Lyrics

While highly successful, this track, the follow-up single to Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, did not quite reach the heights of its predecessor.

The Anthem
Album: The Young and the Hopeless (2002)
written by B. Madden, J.Madden, J. Feldmann

Yeah! Here we go!
It's a new day, but it all feels old
It's a good life, that's what I'm told
But everything, it all just feels the same
At my high school, it felt more to me
Like a jail cell, a penitentiary
My time spent there it only made me see

That I don't ever wanna be like you
I don't wanna do the things you do
I'm never gonna hear the words you say
And I don't ever wanna
I don't ever wanna be you
Don't wanna be just like you
What I'm sayin' is this is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
You, don't wanna be you

Go to college, a university
Get a real job, that's what they said to me
But I could never live the way they want
I'm gonna get by and just do my time
Out of step while they all get in line
I'm just a minor threat, so pay no mind

Do you really want to be like them,
Do you really wanna be another trend,
Do you wanna be part of that crowd
'Cause I don't ever wanna
I don't ever want to be you
Don't wanna be just like you
What I'm saying is, this is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
You, don't wanna be you

Shake it once, that's fine
Shake it twice, that's okay
Shake it 3 times, you're playing with yourself again *

[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]

You, don't wanna be just like you,
What I'm saying is, this is the anthem
Throw all your hands up
Y'all got the feeling, sing if you're with me
You, don't wanna be just like you (just like you)
This is the anthem, throw all your hands up
Y'all got the feeling, sing if you're with me
Another loser anthem (whoa)
Another loser anthem (whoa)
Another loser anthem (whoa)
Another loser anthem (whoa)

* This bridge is a reference to the way males, uh, urinate. Males know exactly what it means; girls, you probably don't want to know. XD