Green Day

Released: April 20, 2010

Featuring: John Gallagher Jr. Michael Esper Tony Vincent

Songwriter: Green Day

Producer: Billie Joe Armstrong

[ST. JIMMY]
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy, wa-hey!
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy, wa-hey!

The insurgency will rise
When the blood's been sacrifice
Don't be blinded by the lies
In your eyes

Silence is the enemy
Against your urgency
So rally up the demons of your soul
Overthrow the effigy
The vast majority
While burning down the foreman of control

[WILL]
And there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make-believe
That don't believe in me

[ST. JIMMY]
Woaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Violence is an energy
Against the enemy well
Violence is an energy, wa-hey!

[ALL]
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy, wa-hey?

[WILL, JOHNNY and ST. JIMMY]
And there's nothing wrong with me (The insurgency will rise)
This is how I'm supposed to be (When the blood's been sacrificed)
In a land of make-believe (Don't be blind!)
That don't believe in me!

[ST. JIMMY]
Silence is the enemy

[ALL]
Oh-way, oh-way

[ST. JIMMY]
From here to eternity

[ALL]
Oh-way, oh-way

[ST. JIMMY]
Violence is an energy

[ALL]
Oh-way, oh way

[ST. JIMMY]
Do you know the enemy?

[JOHNNY and ST. JIMMY]
Do you know the enemy?
Well, you gotta know your enemy!

[ALL]
Do you know the enemy?

Formed in East Bay, California in 1986 and still going strong today, Green Day is one of the biggest punk rock acts in the world. Along with other punk bands in California such as The Offspring, Sublime, Bad Religion and Rancid, they have been credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the U.S. in the 90s.

First starting in 1986 as Sweet Children, longtime friends Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar and lead vocalist) and Mike Dirnt (bass guitar) teamed up with John Kiffmeyer to produce their debut EP 1,000 Hours. They eventually dropped the name Sweet Children and called themselves Green Day due to the band members' fondness for cannabis (it even inspired a song featured on their first album) and for their second studio album Kerplunk they replaced Kiffmeyer with German-born drummer Tré Cool, who had been drumming since the age of 12 in a punk band, The Lookouts.

It was their 1994 record Dookie that sent the band to stardom and gave them mainstream success. Dookie, alongside their following albums Insomniac (1995) and Nimrod (1997) were certified double platinum. Eventually, the band started to fall in popularity with their 2000 record Warning which only reached gold.

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