I graduated in 1993
I never demonstrated much of my ability
I was a good boy but I was much too smart for my own good
Teachers said I was gifted and quite talented

Do you have an extra quarter?
Got to get to class tomorrow
All is fair in Asbury
Make my way into Berkeley

When I was seven, I stared in to the monitor
And found my best friend
Mr. Commodore 64
Daddy bought me an International Business Machine
And with it I compromised national security

Do you have an extra quarter?
Got to get to class tomorrow
All is fair in Asbury
Make my way into Berkeley

What the hell ya saving for?
I'm gonna start the third world war

Hanging with the punks in the gutters I have found
Most of them are gifted and talented as well
Oh brotha could you spare a dime?
(If a quarter you do not have)
Been running from the Marshall Man
Since I broke into NORAD

But it's working out so well
The beggar's life is swell