Operation Ivy - Knowledge Lyrics






I know things are getting tougher
When you can't get the top off the bottom of the barrel
The wide open road to my future now
Is looking fuckin' narrow

All I know is that I don't know
All I know is that I don't know nothing
All I know is that I don't know
All I know is that I don't know nothing

We get told to decide
Just like as if I'm not gunna change my mind

All I know is that I don't know
All I know is that I don't know nothing
All I know is that I don't know
All I know is that I don't know nothing

What you gonna do with yourself boy
Better make up your mind
What you gonna do with yourself boy
Running out of time

This time I got it all figured out...

All I know is that I don't know
All I know is that I don't know nothing
...

And that's fine





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  1. M.... ....

    teacher: makes suprise test
    me: 0:10

  2. J.... P....

    Skateboarding memories from my past

  3. 2.... ....

    .75 Green Day verison

  4. b.... ....

    I care, this is raw and sounds like something no one did. Greenday's is soft and does not bring the proper anger. Its a hard song to do, but stop with Green Day's is better. What because all nice with a bow. Dude, this is street music and that raw sound is the best most of us will hear in our lifetime. You do not want Greenday to be better even if they are. It hinders the song if they are. Listen to the innocence of this song. Its rare as all hell.

  5. N.... M....

    This song could be the greatest punk song ever

  6. S.... B....

    The lead singer sounds like Trey Parker

  7. J.... L....

    Sorry big op ivy fans but in my opinion the green day version is better

  8. N.... N....

    #Priceless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  9. b.... ....

    131 idiots

  10. D.... T....

    Kupd go punk yourself

  11. j.... a....

    Matt hensley 540 1 foot ollies !

  12. Q.... ....

    this song is Knowledge

  13. Z.... ....

    MY THREESSSHOOOOLD, MY THRREEEEEEESHOOOOOOOOLD, REEEEEEEACHING, MY THREEESHOOOLLD

  14. T.... M....

    0:06 bawwew

  15. J.... ....

    Green Day version is better

  16. M.... C....

    Ahhhhhh yes, many many days of driving back roads taking bowl hits and blasting this album

  17. D.... P....

    Jesse Michaels was low key the best punk lyricist ever.

  18. O.... ....

    Who comes from green day?

  19. M.... G....

    Its lookin fuckin narrow

  20. r.... ....

    Can you believe this came out today 30 years ago... Thank you Tim Armstrong, Jesse Michaels, Matt Freeman and Dave Mello. even when 30 more years will pass, we will continue to love Energy dancing and singing with you.
    Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!

  21. T.... ....

    All I know is that this song is too short

  22. V.... ....

    this is the soundtrack from : Matt Hensley´s Skatepart in "This is not the new H-Street Video", i watched it first in 1990 and it was perfect, who is with me ?

  23. S.... P....

    When I first listened to this, because of the green day cover, i didn't like it. I've grown to love almost everything about this version.

  24. J.... B....

    what a pile of shite

  25. b.... h....

    Nothing makes me happier than seeing Sammi Zayn in Op Ivy shirts.

  26. G.... D....

    The green day version is better

  27. A.... D....

    Operation Ivy was an American punk rock band from Berkeley, California formed in May 1987. The band was stylistically important as one of the first bands to mix the elements of hardcore punk and ska into a new amalgam called ska punk and was critical to the emergence of Lookout Records and the so-called "East Bay Sound."

  28. B.... _....

    Why’s everyone mentioning a shitty band who call themselves punk covering this song?

  29. A.... D....

    As monty python said who cares who killed who (hehe ) these are a great American ska band nuf said

  30. C.... M....

    My theme as a conspiracy theorist

  31. T.... ....

    I don’t care what any of you say. This screaming shit is garbage. The Green Day cover was meant to chill out to. This isn’t even enjoyable tbh. Pop punk is at least tolerable.

  32. G.... S....

    Anyone here because they had this album when it was new?

    I'm lonely.

    G.... S....

    General Sherman I picked this up soon after it came out. Sadly, Operation Ivy we’re booked at a local all-ages venue (in my hometown of Morgantown, WV), but broke up before the show.

    G.... S....

    Me....many decades ago

  33. L.... M....

    They covered the green day song

  34. n.... p....

    If you dig the Green Day cover better than the original ..... that’s cool, dig what you dig..... BUT .... I’m def pulling your punk rock card.
    Because.... well.... it’s Green Day, and while they started as a pop punk band in the same scene as all the west coast legends..... they are by and large a pop rock band now, and I’m grateful for them to appear on the scene as it brought a lot of attention to other punk bands of the time.... it doesn’t mean I have to like them, and to say they’re better than op ivy ?
    Well then there’s this great punk band called CREED you might like too.

  35. G.... R....

    Always been unsure if the double negative is intentional or ignorant. This song has so many potential layers.

  36. O.... Y....

    Thank you for posting this. ^_^

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

    Damn the lyrics are too relatable...

  38. N.... T....

    All I know is that I don't know nothing.

  39. J.... S....

    Oh how I miss the countercoulture

  40. d.... ....

    first time hearing this song. better than green day, so im gonna have to listen to more of their songs! :D

  41. R.... M....

    " Never Let You Go "

  42. A.... N....

    All i know is that I had a decal sticker of that shit on my bedroom window. And their songs are really good.

  43. L.... ....

    I came here because two dudes were talking about them on the train, and that's when I remembered that I used to listen to them.

  44. V.... R....

    Oh shit well Green Day really does play this different 😂😂

  45. A.... A....

    Here in my garage...

  46. J.... F....

    K N O W L E D G E

  47. r.... m....

    no cover is better than this original master peice

  48. H.... B....

    My only complaint with alot of punk rock songs is that theyre too good to be this short lol I was jamming out to this in the car the other day and I was like damn it its over.

  49. C.... P....

    This is the only song I like from the album. The rest? I didn't even fucking listen to most of them. This is the only song I like from that album.

    C.... P....

    Rancid is best

    C.... P....

    So important you were compelled to type it twice. Is this the only song you listened to?

  50. M.... ....

    Like it more than the green day one but I still like the green day one

  51. D.... S....

    Dunno but this version always makes me laugh

  52. S.... I....

    This reminds me of This is not the new hstreet video

  53. R.... D....

    God damnit Danny lol

  54. J.... W....

    Grump bump ✊! No? Ok 👌

  55. S.... S....

    I can´t understand why are a lot of pleople saying that´s better than the green day cover.God,who cares,maybe you preffer this version and i preffer the other one,i think both are fucking amazing.

  56. W.... ....

    All I know is 99% of people in this thread are here for show. You have the "This is the original, and it's the best" and you have the "Green Day is better" and then you have the "I know the (any other band name) version that no one else knows about, that's better than all the others". In short... Appreciate the orig, appreciate the covers, appreciate the fact that so many bands recognize the badass of this song, and; whatever version you're listening to, or like better... Smile and enjoy whatever the fuck version you want, and shut up. If Op Ivy hadn't written this song, you wouldn't be listening to the other versions that you like better than this one.

    P.S. Green Day is the reason I ever went looking for this version to begin with. I was not disappointed...

  57. J.... G....

    Good anime

  58. K.... H....

    This comment section is such trash. Just enjoy the song and stop bashing other bands because you think you're such and expert on punk music. Whoever you think did it better, is an opinion. This song is great and if someone covers it, it's because they think it's great too, no need to hate.

  59. J.... C....

    Production is too slick.

  60. T.... W....

    green days way better

  61. C.... M....

    When you get an ad before a punk song...

  62. N.... T....

    I love Green Day and they're my favorite band but this version is light years better than Green Day's! Long live Op Ivy!!!

  63. D.... ....

    I agree with some of the top comments, stop comparing the 2, I like both versions I just like green days a lil more cause of the humor (and that fucking bass line do), this is still kick-ass tho

  64. B.... ....

    I have yet to hear another song less than two minutes long that is as epic as this one.

    B.... ....

    I don't know. Sound system is pretty Damn good song too...?

    B.... ....

    Listen to the full album then

    B.... ....

    No control by bad religion

  65. j.... s....

    the aquabats version is better

    j.... s....

    I like The Aquabats' version better to and it sounds better mellow and acousticy, but this is so hilariously rough and the screaming vocals are so ridiculous it's funny.

  66. J.... P....

    I think Green Day does a better version, and it's not even their song.

  67. C.... D....

    You know, I quoted this song for my senior quote

  68. T.... D....

    Green Day did better...

  69. A.... J....

    fuck greenday

  70. S.... s....

    I know things are getting tougher
    When you can't get the top off the bottom of the barrel
    The Wide open road to my future now
    Is looking fuckin narrow

    All I know is that I don't know
    All I know is that I don't know nothing
    All I know is that I don't know
    All I know is that I don't know nothing

    We get told to decide
    Just like as if I'm not gunna change my mind

    All I know is that I don't know
    All I know is that I don't know nothing
    All I know is that I don't know
    All I know is that I don't know nothing!

    What you gonna do with yourself boy
    Better make up your mind
    What you gonna do with youself Boy
    Running out of time

    This time I got it all figured out...

    All I know is that I don't know
    All I know is that I don't know nothing
    (repeat)

    And that's fine.

  71. B.... S....

    So the first one i hear was green day cover and i didn't expect the original version to be like this. I wasn't ready for it

    B.... S....

    Fuck man same! But it's awesome!

    B.... S....

    SAME XD

    B.... S....

    SAME!!!!!

    B.... S....

    im pretty sure i found out abt op ivy the same way lol now i fkin hate greenday

    B.... S....

    i thought the green day version wasnt a cover but the original song lol

  72. o.... ....

    socrates would aprove

  73. �.... ....

    Green Day stole that

    �.... ....

    Peter M I'm 99 percent sure he said that to get people off their backs about it.

    �.... ....

    Green_Darkness 98 ❤❤❤

    �.... ....

    Даниил Ермаков They didn't steal it they just covered it and made it somewhat better

    �.... ....

    More like a tribute

    �.... ....

    Actually Billie joe had a heart to heart thing with operation ivy that touched him and because of that he covered their song for years.

  74. A.... !....

    Green Day version is 10000 times better! Sorry...

  75. O.... ....

    Esta versión original no se compara con la de green day. q lastima xd

  76. D.... A....

    Billie joe Armstrong and Tim Armstrong are related so they grew up together

    D.... A....

    @John Perry
    Ahhhhhh! Evidence.

    D.... A....

    @I Was Right Once
    This is crazy but... kiss me.

    D.... A....

    @John Perry Been there. Done that.

    D.... A....

    @I Was Right Once
    Can we have it all?

    D.... A....

    I Was Right Once lol you're an idiot

  77. S.... ....

    All time favorite Ska song. This shit is so fucking awesome!

    S.... ....

    +John Isr Oh yeah I would go nuts at a Op Ivy show. Really sucks they broke up so early.

    S.... ....

    It's hard to consider Operation Ivy ska whatsoever. They didn't have a horns section. They were a hardcore band with heavy ska influences thanks to Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman's love of that genre.

    S.... ....

    Only the songs on the album with ska beats are ska punk. This is just a regular punk rock/hardcore punk song.

    S.... ....

    Well The Selecter didn't have any horns until about 2010, more than 30 years into their career. Are they not ska?

    S.... ....

    theres no ska parts in this song lol...

  78. E.... L....

    green days version is better

    E.... L....

    You whack

    E.... L....

    its weird, green day's sounds like the original, and this sounds like a punk cover.

    E.... L....

    I love Green Day and I've never really listened to Operation Ivy or even to Rancid for that matter, but... Green Day's version is very obviously a bit of a joke. You might prefer Green Day's version if you're not much into punk and the vocals in the original put you off or whatever, ok, fine, but this one is clearly better.

    E.... L....

    Lmao that's funny. Green Day is trash.

    E.... L....

    I mean I kinda liked their Ramones cover(not saying it's better than Ramones version) better than how they covered Operation Ivy, but the cover doesn't hold a candle to Operation Ivy's version at all.

  79. E.... G....

    Green Day's version is funnier lol. But like, it's dumb how people say that this one is better than Green Day's version. Of course it's going to SOUND better. (Preference is another thing). It's the fucking original. That's like saying Green Day's 'version' of American Idiot is better than 5SOS's version. NO FUCKING SHIT

    E.... G....

    HAHAHAHAHAHAH dios mio, la version de 5SOS de american idiot es mierda, no es lo mismo, el cover de green day en cambio es un muy buen cover, pero de ahi a decir que es mejor si es innecesario pues esta es la original. Pero es bobo comparar el cover de green day con el de un grupito pop como 5sosque lo hicieron por figurar y no porque sean fans como green day de operation ivy xddd

    E.... G....

    sam is not a pear You dont know punk 😘

    E.... G....

    Green Day for those who like polished mainstream music

    E.... G....

    Lmao elitists at it again with music shaming.

    E.... G....

    Life Is Good, You Should Get One I've seen you before.....

  80. J.... R....

    its kinda funny because all of you argue who's version is better but in reality they both came from the same record label and have co-wrote songs together

    J.... R....

    What? That's not true. They came from the same Gilman st. scene that produces the Mr. T Experience amongst other, but they never wrote songs together. Hell, Operation Ivy's LAST show was Green Day's first real show.

    J.... R....

    wow I didn't know that. thanks for not attacking me for being wrong, and I just heard that off the Wikipedia page for1 greens day saying that Billie Joe helped write a song for rancid or something

    J.... R....

    @Jacob Romero
    No problem man,I try not to attack lol. Now if you're talking about Rancid, that's a different story, because that was Tim's band. Operation Ivy was mostly Jesse Michael's band, and he actually disbanded it because he thought they were getting too big for a true punk band lol.

    J.... R....

    Yes, Billie Joe Armstrong co-wrote Rancid's song "Radio". Billie Joe was almost in Rancid before Lars Frederiksen joined. Billie Joe would've been so out of place in Rancid though.

    J.... R....

    Slippy Jones sounds right. There’s a pic I saw of Billie Joe playing with Rancid in 1993, but I can’t find it anymore

  81. C.... W....

    Anyone who says Green Day's version is better is delusional. If you like that version, go watch that video.

    C.... W....

    Doesn't matter. Lyrics are god. Jesse wrote em. This version has more soul.

    C.... W....

    While I agree that greenday is corporate shit.

    Stating that an opinion is a fact because you said so is not very punk.

    C.... W....

    Christopher Whitelaw Being punk is exactly that.

    C.... W....

    Fuck your punk! Fuck his punk! Fuck my punk! As far as i can tell, if a "non-punk" dude says you're punk, you aint doin it right.

    C.... W....

    evolution71 this is probably the most stupidest and most ignorant thing my eyes have scrolled past in my life period, like nothing beats this kinda shit. Like you're fucking kidding, right? Whenever someone LIKES something that maybe someone else hates, its called an opinion. Whether someone likes a certain thing or not or if someone just thinks a certain way about a subject that others may think differently about, it's called a fucking opinion. Like my opinion is that i do prefer Operation Ivy version better than Green Day's version. You can't prove with evidence that something is better than something else, because that is based on someone's opinion. Let's say i like chocolate or something, and someone else hates it. You cant prove that chocolate is better because that is my own opinion and other's too. I can't believe that im actually having to go over this because everybody knows this mate.

  82. M.... S....

    I give this song a 3/10 btw I hate all music. green days version was so much better though.

    M.... S....

    This band Inspired Green day dude..

    M.... S....

    Dude you watch Mcjuggernuggets and the amazing atheist your not allowed to have an opinion on the internet anymore

    M.... S....

    of coarse this band inspired green day billie and tim are cousins they have the same last name

    M.... S....

    No they are not cousins lmfao.

    M.... S....

    trolololol

  83. v.... ....

    bro, i really like green day, and i really like punk too (i totally don't consider green day in punk, i just like to mix up my tastes) and geez green day butchered this song. lmfao.

    v.... ....

    +One Thousand Photobombs Could you explain how did Green Day butchered this song? I think both versions are absolutely fine and have their own feeling to them.

    v.... ....

    +Breezy Blink Green Day made it kind of... slow, I dunno. I guess I don't like when people change a song drastically...

    v.... ....

    @One Thousand Photobombs That's strange, I feel like when people cover a song they should make it their own instead of a carbon copy of the original

    v.... ....

    haha, i have the same opinion about green day and punk. green day put a neat spin to it, personally. i can see why you think that lol

    v.... ....

    It's because this song has soul, and the cover... well sounds like a cover. It's incredibly difficult to make another person's song "yours" Very few people have accomplished this. One of the few was Johnny Cash doing NIN's "Hurt"

  84. T.... S....

    I would be honoresomething to do with d if these guys wrote a song aimee  mann does not like me,i ay or may not have had some bad run ins with her and her friends,something to do with some poems I wrote in the mid nineties,3000 I think the number, I threw the away , I think they ended up with her and another semi ,singer, we could have been friends but some of her crew stalks me tracy s , and my understanding of the law is when you recover things from a crime scene drugs murder kidnapping they do not become public domainer

  85. t.... ....

    I prefer green days version. Why? It's funny.
    I'm not really into punk... But the vocals... My god. There is nothing wrong with this but the way he sings..... Like......... I don't even know what to say.

    t.... ....

    @Punk Hyena okok child calm yourself mommy is here

    t.... ....

    Lol wut a fgt i bet u like blink u n0bller l0l

    t.... ....

    @Punk Hyena Okay, I agree with you, but GreenDay started out like every punk band.

    t.... ....

    Yup then sold out.

    Now they make music that goes on really bad ATV game knockoffs

    t.... ....

    @Punk Hyena "Sold out"

    okok you're funny man

  86. S.... 6....

    better than GD's version. Coming from a GD fan

    S.... 6....

    That's cause this is the original

  87. S.... 6....

    better than GD's version. Coming from a GD fan

    S.... 6....

    +Yeoj Codia Well the originals are always better. Also coming from a Green Day fan.

  88. A.... B....

    jesus, no one cares who's version is better, just listen to the damn song

    A.... B....

    Rose High Queen Of Skyrim sorry...just funnin' I have hundreds hours of the greatest fantasy game of all time.

    A.... B....

    @Peanutbutter jellyfish yeah i knew haha. So do i, what race did you pick?

    A.... B....

    Rose High Queen Of Skyrim Dunmer

    A.... B....

    Rose High Queen Of Skyrim Then I tried Altmer.

    A.... B....

    All I know, is that I don't know nothing

  89. t.... c....

    i like green day's version better but i love listening to first 10 seconds of this one.

    t.... c....

    twh csoh Billie Joe buys eyeliner at sephora. Fuck Green Day. Jesse Michaels IS punk rock.

    That being said, I know right! I think it's top ten, first ten.

  90. D.... B....

    we love this band

  91. d.... k....

    Socrates approves this song

    d.... k....

    +dogdyedblack yeah, just fucking around. I'm not educated to understand the rest of your comment tho. peace.

    d.... k....

    @Courtney Dozier yes, because nietzche was born before Socrates...

    d.... k....

    and his demon

    d.... k....

    derik ks Nietzsche says"nobody gives shit"🤣

    d.... k....

    "I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing."
    - Socrates

  92. J.... L....

    this is garbage, some of the best punk ever - not

    J.... L....

    @Jules L​ I would take offense to that if I was a sensitive 14 year old, but I'm not. I'm 20 and I dont take offense to being called a bundle of sticks.

    J.... L....

    @twh csoh​ I dont' really think he has to listen to you ^3^

    J.... L....

    +Jules L Get the fuck out.

    J.... L....

    Billie Joe did not write knoweldge. This is Jesse Michaels song.

    J.... L....

    Trust me if you listen to newer green day shit and call it punk you are just that a fake punk.

    No one cares what you listen to just dont call sellouts punk or you will get a fuckton of ugly looks and remarks. Also selling out isnt being successful selling out is changing your music based on whatever some corporate fuck told you would be best. And now greenday music is emo shit with no soul or emotion.

  93. M.... H....

    the aquabats are garbage.

    M.... H....

    Mark Hoppe shut up

    M.... H....

    Mark Hoppe fuck you

    M.... H....

    Theyre pretty good to be honest went back about a month ago and watched some of their show lol

  94. G.... ....

    i love hearing this version from the actual band who wrote it. my response to all the green day praisers - fuck you fuck you fuck you green day is cool and fuck you Im out

    G.... ....

    +John Isr Thinking a band cool != liking every song they do. 


    Especially when that band is covering another one you also love. There are some awful covers out there by bands I love.

    G.... ....

    +GGFallenn if a band covers a song,the fans of actual owner will bring that issue everywhere,usually hating and bashing the cover.fact. bye

  95. a.... d....

    Farmer Bex this is RAD..

  96. c.... ....

    you know nothing, tim armstrong!

  97. t.... ....

    I see all the comments where people talk about the green day version and i'm just here like "yo the aquabats version is pretty ok"

    t.... ....

    +trickytristan1 Aquabats are hilarious! They were at Soundwave in Sydney this year, beach balls everywhere!

    t.... ....

    But what about the Millencolin version?! Lol.

    t.... ....

    You mean the kids ?

    t.... ....

    Even in Blackouts🖤

    t.... ....

    @Keopro rip soundwave

  98. T.... J....

    This song so much Energy and just fuck listen to that. Operation Ivy were beyond their time. 

  99. w.... s....

    Share my music and View my page Spread it if its enjoyed and give ur thoughts regardless what they are (: