The whole world is my enemy, and I'm a walking target
Two times the devil with all the significance
Dragged and raped for the love of a mob
I can't stay, because I can't be stopped
Eat motherfuckers alive who cross us
I know you're all tired of the same ol' bosses
Let me tell you how it's gonna be
I'm gonna kill anyone who steps up in front of me

Welcome to the same ol' fucking scam
Same ol' shit in a dead fad

Everybody wants to be so hard
Are you real or a second rate sports card?
They all lost their dad or their wife just died
They never got to go outside, shut up
Nobody gives a fuck
It doesn't change the fact that you suck

(we are) the anti-cancer
(we are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(we are) bipolar gods
(we are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore

Now I'm not pretty and I'm not cool
But I'm fat and I'm ugly and proud, so fuck you
Standing out is the new pretension
Sreamline the (sic)ness, half-assed aggression
You gotta see it to believe it, we all got conned
All the mediocre sacred cows we spawned
Put your trust in the mission
We will not repent, this is our religion

(we are) the anti-cancer
(we are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(we are) bipolar gods
(we are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore

I am hated
You are hated
We are hated

Everything sucks and I can prove it
Everybody dies, shuffle on, remove it
Individuals, indispensable
I'm the paradox deity vessel
The other side holds no secret
But this side is done, I don't need it
Before you go, you should know you're breaking down
You'll be rotten by the time you're underground

(we are) the anti-cancer
(we are) the only answer
Stripped down, we want you dead
But what's inside of me, you'll never know
(we are) bipolar gods
(we are) you know what we are
My life was always shit
And I don't think I need this anymore

(we are) the source of conscience
(we are) distorted sentients
There's only one thing left
And I can't leave until it's sated
(we are) the absolute
(we are) controlling you
They're closing in, I can't escape
I am hated



Lyrics submitted by lemonie_fresh

Track duration: 02:38

"I Am Hated" as written by Craig Alan Jones, James Donald Root, Sidney George Wilson, Mickael Gordon Thomson, Michael Shawn Crahan, Corey Todd Taylor, Nathan Jonas Jordison, Paul Dedrick Gray, Christopher Michael Fehn

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

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    General Comment:I know this song was written after Fred Durst started talking shit about the band because Slipknot was making fun of Korn for doing a Calvin Klein underwear commercial. It's like Joey said "I'm a rockstar not a damn model." But the line "But I'm fat and I'm ugly and proud - so fuck you" was taken when Fred said that fans of Slipknot are "ugly" and "fat." So mostly this song was in retaliation of Fred Durst's comments towards the band.
    Flag KatalyzedSainton September 09, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:PS slipknots lyrics are so up front and in your face theres not much to ponder over, just sit back and let the raw aggression and emotion go through you.
    Flag EatAcatFishRawon August 01, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:no one can deny corey is a sick mo fo and if they do, they wronggggg.
    Flag EatAcatFishRawon August 01, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:ever wonder who corey is talking about in all these mean songs? lol
    i fucking love him maggot 4 life!
    Flag maggot4life666on January 26, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:best sing slipknot has ever made so fuck you all
    Flag OMS666on November 19, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:to me, this is a song about someone who was raped or sexually abused. "stripped down we want you dead" = you raped me and we want you to die (we being an army of rape/abuse victims)

    "but what's inside of me you'll never know" its like he's saying 'you can off strip the clothes but you'll never know what's really inside me '

    any thoughts?
    Flag RaymondKHesselon July 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song is about channeling your hate and just letting it all out, not giving a fuck. It's their answer to us when the question "What the fuck do I do with all this hate?" is begged. And when they say "(We are) The anti-cancer
    (We are) The only answer
    Stripped down, we want you dead"
    I think the "We are's" are referring to the government, and that they keep feeding us bullshit to try to control us.

    "(We Are) The absolute
    (We Are) Controlling you
    They're closing in, I can't escape"
    This part further explains my take on it. I might be completely wrong, but who knows. Seems right to me. And I think furthermore that Slipknot is saying to us that it's okay to hate. The whole song repeats the notion that everyone is hated. I think this statement is their answer to just that. We can hate whoever we want, hell we can we even hate Slipknot. This song is our medicine to keep. This is their way of getting through with their problems, and inadvertently, or intentionally, they have made this song an anthem for us to deal with our problems.
    Flag Spacecowboyyon July 07, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:this song i gotta say tho helps me defend 4 my rights, i am ridiculed at school for being a maggot , but hearing this i can fend for myself, a surge of godlike power makes u feel great
    Flag ultramaggot14on March 19, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:MAGGOTS R: fat, ugly and proud so FUCK YOU!
    Flag ultramaggot14on March 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:fiesty fuckers.
    Flag macdadeeon January 22, 2009   Link

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