’s when I saw this beautiful girl walking I up my car phone to perpetrate like I was talking You should’ve seen girl’s bodily dimensions I honked my horn just to get her said, “Was that for me?” I “Yeah” said, “Why?” I said, on and take a ride with a helluva guy” She “How do I know you’re not sick? could be some deranged lunatic” I said, “C’mon toots - my name is Prince = would a lunatic have a Porsche like this?” She agreed and we were our way She was looking very good and was I, I must say - word We hit McDonald’s, into the drive We ordered two Big Macs and two large fries with She kicked her shoes onto the floor She said, “Drive fast, speed turns me She put her hand on my I put my foot on the gas We almost got I took off so fast sun roof was open , the music was high And this girl’s hand was steadily moving up my She had up three buttons on her shirt so far I guess that’s I didn’t notice that police car We’re ninety in my Mom’s new Porsche And to make this long story short short When the pulled me over I was scared as hell I said, “I don’t have a license but I drive well, officer” I almost a heart attack that day Come to find out the was a twelve-year-old runaway I was arrested, the was impounded There no way for me to avoid being grounded My had to come off from vacation to get me I’d rather in jail than to have my father hit me My parents in I my grip, I said, “Ah, Mom, Dad, how was your trip?” They didn’t - I said, “I want to plead my case” But my father shoved me in the car by my face That a hard ride home, I don’t know how I survived They took turns - one would beat me while the other driving I can’t it, I just made a mistake Well parents are the same no matter time nor So to you all the kids all the land Take it from me, just don’t understand