Boiler Room is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Ben Younger, and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Tom Everett Scott, Ron Rifkin and Jamie Kennedy.
The film is based partly on the real life experiences of Jordan Belfort.
In 1999 Seth Davis (Ribisi), a 19-year-old college dropout runs an illegal but successful underground casino in his Queens apartment. His father Marty (Rifkin), a New York Federal District judge, disapproves of him and worries that Seth's criminal living may cost him his judgeship. In hopes to get on his father's good side, Seth joins J.T. Marlin, a brokerage firm based in a non-descript office building in or near Commack, NY, after Greg Weinstein (Katt) comes to his home to check out Seth's business and offers him a job at the firm. Seth agrees and becomes a trainee under Weinstein.
Everything seems to work out for Seth in the early days of his job. Arriving at J.T. Marlin, he learns from Jim Young (Affleck), one of the heads of the company, what he needs to do to become a millionaire working at the firm. Seth learns the ways of the company and does very well at his new job. He also embarks on a romance with Abbie Halpert (Long), an ex-girlfriend of Greg's, which Greg shows disapproval of and who often worries about her effect on his friends and workers. Seth also becomes part of the crowd of successful stock brokers, including Chris Varick (Diesel) and Richie O'Flaherty (Caan), and lives a high-life type of lifestyle with them, usually going out to restaurants with them and seeing their fights with other people. He hits a few snags though, including fights and arguments he has with Greg when Greg becomes too worried about Seth's explosively good work at his job, and when Seth closes down his casino because his employees don't appreciate their significantly increased salaries.
I've been the victim. I've seen them fall
I've seen the puppets and the suckers and the whores
You were the actor I didn't know
You were the phony feature in this picture show
And I got this feeling that I can't explain
I can't explain
I feel it
My thoughts are twisted, I have the scars
You'll pay with impunity and I'm gonna even the score
And I got this feeling that I can't explain
I can't explain
Rage. I feel rage
I contemplate. when I'll see you
Vindictive, I feel it, I feel it
Vindictive
I couldn't believe it, thought I seen it all
Who's now the puppet and the sucker and the whore
You were the actor I didn't know
You're the only phony feature in this picture show
And I got this feeling that I can't explain
I can't explain
I feel it
Rage, I feel rage
I contemplate, when I'll see you
I've been shown all good things in life
Not all that have a reach in sight
Really is distorted, ambition can be aborted
Expectation false and contorted
Superficial, I don't wanna be
Just like you, a shallow fool
Superficial, I can't stand to be
Just like you, a shallow fool
I've been one self-influenced mind
All these things they don't realize
Reality is distorted, ambitions can be aborted
Expectation false and contorted
Superficial, I don't wanna be
Just like you, a shallow fool
Superficial, I can't stand to be
Just like you, a shallow fool
And I can't stand all that you represent
Material things have definitely got you bent
And I can't take no more, now I see your flaws
I can't escape it, take me away
Take, take, take, take me away now
I don't wanna play no superficial games
Superficial, I don't wanna be
Just like you, a shallow fool
Superficial, I can't stand to be
Just like you, a shallow fool
I can't stand to be like
I can't stand to be like
I can't stand to be like
Thanks to Julia James for submitting
the lyrics
Set your screws to 71 - Mr. Barrett
71? If you ask me Mr. Bell
- it's a might soon for 71.
Captain's orders, Mr Barrett-
if you've got no objections that is!
It's his ship isn't it? 71 it shall be!
But I speak plain Mr. Bell, if it was
my ship I wouldn't recommend the
speed be increased too quick
Do as you're told Mr. Barrett.
Bet your life, bet your death
Now you bet your, now you bet your
Now you're better off dead
Kiss it, kiss it, kiss it on all goodbye
Kiss it, kiss it, kiss it on all goodbye
So blind you don't even know it
Can't make no sense out of hoping
Emotion can't even show it
Don't even know where you're going
Waste your life, waste your mind
Now you waste my, now you waste my,
Now you're wasting my time
Lost, now you know it
Lost, now you know it
Don't even know where you're going
I found it
I hated it
I wrote it down
To tell you later
I lost it
This feeling
I wrote upon that piece of paper
I fell it
I loved it
I whispered it
I was elated
You talked and
You missed it
You idiot
You think i hate it
Well come and play in my boiler room
Turn the heat up and
Make you feel like i do
I'll make you feel like i do
My boiler room
Has everything i need to make me feel better
My boiler room
Has everything i need to feel
My boiler room
Has everything to need to make me feel better
My boiler room
I found it
It hurt me
I wrote a song
To make you sorry
You loved it
This song now
You've gone and missed the point completely
Come and play in my boiler room
I'll turn the heat up and make me feel like i do
Make you feel like i do
My boiler room
Has everything i need to make me feel better
My boiler room
Has everything i need to feel
My boiler room
Has everything i need to make me feel better
My boiler room
I found it
I loved it
I wrote it
I lost it
My boiler room
Has everything i need to make me feel better
My boiler room
Has everything i need to feel
My boiler room
Has everything i need to make me feel better
My boiler room
My boiler room
Has everything i need to make me feel better
My boiler room
Has everything i need to feel
My boiler room
Has everything i need to make me feel better
My boiler room
My boiler room
My boiler room
Open my eyes to reality, it ain't hard to see now
I look around and tell you what I saw
Tried to take my mind away. question my insanity
Can it wait, can you make it wait
I don't wanna wait, I don't wanna wait
I don't wanna no more
They will deceive you; they will deceive you everytime
Patience, waiting
I can't handle it
No more saving
This rage that's within
You can't fake your own insanity, listen what I say now
You can defy all the powers that be
Faith in yourself now, is the only way how
Can it wait, can you make it wait
I don't wanna wait, I don't wanna wait
I don't wanna no more
They will deceive you; they will deceive you every time
Patience, waiting
I can't handle it
No more saving
This rage that's within
I can feel it deep within
Now it won't be long now
Then where do we go
Who even cares
'Cause now you're there
They will deceive you; they will deceive you everytime
Patience, waiting
I can't handle it
No more saving
This rage that's within
You never believed in me
For many years I dealt with it
Now I'll have a fit
To end all of this pain
Now you can't show me how to live
It's me you won't kid
You're the one who's insane
Sick and tired that you think you know it
all, your bullshit advice don't fit my life
and you got the balls to tell me how to
live, with a fake concern
But you're the one who's Fuckin' gotta learn
to speak to people with respect
'Cause I tell ya right now,
I ain't buying that ego shit
Got somethin' to say, it better be nice,
'cause I ain't in the mood, aight
Why you always tryin' to degrade me
Why you always tryin' to talk down to me
This is my life, now can't you see
Just back off
Can't breathe now, with you around
Irritate me, you nauseate me
Now I'm stressin', just from your words
Better leave now, before you get hurt
So many scars, just live with it
Makes you stronger if
You don't ever give in
Now you can't show us how to live
It's us you won't kid
You're the one who's insane
In my company yon better act right
'Cause with you is who that I have a gripe
Been a long time comin for many years,
now to my rules you must adhere
Gonna set you straight
'Cause you're the ultimate fake
And don't you know
I ain't gonna make a mistake
Gonna get vile. gonna show ya right 'cause
I ain't in the mood, aight
Why you always tryin' to degrade me
Why you always tryin' to talk down to me
This is my life, now can't you see
Just back off
Can't breaths now, with you around
Irritate me, you nauseate me
Now I'm stressin', just from your words
Better leave now, before you get hurt
Have you ever had someone under your
skin and they make you so very sick
The kind you can't stomach deep within
And they just can't get a hint
People, I'm talkin to ya, people, better rise
above and make a stand
People, I'm talkin to ya, people
Better rise and make a stand
You can do this, you can, you can do this
You gotta tell 'em, show some respect
Can't breathe now, can't breathe
Nauseate me, irritate me
Can't see how you talk down
To everyone around
Can't breathe now, 'cause you know
Watch me give out
Never giving in
The only way is to get down in it
To the top with me now there's no limits
Give me reason
Reason to believe
That you're with us when we're bringing it to ya
Like we have before
We're gonna do it again
We're gonna do it again now
Turn it out
Do it again
We're gonna do it again now
Set it off
Do It Again
We're gonna do it again now
This goes out to the ones who doubt
No longer the underdog. we're gonna win it
Don't you doubt us 'cause we were always in it
Now tell me, tell me what ya, what ya gonna do
When I get some cash, she'll get with me too
Everybody knows that we get the party started
And I must admit, we make an art of it
We're coming down hard on all the half-hearted
And watch me now 'cause I'm just getting started
Watch me blow it on up
Watch me blow it on op
Watch me now. 'cause you're living a lie
and now you came to confide
We're gonna do it again
We're gonna do it again now
Turn it out
Do it again
We're gonna do It again now
Set it off
Do It Again
We're gonna do it again now
Can't understand why you thrive on
your misery
You and your jealousy
Look at me now
You never imagined
I would be where I wanted to be
There is no way:
I would live your way
Whatchya want from me!?!
Whatchya take from me!?!
What ya, what ya
I can see through you
Can't understand why you tend to
betray me
You and your unloyalty
Look at me now
You can't even fathom
I would be where I wanted to be
There's nothing to say:
You want it this way
Whatchya want from me!?!
Whatchya take from me!?!
What ya, what ya
I can see through you
You can't find a way now
to live it down
Whatchya take from me!?!
What ya, what ya
I can see through you
There's no other, there's no other
to shake 'em down
There's no other, there's no other
to shake 'em down
There's no mother, there's no
brother to take me down
There's no other
You can't find a way now
to live it down
Realizing. despising, your conniving
It's gotta stop
Conspiring, conspiring minds
The story of my life
Just when you think life gets clear
A thorn in your side
You got your hand out I see, your nerve I
cannot believe
Now that you've taken
There's nothin' left for me
You got your hand out I see
Your nerve I cannot believe
Now that you've token, what's left for me
These people push up on me
All I'm asking is
Can I Live
Won't you please let me live
Just save it for another day
All I'm asking is
Can I Live
Won't you please let me live
They always want something more
Want something from my life
All they want is a piece of me
To bring my demise
You got your hand out I see
Your nerve I cannot believe
Now that you've taken
There's nothing left for me
You got your hand out I see
Your nerve I cannot believe
Now that you've taken, what's left for me
These people push up on me
All I'm asking is
Can I Live
Won't you please let me live
Just save it for another day
All I'm asking is
Can I Live
Won't you please let me live
Can't tell ya how I'm so frustrated about
your attitude, I can't explain it
Gimme some space
You're always in my face all the time
Back off, 'cause I need
some time to think
About the situation that just stinks
Can't tolerate, I'm irate, Just save it
These people push up on me
All I'm asking is
Can I Live
Won't you please let me live
Just save it for another day
All I'm asking is
Can I Live
Kick'em in the grill
Got this feeling, found my meaning
Can't conceal it from anyone
Now I realize, all of those lies
Now no one will stand in my way
I can't believe
What's inside me
The vision I see
Can't escape it
I can't wait to break out
I won't fake it
This time it's real
Life in excess, push these limits
The obsession lies in me
Silence no more, when things go wrong
Release of this anxiety
I can't believe
What's inside me
The vision I see
Can't escape it
I can't wait to break out
I won't fake it
This time it's real
I'm giving it all that I can give
I'm giving it all that I can give
This is the life I gotta live
This is the life I got to live
I can't believe
What's inside me
The vision I see
Can't escape it
I can't wait to break out
I won't fake it
This time it's real
Kick 'em in the grill, got to kick 'em in the grill yeah
Kick 'em in the grill, got to kick 'em in, what, what
Kick 'em in the grill, now watch me keep it real
can't sleep. I'm grinding my teeth
This is worse than anything
Worse than any bad dream
And I know, there's something
really wrong
I can't beat these symptoms in me
I can't shake the ailment.
Always gets the best of me
And I know, there's something
really wrong in me
Is it just the thoughts in my head
Is it just the thoughts in my head
Where I've been. where I'm going.
Where I'm at
Where I've been, where I'm going
Insomnia, can't sleep, well I guess I can't
Insomnia, can't stress,
'Cause my life's a mess
Insomnia, I can't take it
It tears me up and always ruins my day
I can't see, these visions in me
I can't shake the ailment
Always gets the best of me
And I know, there's something
really wrong in me
[CHORUS]
Tick tock goes the clock, should I get up -
Get a glass of water
Oh no, now I'm gonna pace the floor
In, out, in I go
Oh no, now I think I gotta check my head
What is this now
What is this in me
What is this now
Ailing me
What have they prescribed me
These pills will kill for sure
Insomnia, can't sleep, well I guess I can't
Insomnia, can't stress,
'Cause my life's a mess
Insomnia, I can't take it
Life's misfortunes always scorn us
Flesh and blood we are
Pain is certain in a world that
Has no guarantee
Whatever fate may be
I know, I know, I know
I can't find a way out in this world
Can't break your fall
And it's always something
There is no reason
Can't break that mold
Of the freaky things that happen
There is no reason
Breakin' it down
I said we're breakin' it down
When your time's up, you might die young
Live while you can
Why are we here, is the question
Can you please explain
Whatever fate may be
I know, I know, I know
I can't find a way out in this world
Can't break your fall
And it's always something
There is no reason
Can't break that mold
Of the freaky things that happen
There is no reason
I took a look inside, I told myself a lie
And still I wonder why. who's to blame
There's no forgiveness here. why must we live in fear
Who holds the cards in this unfair game?
I know, I know, I know
I can't find a way out in this world
Can't break your fall
And it's always something
There is no reason
Can't break that mold
Of the freaky things that happen
There is no reason
Breakin' it down
I said we are breakin' it down
Can't find a rhyme or reason
Can't find a rhyme or reason
There ain't no time nor a season