What The Hell Does "Rant" Mean?

Hey! This is a song for aguy who helped me start the band

Hey! We wrote a record from a riff he wrote with his hands

I might laugh if I didn't know his past because I know he wasn't trying to be funny

When he said to you this sound is through, let;s start making money

What of the summer, yeah it can be a bummer if you're not supposed to be there

In the punk machine you become the kinks, we've been there & we've been scared

Fill up the tank, get out make the kids skank

Your shows were packed, don't say that NOBODY CAME

Just bring the rock & wait for the kids to roll

If there's only a few, it's all the same

When we were younger nothing seemed to matter

We faced fears walked on stage to laughter

Now you're older & you're smoking cigarettes

Only talk about the past, no concern for what's next

He's saying he's depressed / Cause he never got that check

You do nothing there's not much for you to expect

You wanna have this band? You've gotta be a man

You've gotta take a stand and build it with your own hands

He says he owes nothing to anyone

Remember that he's not from where we're from

You don't need him up on stage putting on the game show charade