Green Day

Released: March 22, 2011

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Green Day

Do you know your fucking enemy?

[Chorus]
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy (Rah eh!)
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy (Rah eh!)
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy (Rah eh!)

[Verse 1]
Violence is an energy against the enemy
Well, violence is an energy (Rah eh!)
Bringing on the fury, the choir infantry
Revolt against the honor to obey (Oh eh, oh eh)
Overthrow the effigy, the vast majority
Well, burning down the foreman of control (Oh eh, oh eh)
Silence is the enemy against your urgency
So rally up the demons of your soul! (Oh eh, oh eh)

[Chorus]
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy (Rah eh!)
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy (Rah eh!)

[Bridge 1]
The insurgency will rise
When the blood's been sacrificed
We'll be blinded by the lies in your eyes
Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, let's go!
(Oh eh, oh eh)
(Oh eh, oh eh)

[Guitar Solo]

Get those hands up in the air!
I say 'hey oh...'
Come on!
I say 'hey oh...'
Come on!
Hey, hey, hey, hey!

[Bridge 2]
Well, violence is an energy (Oh eh, oh eh)
Well, from here to eternity (Oh eh, oh eh)
Well, violence is an energy (Oh eh, oh eh)
Well, silence is the enemy
So gimme, gimme revolution!

[Chorus: Billie Joe Armstrong]
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy (Rah eh!)
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy (Rah eh!)
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy (Rah eh!)

[Outro]
Overthrow the effigy, the vast majority
Well, burning down the foreman of control (Oh eh, oh eh)
Silence is the enemy against your urgency
So rally up the demons of your soul (Oh eh, oh eh)

Alright! England!

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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