Tell the people,
Tell the people that arrive,
Tell the people,
Tell the people that arrive,
We don't need to multiply,
We don't need to multiply,
We don't need to multiply,
We don't need to multiply,
Die!

Show your people,
Show your people how we died,
Show your people,
Show your people how we died,
We don't need to nullify,
We don't need to nullify,
We don't need to nullify,
We don't need to nullify,
No need to nullify,
No need to nullify,
No need to nullify,
We don't need to nullify,
Die!

We don't need to,
We don't need to,
We don't need to,
We don't need to,
Ask your people,
Ask your people what is right,
Ask your people,
Ask your people what is right,
We don't need to multiply,
We don't need to multiply,
We don't need to multiply,
We don't need to multiply,
No need to multiply,
No need to multiply,
No need to multiply,

We don't need to multiply!



Lyrics submitted by F4RiD

Track duration: 01:58

"X" as written by Daron Malakian, Serj Tankian, Shavo Odadjian, John Dolmayan

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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    My Interpretation:In my opinion, the message of the song is simply that humanity needs to decrease birth rates ("we don't need to multiply") while not going extinct ("we don't need to nullify"). This is a rational antinatalistic concern considering all the issues of overpopulation.
    Flag Sushimitzuon November 22, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:In my opinion, the message of the song is simply that humanity needs to decrease birth rates ("we don't need to multiply") while not going extinct ("we don't need to nullify"). This is a rational antinatalistic concern considering all the issues of overpopulation.
    Flag Sushimitzuon November 22, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:It definitely has political connotations related to population control...
    Flag soupfloodon November 15, 2011   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:"Tell the people that arrive,
    We don't need to multiply,"


    Tell our future generation, We don't need to multiply
    Sounds like Nazi Eugenics to me :-/

    Brainwash our future generation that we are overpopulated, its easier to do if you bring Global Warming into their lives, about how we leave a huge carbon foot print and we're depleting all of the worlds resources. Look at the game called "Hydrophobia" which came out on xbox live arcade afew weeks ago.
    The game is basically about what I just mentioned, so there's a mass suicide all around the world due to Eugenics, reducing the population to 500 mill.
    Google search the masonic "Georgia Guidestones", you will be f*cking surprised that this is what the elitist douche bags want.

    There's also a huge idea behind the movie "Eyes Wide Shut", Bill Harford (played by Tom Cruise) crashes a Masonic Ritual. Watch it and you might want to do a little bit of research on our famous elite.
    Flag Jaleilon October 15, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:First thing that came to mind when listening to the song, was about immigrants.
    Flag Jaked123on October 02, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:is there some glitch because it seems like a bunch of people are talking about chop suey
    Flag giantmidget31on August 23, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:You're a;; a bunch o bullird and you should ptobably be ashhhhames.
    Flag boddahsgayfagon March 23, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:"We don't need to multiply" the population is sky rocketing when things are getting worse so they bring life in this world falling apart."Die" the world is better if we are all dead."We don't need to nullify" Definition:a legal theory that a U.S. State has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional the law shouldn't do that shit
    Flag SOADFTW412on July 11, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think it's about the discovery of America (The continent, not the US) by Columbus, and how the indians have to fight against the hordes of motherfuckers that came to slaughter and destroy the cultures.
    Flag Fuckinpieceofshiton April 17, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song, is most probably about over-population.
    "Tell the people that arrive,", the new arrivals to the world, the new generation.

    "We don't need to multiply", the human race cannot cope as it is with the population the highest it has been ever, Serj even says in an interview, the two graphs going in opposite directions - the oil and resources running out, and the population growing too much.

    "Show your people how we died", this could be Serj pointing out the fact that even though the population is growing so much, and the world cannot cope with the current population, he's saying that 'we at the current moment cannot feed everyone on the planet, so why increase the population and have 5 kids?' that kind of thing.

    "We don't need to nullfiy/No need to nullify" could be pointed at different things, for instance contraception pills or condoms, as these nullify the effects of sex, Serj must mean that people need to avoid depending on sex for enjoyment, as forms of contraception still aren't effective, and STD's are also growing fast.
    It could also be that we don't need to work harder to slow down the effects of global warming, as it is better to have an equal population, instead of a strongly growing one.

    "Ask your people what is right", most people realise that the population of the world is growing too fast.





    Flag sandihumeon April 13, 2009   Link

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