it was a little city by the bay we drove our truck a long way there to play we had a lot of things to think about it didn t take too long to figure out we never dreamed that it all would come true never thought that we d have to tell you but if you ain t found out we re definitely cool we wrote a song about some local boys who had ferrari s as their favorite toys and their music gave their lives some hope and their music was white punks on dope we wish we could be just like them but they didn t want to be friends cause their lifestyle got scarred from living too hard i was a punk before you were a punk you don t believe me just step outside and see me baby i was a punk before you were a punk you want some action i ll put your ass in traction baby i was a punk before you were i was a punk before you i was a punk before you were i was a punk before you we were a joke at our own record label they told us make a record if you re able they told us not to take too many chances and we pissed away our big advances the producer we got was a jerk but white punks was one song that worked it was shot in the dark that just missed the mark we were surprised when it caused all this rage and they wouldn t let us take the stage we knew we had a lot of what it takes but we didn t get the lucky breaks now it s all such a great big fuss and they all seem to copy just us we never got reimbursed for the punks that were first i was a punk before you were a punk you don t believe me just step outside and see me baby i was a punk before you were a punk you want some action i ll put your ass in traction baby i was a punk before you were i was a punk before you i was a punk before you were i was a punk before you