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| Released    = October 25, 1995
 
| Released    = October 25, 1995
 
| Recorded    = 1994–1995 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
 
| Recorded    = 1994–1995 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
| Genre      = Alternative metal, industrial metal
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| Genre      = Punk rock, industrial metal
 
| Length      = 3:31
 
| Length      = 3:31
 
| Label      = [[Nothing Records|Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
 
| Label      = [[Nothing Records|Nothing]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
 
| Writer      = Patti Smith
 
| Writer      = Patti Smith
| Composer    = Lenny Kaye
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| Composer    =
| Producer    = [[Marilyn Manson]], [[Trent Reznor]]
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"'''Rock 'n' Roll Nigger'''" is the fifteenth track on the 1995 release ''[[Smells Like Children (album)|Smells Like Children]]'', originally written and performed by the Patti Smith Group in 1978.
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==Appearances==
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===Albums===
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* ''[[Smells Like Children (album)|Smells Like Children]]''
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==Versions==
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* "Rock 'n' Roll Nigger" <small>&mdash; Appears on ''Smells Like Children''.</small>
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==Lyrics==
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    And the world spreads its legs
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    For another fuckin' star
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    Cause i am the all-american antichrist
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    I was made in america
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    And america hates me for what i am
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    I am your shit
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    You should be ashamed of what you have eaten
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    I'm a rock and roll nigger
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<br>
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    Baby was a black sheep
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    Baby was a whore
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    Baby's gotten big,
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    And baby's getting bigger
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    Baby got somethin'
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    Baby want more
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    Baby, baby, baby was a rock and roll nigger
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    How do you like the world around you?
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    Do you like what you see?
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    How do you like the world around you?
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    Ready to be...
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<br>
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    Outside of society
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    Waiting for me
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    Outside of society
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    Is where i wanna be
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    Baby was a black sheep
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    Baby was a whore
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    Baby got big,
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    And baby's getting bigger
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    Baby got a gun
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    Got her finger on the trigger
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    Baby, baby, baby was a rock and roll nigger
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    Outside of society
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    Waiting for me
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    Outside of society
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    Is where i wanna be
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    Nigger, rock and roll nigger
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    I'm a rock and roll nigger
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    This is your world in which we grow,
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    And we will grow to hate you
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    We will grow to hate you
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    We will grow, we will grow
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    We will grow to hate you
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    We will grow, we will grow
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    We will grow to hate you
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    1, 2, 3, 4
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    I was lost in the valley of pleasure
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    I was lost in the infinite sea
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    I was lost and begging for pleasure
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    And this world is waiting for me
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    Jimi hendrix was a nigger
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    Jesus christ and grandma, too
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    Brian warner (what a nigger)
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    Nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger, nigger
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    Outside of society
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    Waiting for me
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    Outside of society
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    Is where i wanna be
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<br>
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    Outside of society
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    Waiting for me
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    Outside of society
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    Is where i wanna be
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==Trivia==
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* 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 (album)|Portrait of an American Family]]''.
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[[Category:1989-1995 Era]]
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[[Category:Marilyn Manson Songs]]
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[[Category:Songs covered by Marilyn Manson]]
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[[Category:Songs from Smells Like Children]]
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Revision as of 22:13, 15 November 2013

{{Song | Name = Rock 'n' Roll Nigger | Cover = Smells-Like-Children.jpg | Artist = Marilyn Manson | Album = Smells Like Children | Released = October 25, 1995 | Recorded = 1994–1995 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana | Genre = Punk rock, industrial metal | Length = 3:31 | Label = Nothing, Interscope | Writer = Patti Smith | Composer =