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MinorityGreen Day

Released: December 11, 2000

Songwriter: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

[Chorus]
I wanna be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
'Cause I wanna be the minority

[Verse 1]
I pledge allegiance to the underworld
One nation under dog there of which I stand alone
A face in the crowd unsung against the mold
Without a doubt, singled out, the only way I know

[Chorus]
'Cause I wanna be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
'Cause I wanna be the minority

[Bridge]
Stepped out of the line
Like a sheep runs from the herd
Marching out of time
To my own beat now
The only way I know

[Verse 2]
One light, one mind, flashing in the dark
Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts
"For crying out loud," she screamed unto me
A free-for-all, fuck 'em all, "You are your own sight!"

[Chorus]
'Cause I wanna be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
'Cause I wanna be the minority, hey!

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
One light, one mind, flashing in the dark
Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts
"For crying out loud," she screamed unto me
A free-for-all, fuck 'em all, "You are your own sight!"

[Chorus]
'Cause I wanna be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
'Cause I wanna be the minority

[Outro]
I wanna be the minority
I wanna be the minority
I wanna be the minority
I wanna be the minority

Green Day

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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