Mom, I'm begging you, don't be mad at me If I just want to sleep when sunlight seen I opened a door and it stole my soul What controls my core now it's rock-n-roll! ♪ Was a shock at age 15 Was a sight I'd never seen Was a pit and bloody lip Time and time again was hit It was Hatfield and Mustaine It was Deftones and Mudvayne I went down a deadly track And there is no turning back (I beg you, forgive me, ma) There is no turning back! (Know my life once and for all) Now it's rock-n-roll It was Vedder and Cobain It was Staley in his chains It was from the first refrain That I heard in crazy train It's the Beatles and Woodstock Sex Pistols and punk-rock It was everything I saw It became my fatal flaw Forgive me, ma! Mom, I'm begging you, don't be mad at me If I just want to sleep when sunlight seen I opened a door and it stole my soul What controls my core now it's rock-n-roll! (I beg you, forgive me, ma) Now it's rock-n-roll! (Know my life once and for all) Now it's rock-n-roll ♪ Now it's rock-n-roll (I beg you, forgive me, ma) There is no turning back (Know my life once and for all) Now it's rock-n-roll And I beg you, forgive me, ma Just I! Mom, I'm begging you, don't be mad at me If I just want to sleep when sunlight seen I opened a door and it stole my soul What controls my core now it's rock-n-roll (I beg you, forgive me, ma) There is no turning back! (Know my life once and for all) Now it's rock-n-roll