Rock ‘N’ Roll Nigger Lyrics
And the world spreads its legs
And the world spreads its legs
For another fuckin' star!
'Cause I am the all-American Antichrist
I was made in America
And America hates me for what I am, I am your shit
You should be ashamed of what you have eaten
I'm a rock 'n' roll nigger!
[Verse 1]
Baby was a black sheep, baby was a whore
Baby's gotten big and baby's getting bigger
Baby got somethin', baby want more
Baby, baby, baby was a rock 'n' roll nigger
[Pre-Chorus]
How do you like the world around you?
Do you like what you see?
How do you like the world around you?
Ready to be?
[Chorus]
Outside of society, waiting for me
Outside of society, is where I wanna be
Baby was a black sheep, baby was a whore
Baby got big and baby's getting bigger
Baby got a gun, got her finger on the trigger
Baby, baby, baby was a rock 'n' roll nigger
[Chorus]
Outside of society, waiting for me
Outside of society, is where I wanna be
[Bridge]
Nigger, rock 'n' roll nigger
I'm a rock 'n' roll nigger
This is your world in which we grow
And we will grow to hate you
We will grow to hate you
We will grow, we will grow
We will grow to hate you
We will grow, we will grow
We will grow to hate you
One, two, three, four!
[Verse 3]
I was lost in the valley of pleasure
I was lost in the infinite sea
I was lost and begging for pleasure
And this world is waiting for me
Jimi Hendrix was a nigger
Jesus Christ and grandma, too
Brian Warner, what a nigger
Nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger!
[Chorus]
Outside of society, waiting for me
Outside of society, is where I wanna be
Outside of society, waiting for me
Outside of society, is where I wanna be
[Outro]
Yeah! Yeah!
Fuck you! Fuck you!
No, fuck you! Fuck you!
About
For obvious reasons, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Nigger” is a controversial song to cover, which not many artists tried to do.
It’s a cover of the original Patti Smith song.
Manson chose to cover this song, despite the use of the N-word. He explained:
I thought “Rock N Roll Nigger” was a song that I could really relate to, and our fans could relate to, about being an outsider. I also thought that nobody else really, in our era of music, had the courage to do a cover of a song like that because, you know, they would get in trouble for the title but this song isn’t about racism. It’s about standing up for yourself
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Manson explained why he chose to cover the song:
I thought “Rock N Roll Nigger” was a song that I could really relate to, and our fans could relate to, about being an outsider. I also thought that nobody else really, in our era of music, had the courage to do a cover of a song like that because, you know, they would get in trouble for the title but this song isn’t about racism. It’s about standing up for yourself.
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