Marilyn Manson

Released: July 19, 1994

Songwriter: Gidget Gein Daisy Berkowitz Marilyn Manson

Producer: Marilyn Manson Trent Reznor

[Intro]
Next motherfucker's gonna get my metal
I bring you...
Break it down...
On, we plow!

[Verse 1]
The big bully try to stick his finger in my chest
Try to tell me, tell me he's the best
I don't really give a good goddamn, 'cause

[Pre-Chorus]
Got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well
Got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well
I got my lunchbox and I'm armed real well
("I'm making my lunch!")

[Chorus]
I wanna grow up, wanna be
A big rock and roll star
I wanna grow up, I wanna be
So no one fucks with me, yeah

[Post-Chorus]
Fire, I bring you fire
Fire, I bring you...

[Verse 2]
Got the pencils in my pocket, try to put me down
Wanna go out, gotta get down to the playground
Gonna throw down at the playground
I wanna go out

[Pre-Chorus]
Next motherfucker gonna get my metal
Next motherfucker gonna get my metal
Next motherfucker gonna get my metal
Next motherfucker...

Pow, pow, pow!
Pow, pow, pow!
Pow, pow, pow!
Pow, pow, pow!

[Chorus]
I wanna grow up, wanna be
A big rock and roll star
I wanna grow up, I wanna be
So no one fucks with me, yeah

[Bridge]
Did you have fun as a kid?
It's the most beautiful thing
It's beautiful to be made into a tattle tale or be forced to admire authority, or sell yourself for a piece of candy
Yeah!

[Chorus]
I wanna grow up, wanna be
A big rock and roll star
I wanna grow up, I wanna be
So no one fucks with me, yeah

I wanna grow up, wanna be
A big rock and roll star
I wanna grow up, I wanna be
So no one fucks with me, yeah yeah yeah

Brian Hugh Warner who is better known under his stage name of Marilyn Manson is a musician, painter, actor, multimedia artist, and former music journalist. His stage name is a combination of the names of two American icons, actress Marilyn Monroe and multiple murder conspiracy convict Charles Manson.

I picked that (Marilyn Manson) as the fakest stage name of all to say that this is what show business is, fake. Marilyn Monroe wasn’t even her real name, Charles Manson isn’t his real name, and now, I’m taking that to be my real name. But what’s real? You can’t find the truth, you just pick the lie you like the best. As long as you know everything’s a lie, you can’t hurt yourself.

—Marylin Manson

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