Offspring, The - Genocide Lyrics






Our lives run different ways
Through the rain I see you in the sun
Our star shines anyway
If you wish upon it we are one

One! Two! Three! Four!

Dog eat dog
Every day
On our fellow man we prey
Dog eat dog
To get by
Hope you like my genocide

I find it's such a shame
Through the pain I see things as they are
We're served up on a plate
Pedestal is high enough to fall

And if in time
We can see the errors of our ways
Would anyone change it anyhow?
Our time is up

One! Two! Three! Four!

Dog eat dog
Every day
On our fellow man we prey
Dog eat dog
To get by
Hope you like my genocide

Dog eat dog
Every day
On our fellow man we prey
Dog eat dog
To get by
Hope you like my genocide

I bet you'd only run
If you saw what goes inside our own
I bet you'd lead the way
If it were up to you to decide
But it's not

Dog eat dog
Every day
On our fellow man we prey
Dog eat dog
To get by
Hope you like my genocide

Dog eat dog
Every day
On our fellow man we prey
Dog eat dog
To get by
Hope you like my genocide

Like a silver flame
Like a suicide
Like a killing boy
Like you're giving more
One, two, three, four!

[Spoken:]
Mmm, I especially enjoyed that one
Let's see what's next





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  1. M.... ....

    Did anyone else initially think he was shouting Donkey Kong?

  2. R.... D....

    Keep wishing, Offspring, they're still gnawing at their own bones, decades and nations later. I'll hold the line faithful, until they bring me down... (See: Suicidal Tendencies - Can't Bring Me Down)

  3. H.... F....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  4. E.... ....

    I remember buying this cassette from Sam Goody the summer between my sophmore and junior years of high school. Peachtree mall in Columbus Georgia. I was with my girlfriend, sharing dippin dots ice cream, after I bought it I immediately opened it up, put it in my ever present Walkman, and we slowly walked the mall hand in hand, sharing my earbuds, listening to the entire album front to back. This main riff was one of the first riffs I learned on guitar, I used to just play it over and over in my room on my little Yamaha practice amp until my parents were screaming up the stairs at me to play something else already lol. It's funny and a bit beautiful how a piece of music can come to define such an important memory in our lives.


    Oh, to be young again. Hard to believe it's been 25 years.....

  5. J.... M....

    ... 456 ...

  6. J.... M....

    ... 1233 ... ..

  7. j.... c....

    Reminds me of freshman year good stuff

  8. D.... E....

    It's 2020, ya hounds. Keep on howling.

  9. F.... V....

    Yeuteamo

  10. C.... B....

    Mmm, I especially enjoyed the one. Let's see what's next.


    Very true words Dexter. And yet, this isn't one of the songs that became a hit. I guess he thought it would. I can't blame him for that.

  11. I.... H....

    This is still fucking awesome Chi town

  12. C.... S....

    I listen to this album about once a week. Usually on spotify.. I just noticed that this song is no longer playable on spotify. Rest of the songs are there. I wonder what's up with that??

  13. �.... �....

    Какие же охуенные времена были

  14. 7.... x....

    Jeeremy McGrath super cross 2000 good memories

  15. A.... Y....

    donkey kong

  16. C.... ....

    This song would be an awesome AMV if using clips of Thanos.

  17. I.... D....

    Greatest album of all time? Or one of the greatest...

  18. D.... G....

    Alguém cara em agosto 2019. Somzao

  19. J.... B....

    Pedestal is high enough to fall

  20. �.... �....

    Its grate song!

  21. C.... ....

    Who is enjoing this in 2019 - push the like button here!

    C.... ....

    I always hearing this type of music and is really astonishing.

    C.... ....

    Been listening to smash and Americana since I was like 10! Fuck yeah

    C.... ....

    I'll like this in 2020

    C.... ....

    2020 now 🤘

  22. G.... ....

    I love all of Offspring's music.....but this might be their absolute best track

  23. M.... M....

    “Donkey Kong! To get by! Hope you like my genocide!!!”

  24. r.... 1....

    Doggy dong
    Everyday

  25. T.... P....

    Dog eat Dog !!!

  26. M.... M....

    Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000! No one?

  27. P.... 7....

    Dog eat dog! Hope you like the genocide!

  28. T.... B....

    Best song in the World! Except Tenacious D - Tribute :D

  29. B.... ?....

    Dog eat dog to get by
    Hope you like my genocide

  30. D.... B....

    *Donkey Kong*

  31. L.... S....

    oh my goodness, came across this again after like 7 years. I grew up quite protected and like, proper. except when I was in the car with my dad, he'd blast rock and metal and this became my most favorite song ever. as a little 11 year I obviously didn't know what genocide meant (english is not my native language) and I just really liked the guitar solo :P dad defenitly passed his music taste on to me. sorry mom!

  32. M.... T....

    donkey kong? genocide?!

  33. S.... G....

    Mario vs Sonic anyone? A really old youtube video lol

  34. K.... ....

    Doggy dog, every day

  35. K.... M....

    Sonic vs Mario part 3 by sonictoast

  36. �.... �....

    лайк с русского

  37. M.... B....

    I'm so waiting to one day tell to my kids - music was this awsome in my youth.

  38. J.... R....

    3 talented educated musicians and an iconic song: less than 1,000,000 views, EVERY Katy Perry video, 500,000,000 views. No one will be listening to it in 20 years. The problem with the industry is bombastically apparent. Stop listening to garbage.

  39. L.... G....

    Mortarrr. Dog eat dog int it

  40. w.... i....

    I remember listening to this album and rewinding the moment when the narrator says "so sit back in your favourite chair and relax" and thinking, "what the hell are you expecting from me?" my back wouldn't ever relax because since childhood it's being devastated by loads of books oh-so-necessary to carry to school and back! Most of them never even opened outside the house...

  41. C.... ....

    I BET YOU WOULD ONLY RUN IF YOU SAW WHAT GOES INSIDE OUR OWN BOXCARS!!

  42. F.... R....

    How quick the time past. Good past times. Teenager... yeee.. Now, a few hour to 2018, good memories returns to my mind.

  43. D.... R....

    Man, you're all retarded.

  44. N.... ....

    Music like this is still being made today, you just need to know where to find it! Search up 'The HeadAche LP (2017 Album In Full)'

  45. C.... K....

    This has been my favorite song for a year now and it will always be because I usually go through song phases but not this one

  46. C.... V....

    omg i am not American and clearly hear dog eat dog kkkkkkkkk

  47. B.... ....

    Donkey kong, everyday, on a fat old man we pray

  48. A.... ....

    IJAOOOOOO DI ME NAĐE OPET <3

  49. l.... ....

    This is one of those songs you have to listen loudly. I remember blasting this shit at job sites.

  50. F.... M....

    Yeah.. Dexter was way head of his time. Thanks for Dexter

  51. U.... T....

    Про любовь наверное)

  52. D.... ....

    Best Song on the album

  53. R.... ....

    Mario vs Sonic Part 3 anyone?

    R.... ....

    "What have I got to lose?"

  54. L.... �....

    Ta muska je kulll:-):-)

  55. C.... K....

    Favorites are smash inxany and splinter

  56. U.... U....

    Now I found the song of this song. Thank you SonicToast!

  57. D.... ....

    DONKEY KONG EVERYDAY!

  58. T.... E....

    This and So Alone are their most thrashy songs, without doubt some metallica inspiration in that heavy riffing

  59. N.... C....

    Me encantaaaa!!!!

  60. M.... ....

    suza mi krene kad cujem kako je vastaški ofspring genocidiso krajinu

  61. D.... L....

    Is it sad that Crazy Taxi on my Dreamcast is what made me a fan of this band?

    D.... L....

    Well, we are talking about a game that is almost 20 years old now.
    And it was actually quite fun.

    D.... L....

    it was fun, then only two years later GTA3 came out and made Crazy Taxi look like a joke, even back then.

    I did play Crazy Taxi on Dreamcast a lot though.

    D.... L....

    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    D.... L....

    I mean "yes" as in that is awesome. I remember that game.

    D.... L....

    I've loved them since I was 12. But that was when this album came out. I got this game when I got a Dreamcast, but I only got it because you could play a disc with all the original nes games on it haha.

  62. T.... Z....

    sounds like what the us goverment does to its own people! !

    T.... Z....

    pretty much

    T.... Z....

    lol, this song is about politics

  63. c.... j....

    great song, one of my favorites from the album Smash.

  64. M.... A....

    A precursor to 'Have You Ever' ?

  65. S.... S....

    Donkey Kong every day,
    on our fellow and we play.
    Donkey Kong you get by,
    hope you like my genocide...

    Every single time even though I know the lyrics....

    S.... S....

    Hahahahhahahahhahahahhahahah

    S.... S....

    hahaa same always visualise them playing Donkey kong

  66. T.... ....

    "Donkey Kong everyday"

    T.... ....

    On our SNES box, games we play

    T.... ....

    ToEjaMxD I swear !!

    T.... ....

    Glad I'm not the only one who thought that was what the lyric was when I was a kid!

  67. G.... ....

    dog eat dog!

    G.... ....

    everyday, on our fellow man we prey

    G.... ....

    Dog eat dog, to get by, hope you like my genocide

  68. M.... M....

    Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000!!

    M.... M....

    All day!!!!!

    M.... M....

    Hi Michael, how's Laurie doing? ;)

  69. S.... ....

    Ross brought me here

  70. J.... F....

    Bought this CD at a resale shop when I was 10 in 2000. Man, the album itself aint punk, but GENOCIDE sure is. Have probably listened to this jam on repeat over one thousand times (just on repeat lol). The amount of influence this song had on my young life (and transitively my life now) is only now becoming apparent. CANNOT GET ENOUGH!!!!! :)

    J.... F....

    Nitro and Something to Believe in are definitely punk, too. :P

    J.... F....

    Smash is punk you idiot, skater punk. Just because it had a couple of grunge sounding songs doesn`t it mean it`s not punk..

  71. G.... ....

    man... what can i say... offsprings will get trough time it never gets old

    G.... ....

    +GabrielJeanCarpentier whats 'trough time'? do you meen tough time? or are you saying there horses? what do you meen by tough time? im tired,

  72. a.... ....

    This is a great song to put on while you're playing Splatoon

    a.... ....

    +ashura129 or care bears go to fluff land with sunshine squiggles and rainbow drops

    a.... ....

    Ha ha fair enough

  73. N.... D....

    I'm glad grunge and flannels stayed in the 90's

    N.... D....

    +Nicholas Darnell you'd be wrong

    N.... D....

    Well actually a lot of songs in the "smash" album were slightly grungy. especially "self esteem" (they were still punk though)

    N.... D....

    @North OfTheStar
    Self Esteem had some grunge nuances, for sure, but most of The Offspring's earlier stuff has a rapid tempo/beat much more common to punk rock and speed metal than grunge. Listen to "Pure Massacre" by Silverchair. A good example of grunge.

    N.... D....

    what the fuck is Grunge anyway?

    How similar is the sound of Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden?
    Or Melvins, Tad, Screaming Trees, Mudhoney, Candlebox, L7, Mother Love Bone?

    What the fuck are you talking about? You know how many influnces the bands i mentioned have?
    from Punk to Metal, from Blues to Jazz. For example Soundgarden were influenced by Voivod on the 1990 tour and you can hear that on some songs in Badmotorfinger.
    Of course Dexter Holland, the main songwriter of the Offspring was influenced by Nevermind in a big way, in the songwriting , but the differences are clear.

  74. J.... B....

    Intro sounds like Metallica; no song in particular.

    J.... B....

    @Joe Bryant hell no

    J.... B....

    +Joe Bryant no.

    J.... B....

    +Joe Bryant noped

    J.... B....

    motorbreath

  75. s.... ....

    Donkey Kong everyday!

  76. N.... B....

    WAIT, HE ISN'T SAYING DONKEY KONG!? THIS ENTIRE TIME I THOUGHT HE WAS SAYING DONKEY KONG.

    N.... B....

    I USED TO MARATHON DONKEY KONG COUNTRY LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM FOR THE SHEER PURPOSE OF THIS SONG, MY LIFE'S A LIE

    N.... B....

    +Nikola Baric well, he does say that in their song "coming for you"

    N.... B....

    is it "dog eat dog?"

    N.... B....

    man i was in 5th grade and knew he was saying Dog eat Dog....either that or Doggy Dog lol

    N.... B....

    You didn't know what he was saying, but it was similar to donkey Kong so your brain made the connection

  77. E.... S....

    Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 :D

    E.... S....

    ALL DAY!!!!

    E.... S....

    +Johnny McKnight :D

    E.... S....

    +EZIO GRAYSTONE I played that game for ages.

    E.... S....

    +Johnny McKnight I played this game too but I lost it a long long time ago before win it :(. I played the version for GameBoy Color and it was really cool :D, for me one of the best games for GB Color XD

  78. B.... ....

    SonicToast sent me here!

    B.... ....

    he sent me here 10 years ago with mario v sonic lol. and i was only 6 lol. now I'm 16, obviously. SUUUPEEERRR YOUNG. but it makes me feel old lol.

    B.... ....

    Jesus Christ I remember that video

  79. T.... ....

      I specially enjoyed that one! 

    T.... ....

    let's see what's next!

    T.... ....

    sccrriiaaaasssschiaaaaoooo. DA-ranananaaaa-na-narananaaaaaa-na-narananana-Nah-Narananaaaa-nana!

    T.... ....

    @Danilo Fonseca Something to believe in!

    T.... ....

    Let's see what's next;)

  80. �.... �....

    Зачет!

  81. r.... b....

    whats the part of the song  from 2 :06 - 2 :42 called ? , is it the bridge or the break down ?

    r.... b....

    @reverse beartrap i'd say break down

    r.... b....

    yep, sounds more like a breakdown.

  82. M.... N....

    My favorite Offspring song! By far...

  83. M.... Z....

    He said dog eat dog...xD i appreciates more donkey kong!!

  84. P.... ....

    donkey kong, everyday!

  85. i.... ....

    Has anyone noticed the riff is the same as Change the World?

    i.... ....

    any true Offspring fan has ofc noticed that

    i.... ....

    so?????

    i.... ....

    It's like change the world is a continuation of genocide :)

    i.... ....

    @kirk rampersad ....there's a third song as well.....sssshhhhhhh......

    i.... ....

    its not the same, its very different in terms of playing it

  86. G.... D....

    ... The stereo's been reversed.

  87. p.... ....

    Opening song for Jeremy McGrath's Supercross 2000 on PS1 ahah! Nostalgia!

    p.... ....

    YES!!! But I had it on N64

    p.... ....

    @poppinkaze Now I need that game.

  88. L.... P....

    Putain que c'est bon, ça faisait longtemps

  89. w.... ....

    Who else thought he said Donkey Kong?

    w.... ....

    DONKEY KONG, EVERYDAY

    w.... ....

    Dog fat dog

    w.... ....

    talking tom, everyday

    w.... ....

    Apinaattori 2600 haha it’s actually “don’t get caught” but the first time I heard Genocide and Coming For You I thought it was “Donkey Kong”

  90. w.... ....

    I LOVE THIS SONG!

  91. K.... L....

    Dog eat dog, every day

    K.... L....

    On our fellow man we pray

    K.... L....

    Kimmo Laine donkey kong

    K.... L....

    Dog eat dog, to get by, hope you like my genocide

  92. a.... ....

    ...first bought this shit in middle school.  (mid 90's)
    Yea, it's still their best song...

    Does anyone see the errors of their ways?...

    a.... ....

    ami2evil I agree, BEST song of Smash

    a.... ....

    I too first bought this shit in middle school Late 90s changed my life tho

    a.... ....

    I had known the singles off the album since their release But hearing the rest of the album was amazing

    a.... ....

    man, I had a bad habit back then.

  93. A.... B....

    DONKEY KONG ! EVERYDAY !

  94. a.... ....

    stupid music from genius guy...says my girl friend....dont ändör sttand

    a.... ....

    "Ändörständ"?
    Is that a Swedish accent or something? =P

  95. G.... K....

    Dog eat dog, Cat eat cat, Mouse eat mouse hope you like my Genocide.

  96. D.... F....

    jeremy mcgrath supercross N64 anybody...?