Green Day - working class hero

가사는 사람들이 어릴 때부터 사회적 억압과 폭력을 경험하며, 그로 인해 '워킹 클래스 영웅'이 되기를 강요받는 과정을 담고 있다
종교, 성, 미디어 등으로 조종당하는 사이에서도 진정한 자유와 자아를 찾는 것은 어렵다는 점을 강조한다
결국, 이 모든 억압을 극복하고 사회의 정점에 올라가기 위해서는 희생과 대가가 따른다는 메시지가 포함되어 있다

As soon as you're born they make you feel small
by giving you no time instead of it all
Till the pain is so big you feel nothing at all

A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you're clever and they despise a fool
Till you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules

A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function you're so full of fear

A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see

A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be

There's room at the top they are telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hil

A working class hero is something to be
Yes, a working class hero is something to be

If you want to be a hero, well just follow me
If you want to be a hero, well just follow me