Come on!

Here we go again mother f***er!

Yeah!

Come on down
And see the idiot right here
Too f***ed to beg and not afraid to care
What's the matter with calamity anyway
Right, get the f*** out of my face
Understand I can't feel anything
It isn't like I wanna sift through the decay
I feel like a wound
Like I got a f***ing gun against my head
You live when I'm dead

One more time mother f***er!

Everybody hates me now so f*** it
Blood on my face and my hands and I don't know why
I'm not afraid to cry
But that is none of your business

Whose life is it, give it, see it, feel it, eat it
Spin it around so I can spit in it's face
I wanna leave without a trace
'Cause I don't want to die in this place

People equals s***
People equals s***
People equals s***
People equals s***
(what you gonna do)
(I'm not afraid of you)
(I'm everything you'll never be)

Come on!

It never stops
You can't be everything to everyone
Contagion I'm sittin' on the side of Satan
What do you want from me?
They never told me the failure I was meant to be
Overdo it, don't tell me you blew it
Stop your b****in'
And fight your way through it
I'm not like you
I just f*** up

Come on motherf***er everybody has to die
Come on motherf***er everybody has to die!

People equals s***
People equals s***
People equals s***
People equals s***
People equals s***
(Yeah)
People equals s***
People equals s***
People equals s***
People equals s***
(What you gonna do)
(I'm not afraid of you)
(I'm everything you'll never be)



Lyrics submitted by lemonie_fresh

Track duration: 03:36

"People=Shit" as written by Michael Shawn/gray Crahan

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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  • +1
    My Opinion:not trying to be a hater or anything, but:

    -half of Slipknot's songs are written just to piss off the general society.
    -the other half is great, genuine, intelligent music.
    Flag metalguy66on September 30, 2012   Link
  • +1
    My Opinion:I think this song is about how much "he" hates society and the world and how he's gonna kill himself. This song has alot of hatred towards people in it.
    Flag slipknotfkinruleon April 20, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:ok hear me out THIS IS THE REAL MEANING OF THE SONG I BET NONE OF YOU EVEN KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!it begins, he says "here we go again mother fucker" *meaning* in other words, this is our next album slipknot is back!* ok now he says

    OH! Come on down, and see the idiot right here
    Too fucked to beg and not afraid to care
    What's the matter with calamity anyway?
    Right? Get the fuck outta my face
    *meaning*
    in other words, come to our show and see me right here, Its to late for me to beg for forgiveness from God look at what we started an evil iconic band that people look up to! with a FUCKING AWESOME STAGE SHOW AND PERFORMANCE!! and im not afraid to care because whats the matter with clamity anyway CALAMITY: Noun:
    An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.

    right? get the fuck outta my face, *can't argue with that!!!

    ok now he says

    Understand that i can't feel anything
    It isn't like i wanna sift through the decay
    I feel like a wound, like a got a fuckin'
    Gun against my head, you live when I'm dead
    *meaning*
    in other words, understand i cant feel anything i don't really wanna face what happens when i die, i feel like a wound i ruined so many peoples lives don't you get it the maggots will still be here even after i die maggots will still listen to us and our albums will still be available to any1 to buy!!!!!!
    One more time, motherfucker

    Everybody hates me now, so fuck it
    Blood's on my face and my hands, and i
    Don't know why im not afraid to cry
    But thats none of your business
    Whose life is it? Get it? See it? Feel it? Eat it?
    Spin it around so i can spit in its face
    I wanna leave without a trace
    Cuz i dont wanna die in this place
    *meaning in other words*

    everybody hates me now nothing i can do about that, bloods on my face and my hands* I'm not afraid to cry, thats none of your business if i cry! whos life is it? its mine i can cry! get it? see it? feel it? eat it? spin it around *our deal with the devil* so that i can spit in its face!! i wanna leave without a trace i wish it was not me in this serious situation! *i dont want people to remember me when im gone* i dont wanna die like this Im an evil mask wearing icon for people to idolize even after im gone!

    People equal Shit
    People equal Shit
    People equal Shit
    People equal Shit
    (What you gonna do?)
    People equal Shit
    (and im not afraid of you)
    People equal Shit
    (Im everything you'll never be)
    yeah
    *meaning*
    people=shit, were all people even slipknot, nobody is perfect, were all SINNERS do you think i care what you think about me HELL NO!


    It never stops - you cant be everything to everyone
    Contagion - Im sittin' at the side of satan
    What do you want from me?
    They never told me the failure i was meant to be
    Overdo it - dont tell me you blew it
    Stop your bitchin' and fight your way through it
    IM - NOT - LIKE - YOU - I - JUST - FUCK - UP
    *meaning in other words*
    *it never stops* you cant be everything to everyone im only human im not GOD! CONTAGION- Noun:
    The communication of disease from one person to another by close contact. "Im sitting at the side of Satan what do you want from me?" (this verse is very clear) what do you want from me? i cant save you im only human and im in danger of going to hell when i die, IM not like Satan i just fuck up didnt realize what i was getting myself into, people fuck up and corrupt

    C'mon motherfucker everybody has to die

    theres no avoiding it "its not if you die its when you die" dont believe everything were saying in our evil music because you love the band! were only people not god and people = shit!
    Flag BEATINGUon February 19, 2012   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:You guys are overcomplicating it. I just think he hates people.
    Flag TheFrenzyon December 22, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Accept it, you're nothing special, everything you did or can do is because of a set of random events. You are shit. I am shit. We're all shit. We're shitting up the whole world. Everything was fine until we came along. Now we're practically on the process of bringing the world back to becoming a barren wasteland. Now that we've realised that, the scientists are looking for 'planets that can support life on earth' not beacuse they're interested on finding 'intelligent life forms' but so we can do it all over again. We're like a virus that sucks the life out of what we owe our lives to, when it's useless we just throw it away and just look for another one and do the same thing all over again.
    Flag SirAndraxTheNaughtyon October 05, 2011   Link
  • 0
    My Opinion:This song basically describes how i feel right now. I decided that this year my soph year of college i would be room mates with one of my friends. Well i have seen his true side and hes a straight up faggot. Me and him have a lot of the same classes together and he never even wakes up for class. I wake up for classes a good hour early eat and go to class. I leave class like 20 minutes before they so i can get their on time and his ass is sleeping and shit and i constantly remind him we got shit due. And right now hes like im goin to my friends house to pick up some shit. So im like aight u wanna go out when u get back, its like fuckin late so im like dude there's no partys wanna just smoke he never txt me back im sitting here bored as fuck. Sent em another txt that im just gonna go to sleep he txts me back and is like ill be back 3 am. im like fuck this motherfucker is a douche. Hes done other shit that's cocky ass fuck to but ya fuck em. And im helped him out a lot with a lot of shit. People = Shit im just gonna be a good person and do whats good for my self my family and the world.
    Flag Fenderstrat91on October 15, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:"Misanthropy is a generalized dislike, distrust, disgust, contempt and hatred of the human species, human nature, or society. A misanthrope is someone who holds those views and feelings. The word's origin is from Greek words μῖσος (misos, "hatred") and ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos, "man, human being")." In other words 'PEOPLE=SHIT' This song is all about misanthropy. In my opinion this is the misanthropic anthem and being a misanthrope I should know. The title of this song reminds me of Tyler Durten referring to his people as 'made up of the same decaying organic matter as the rest of the world.' An individual or group of individuals can be intelligent, insightful and contribute something worthwile to society however when you witness the idiocy, ignorance, intolerance and blind conformoty of a herd mentality, particularly a mob mentality, you realise what people as a whole really are.
    Fuck all of you(love)
    Flag -ReNeGaDe-NiNjA-on August 09, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:holy fucking jesus! i read every single fucking post on this board and i'm PISSED OFF!!!
    ...OK i'm over it now.
    Flag -ReNeGaDe-NiNjA-on August 09, 2010   Link
  • +2
    General Comment:I read on another site what slipknot's member Shawn crahan said the meaning of this song was. He said the meaning is "people are like an incurable disease that is destroying or world" or something similar to that.
    Flag Sean777on June 01, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:i think the song is about takin no shit and giving the world hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Flag slipknot911on January 14, 2010   Link

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