Rock 'n' Roll Nigger

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"Rock 'n' Roll Nigger"
Song by Marilyn Manson
Album	Smells Like Children
Released	October 25, 1995
Recorded	1994–1995 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:31
Label	Nothing, Interscope
Writer	Patti Smith
Composer	Lenny Kaye
Producer	Marilyn Manson, Trent Reznor
Media

"Rock 'n' Roll Nigger" is the fifteenth track on the 1995 release Smells Like Children, originally written and performed by the Patti Smith Group in 1978.

Contents 1 Appearances 1.1 Albums 2 Versions 3 Lyrics 4 Trivia

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Albums

• Smells Like Children

[edit] Versions

• "Rock 'n' Roll Nigger" — Appears on Smells Like Children.

[edit] Lyrics

    and the world spreads its legs...
    and the world spreads its legs
    for another fuckin' star
    cause i am the all-american antichrist
    i was made in america
    and america hates me for what i am
    i am your shit
    you should be ashamed of what you have eaten
    i'm a rock and roll nigger
    baby was a black sheep
    baby was a whore
    baby's gotten big,
    and baby's getting bigger
    baby got somethin'
    baby want more
    baby, baby, baby was a rock and roll nigger
    how do you like the world around you?
    do you like what you see?
    how do you like the world around you?
    ready to be...
    outside of society
    waiting for me
    outside of society
    is where i wanna be
    baby was a black sheep
    baby was a whore
    baby got big,
    and baby's getting bigger
    baby got a gun
    got her finger on the trigger
    baby, baby, baby was a rock and roll nigger
    outside of society
    waiting for me
    outside of society
    is where i wanna be
    nigger, rock and roll nigger
    i'm a rock and roll nigger
    this is your world in which we grow,
    and we will grow to hate you
    we will grow to hate you
    we will grow, we will grow
    we will grow to hate you
    1, 2, 3, 4
    i was lost in the valley of pleasure
    i was lost in the infinite sea
    i was lost and begging for pleasure
    and this world is waiting for me
    jimi hendrix was a nigger
    jesus christ and grandma, too
    brian warner (what a nigger)
    nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger
    outside of society
    waiting for me
    outside of society
    is where i wanna be

[edit] Trivia

• The lyrics "This is your world in which we grow, and we will grow to hate you" first appeared in the credits of the band's first album Portrait of an American Family.