The people are much too poornThere ain't nothing they can donThey just try to endurenThey want money and things that they can't affordnSo I'm going to give them everything as they want it morenI'll be the Zoot SuitnI'll be a Zoot SuitnnI wanna be a gangsternI can't take it anymore of that angernFeel like knocking down the doorsnLike a gangsternTake from rich, give to the poornLike a gangster, like a gangsternWho wants to be a gangster?nI can't take it anymore of that angernFeel like knocking down your doorsnLike a gangsternSteal from rich, give to the poornLike a gangster, like a gangsternnI was born really well offnI didn't know it at the timenI had time to pursue my artistic interestsnAnd in timenYes there was some interestnGot my foot in the doornI took a look aroundnI didn't like what I had foundnAll these people so greedynWhile these people so needynI'm going to get at that cheddarnAnd spread it well, believe menI'll be a Zoot SuitnI'll be a Zoot SuitnnI wanna be a gangsternI can't take it anymore of that angernFeel like knocking down the doorsnOf the bankersnTake from rich, give to the poornLike a gangster, like a gangsternI want to be a gangsternI can't take it anymore of that angernFeel like knocking down the doorsnLike a gangsternTake from rich, give to the poornLike a gangster, like a gangsternnDo you want to mess with me?nOK!nnI wanna be a gangsternI can't take it anymore of that angernFeel like knocking down the doorsnOf the bankersnTake from rich, give to the poornLike a gangster, like a gangsternLike a gangster, like a gangster