Come Original

By 311

On Soundsystem

Released on October 12, 1999

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[Intro: Nick Hexum]

You got to

You got to


[Chorus: Nick Hexum]

You got to come original, you got to come original

All entertainers come original

You got to come original, you got to come original

All entertainer, hear why


[Verse 1: Nick Hexum]

To come original, it ain't nothin' strange

You got to represent, you got come full range and

Full range of emotion, full range of styles

When you come to town you'll have them comin' for miles and


[Chorus: Nick Hexum]

Come original, you got to come original

All entertainers come original

You got to come original, you got to come original

All entertainer, hear why


[Verse 2: Nick Hexum]

Black Eyed Peas, they comin' full range and

NOFX, they comin' full range and

Roni Size, he's comin' full range

The one Mr. Vegas, you know it ain't easy, ha!

(Come original)


[Breakdown 1: Doug "SA" Martinez]

A warning to the crews out there who think they're hot

If you're not original, rockers, you will get shot

Down by the kids neglectin' your art, the stuff you did

Eventually it get so bad it puts you to bed

'Cause when the lightning flashes sweet electricity

All the world then stands revealed with the clarity

Of raw voltage, briefly we see, and the hope is

You'll be able to tell just what dope is


[Chorus: Nick Hexum]

Come original, you got to come original

All entertainers come original

You got to come original, you got to come original

All entertainer, hear why


[Verse 3: Nick Hexum]

Funk slap bass mixed with the dancehall and

Hip-hop beats and punk guitar and

Deadly on the mic, the one SA

Name is 311 and you know it ain't easy, ha!


[Interlude: Nick Hexum]

Come on, come on!


[Breakdown 2: Doug "SA" Martinez]

This is not a test, there's no time to mope

How you gonna cope with radioactive isotope

And boss DJ, illness upon you quickly

Infecting you fast on the airwaves

This message brought to you by the so large system

Activate and attune yourself with meditation

And green plants, they've got mad life, they're sentient

They're beautiful as you and they like to dance

[Bridge: Nick Hexum with Doug "SA" Martinez]

(One, two, three, four)

Everything we do we gotta come original

Put your hand up in the air and prepare for battle

Sit upon the rhythm like a tire upon the rim

We do it nonstop and then we do it again

Some of them whine and some of them bitch, they cannot do it, never switch

Comin' up from the heart and delivered with a wild pitch

Sit up on top of the rhythm like a wild stallion

This is the rulin' system


[Chorus: Nick Hexum]

Come original, you got to come original

All entertainers come original

You got to come original, you got to come original

All entertainers come original

You got to come original, you got to come original

All entertainers come original

You got to come original, you got to come original

All entertainer

Come original