Lyrics

Lifestyles was the lead single from GC's second album The Young and the Hopeless and was their breakthrough hit, charting well around the world.

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Album: The Young and the Hopeless (2002)
written by Benji and Joel Madden

Always see it on TV
Or read it in the magazines
Celebrities want sympathy
All they do is piss and moan
Inside the Rolling Stone*
Talking about how hard life can be

I'd like to see them spend a week
Livin' life out on the street
I don't think they would survive
If they could spend a day or two
Walking in someone else's shoes
I think they'd stumble and they'd fall
They would fall, fall

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They're always complaining, always complaining
If money's such a problem
Well, they got mansions
Think we should rob them

Did you know when you were famous
You could kill your wife
And there's no such thing as 25 to life
As long as you got the cash to pay for Cochran**
And did you know if you were caught
And you were smoking crack
McDonald's wouldn't even want to take you back
You could always just run for mayor of D.C.

I'd like to see them spend a week
Livin' life out on the street
I don't think they would survive
If they could spend a day or two
Walking in someone else's shoes
I think they'd stumble and they'd fall
They would fall

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They're always complaining, always complaining
If money's such a problem
Well, they got mansions
Think we should rob them

(Rob them, rob them)

[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

They would fall, they would fall
They would fall

Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
They're always complaining, always complaining
If money's such a problem
They got so many problems
Think I could solve them
Lifestyles of the rich and the famous
We'll take your clothes, cash cards and homes
Just stop complaining
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
Lifestyles of the rich and famous

* The Rolling Stone is the "Bible of rock music", the world's most famous rock music magazine. It has offices and publishes all around the world.

** Cochran is a US slang term for a very expensive lawyer, after a lawyer named Cochran who could always get his clients off but charged exorbitantly high prices.