We’re gonna burn rubber in the street and rock the neighborhood
We’re gonna peel out tonight and babe it feels so good
We’re gonna riot at the movies on Friday night
And then see the show inside on Saturday night
We’re just looking for a good time like any kid would
(We’re gonna kick ass)
It’s too quiet here we gotta rock the boat
We’ve had enough now let’s go for the throat
We don’t give a damn ‘bout what the lawmakers wrote
We came, we saw—we kicked ass!
We’re gonna cruise down Ben Yehuda and scream JAPs—FEH!!!
We’re gonna go down to Zion Square and be The Big Zeh
We’re gonna hold our heads high and walk through the old school
We’re gonna strut like kings and make ‘em look like fools
We ain’t gonna stop even when the light’s red
(We’re gonna kick ass)
Blues in the morning, heads held high at night
We’re gonna play the fool but we’ll play it right
We’re gonna fire up the engines and then take flight
We came, we saw—we kicked ass!
It’s the thirty third day and all across the nation
There’s one tremendous conflagration
We were born into this life we can’t avoid that
So the best we can do is take advantage of the fact
We gotta make the best of our generation
(We’re gonna kick ass)
I won’t feel all right till I’ve spent some money
On a real good looking American honey
We’re gonna sit on the rails and look real bummy
We came, we saw—we kicked ass!
It’s the end of an era and the situation’s sick
Their ugly heads are reared while our once-bright heads are thick
They want the whole arm when we offer them a hand
We think life will be great if we just give all they demand
Well it’s high time they got their asses kicked
(We’re gonna kick ass)
We’re sick and tired of taking all the blame
We gotta call this animal by its real name
Let’s send all those pishies back from whence they came
We came, we saw—we kicked ass!
©2024 The Hesh Inc.
This was an anthem I wrote during my army years, kind of like a "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" for testosterone-addled twentysomething Jewish males on the loose in Jerusalem on a night out of yeshiva. Musically, the song has a late-1980s party-rock groove, somewhere between ZZ Top, Wang Chung, and Kool & The Gang. The lyrics portray a lot of postadolescent bravado as well as reaction to political issues that were current at the time, such as the brouhaha around movie theaters remaining open in Petah Tiqwa on Shabbat, the prospect of an imposed "two-state solution," and Jewish self-hatred in the wake of the Arab Intifada. The last verse was added somewhat later, but unfortunately remains timely.
The "33rd day" in the third verse is Lag Ba'Omer, a minor holiday celebrated by lighting bonfires. In Israel, virtually the entire country would go up in smoke and flames the eve of the holiday, prompting airline pilots on approach to Ben-Gurion Airport to reassure passengers that there was in fact NO war going on, but in recent years the government has been discouraging this mode of celebration, owing mostly to environmental concerns.