Green Day

Released: March 22, 2011

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong

Let's go

[Verse 1]
I'm on a mission, I made my decision
To lead a path of self-destruction
A slow progression, killing my complexion
And it's rotting out my teeth
Go!

[Chorus]
I'm on a roll
No self-control
I'm blowing off steam with
Methamphetamine
Well don't know what I want
And that's all that I've got
Then I'm picking scabs off my face
Jump, jump, go!

[Verse 2]
Every hour my blood is turning sour
And my pulse is beating out of time
I found a treasure filled with sick pleasure
And it sits on a thick white line
Oh!

[Chorus]
I'm on a roll
No self-control
I'm blowing off steam with
Methamphetamine
Well don't know what I want
And that's all that I've got
Then I'm picking scabs off my face
Let's let's go!

[Verse 3]
I'm on a mission, I got no decision
Like a cripple running the rat race
Wish in one hand and shit in the other
And see which one gets filled first
Oh!

[Chorus]
I'm on a roll
No self-control
I'm blowing off steam with
Methamphetamine
Well don't know what I want
And that's all that I've got
Then I'm picking scabs off my face
Jump, jump, go!

Eh oh

[Outro]
Geek
Stink
Breath

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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