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RejectGreen Day

Released: October 14, 1997

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Rob Cavallo Green Day

[Verse 1]
Who the hell are you to tell me
What I am and what's my master plan?
What makes you think that it includes you?
Self-righteous wealth, stop flattering yourself

[Chorus]
So when the smoke clears, here I am
Your reject all-American
Sucking up to your social sect
Making you a nervous wreck
To hell and back and hell again, I've gone

[Post-Chorus]
You're not my type, not my type

[Verse 2]
What's the difference between you and me?
I do what I want, and you do what you're told
So listen and shut the hell up
It's no big deal and I'll see you in hell

[Chorus]
So when the smoke clears, here I am
Your reject all-American
Sucking up to your social sect
Making you a nervous wreck
To hell and back and hell again, I've gone

[Post-Chorus]
You're not my type, not my type
Not my type, you're not my type

[Outro]
So when the smoke clears, here I am
Your reject all-American
Falling from grace, right on my face
To hell and back and hell again, I've gone
So when the smoke clears, here I am
Say again, what?

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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