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Do What You Want

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Written by: Brett Gurewitz

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Info from 'The Answer'

General	When Jay was asked which Bad Religion song summed up BR best, he replied: "It's the simplest song, but it's the song called Do What You Want off of Suffer. I think that it sort of sums up how we feel, which is 'hey do what you want', which is how we feel about everything. And then Brett ... More
Live	In the Stranger Than Pulp Fiction version of the song, Greg sings "my moniker is Brett and I'm rotten to the core". He often sings "my moniker is Greg" (e.g. in the All Ages version).... More

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Hey do what you want, but don't do it around me.
Idleness and dissipation breed apathy.
I sit on my ass all goddamn day,
A misanthropic anthropoid with nothing to
Say what you must, do all you can,
Break all the fucking rules and
Go to Hell with Superman and
Die like a champion, yeah hey!

Hey I don't know if the billions will survive,
But I'll believe in God when 1 and 1 are 5.
My moniker is man and I'm rotten to the core.
I'll tear down the building just to pass through the door.
So do what you must, do all you can,
Break all the fucking rules and
Go to Hell with Superman and
Die like a champion, yeah hey!

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badrelgnsf The Same Person Location: Sacramento CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 2324	Quote I think this is just a simple song about stagnant mindsets. I'm thinking it's sort of a tongue in cheek phrase stating this viewers point is that he will not go the same path as a sloth ridden rot bucket just sitting there on his ass but rather do something. The later part of the song goes into talking about not believing in god, which only helps the fact that the viewer's point is again tongue in cheek; making pokes at the people that act this arrogant way (not ignorant). 02/02/2010 at 19:56 I think this is just a simple song about stagnant mindsets. I'm thinking it's sort of a tongue in cheek phrase stating this viewers point is that he will not go the same path as a sloth ridden rot bucket just sitting there on his ass but rather do something. The later part of the song goes into talking about not believing in god, which only helps the fact that the viewer's point is again tongue in cheek; making pokes at the people that act this arrogant way (not ignorant).
digtoodeep Guest Location: Global Citizen	Quote This song drives to the very core of existence, since the dawn of time. Very simply put, we are all here for our own benefit, at a raw primal level. Nobody wants to be told what to do, every one of us at some point will go over the top, i.e. "tear down a building just to pass through a door." We have a hard time placing faith in something when we are brought up in a factual society, faith being the essential tool of any politician, religious leader or salesman for that matter. 02/05/2008 at 17:47 This song drives to the very core of existence, since the dawn of time. Very simply put, we are all here for our own benefit, at a raw primal level. Nobody wants to be told what to do, every one of us at some point will go over the top, i.e. "tear down a building just to pass through a door." We have a hard time placing faith in something when we are brought up in a factual society, faith being the essential tool of any politician, religious leader or salesman for that matter.
The Automatic Man Guest Location: Global Citizen	Quote I think the song is about Darby Crash, lead singer of The Germs. The "Go to hell with superman" line feeds this to me (I'm the son of a fucking superman). 11/18/2006 at 20:17 I think the song is about Darby Crash, lead singer of The Germs. The "Go to hell with superman" line feeds this to me (I'm the son of a fucking superman).
The Pimp Daddy Guest Location: Global Citizen	Quote I actually think this song is about Darby Crash. I've heard Brett praise 'The Germs' before as one of his major musical influences. And if you listen to the song "Sex Boy" by them the whole "go to hell with superman" line makes sense. 08/15/2006 at 20:03 I actually think this song is about Darby Crash. I've heard Brett praise 'The Germs' before as one of his major musical influences. And if you listen to the song "Sex Boy" by them the whole "go to hell with superman" line makes sense.
Mike Media Guest Location: Global Citizen	Quote I think it is saying how everyone can do what they want to do, but don't try to push your beliefs on other people. 11/28/2004 at 06:43 I think it is saying how everyone can do what they want to do, but don't try to push your beliefs on other people.

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