Released: June 15, 1989
Songwriter: Dexter Holland
Producer: Thom Wilson
[Pre-Chorus]
In a world without leaders
Who'd start all the wars?
The world that you're saving
Will always be yours
[Chorus]
Kill the President, voice of reason
Unify with that single line
Stop the man with the power of the government
A leader's not the center of democracy
[Verse 1]
In a world without leaders
Who'd make people starve?
The world that we're saving
Will always be ours
Everyone says, "Well, maybe I'll make a difference"
Thinking they've got plenty of time
But you're squeezed a little tighter everyday
Punished before you can commit a crime
[Pre-Chorus]
In a world without leaders
Who'd start all the wars?
The world that you're saving
Will always be yours
[Chorus]
Kill the President, voice of reason
Unify with that single line
Stop the man with the power of the government
A leader's not the center of democracy
[Verse 2]
America, all of your enemies
Come from within but you lash out
So it is seen like some frightened child
In an angry world or the fall of Rome
Your demise comes from your own, your own hands
[Pre-Chorus]
In a world without leaders
Who'd start all the wars?
The world that you're saving
Will always be yours
[Chorus]
Kill the President, voice of reason
Unify with that single line
Stop the man with the power of the government
A leader's not the center of democracy
[Outro]
Kill the President, kill the President
Kill the President, kill the President
Kill the President, kill the President now!
In a world without leaders
Who'd start all the wars?
The world that you're saving
Will always be yours
[Chorus]
Kill the President, voice of reason
Unify with that single line
Stop the man with the power of the government
A leader's not the center of democracy
[Verse 1]
In a world without leaders
Who'd make people starve?
The world that we're saving
Will always be ours
Everyone says, "Well, maybe I'll make a difference"
Thinking they've got plenty of time
But you're squeezed a little tighter everyday
Punished before you can commit a crime
[Pre-Chorus]
In a world without leaders
Who'd start all the wars?
The world that you're saving
Will always be yours
[Chorus]
Kill the President, voice of reason
Unify with that single line
Stop the man with the power of the government
A leader's not the center of democracy
[Verse 2]
America, all of your enemies
Come from within but you lash out
So it is seen like some frightened child
In an angry world or the fall of Rome
Your demise comes from your own, your own hands
[Pre-Chorus]
In a world without leaders
Who'd start all the wars?
The world that you're saving
Will always be yours
[Chorus]
Kill the President, voice of reason
Unify with that single line
Stop the man with the power of the government
A leader's not the center of democracy
[Outro]
Kill the President, kill the President
Kill the President, kill the President
Kill the President, kill the President now!
more tracks from the album
From the album
- The Offspring (1989)
The Offspring popular songs
- Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)
- You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid
- Self Esteem
- The Kids Aren’t Alright
- Come Out and Play (Keep ’Em Separated)
- Why Don’t You Get a Job?
- Gone Away
- Bad Habit
- Want You Bad
- Hit That
- Original Prankster
- Americana
- All I Want
- Let the Bad Times Roll
- Gotta Get Away
- Slim Pickens Does the Right Thing and Rides the Bomb to Hell
- She’s Got Issues
- Smash
- Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?
- Hammerhead
- Walla Walla
- Have You Ever
- Staring at the Sun
- We Never Have Sex Anymore