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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain
Guitar
Krist Novoselic
Krist Novoselic
Bass Guitar
Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Steve Albini
Steve Albini
Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Bob Weston
Bob Weston
Recording Technician

Lyrics

[Intro]
What's your name?
Do you like me?
[Verse 1]
Use just once and destroy
Invasion of our piracy
Afterbirth of a nation
Starve without your skeleton key
[PreChorus]
I love you for what I am not
I did not want what I have got
A blanket acne'ed with cigarette burns
Speak at once while taking turns
[Chorus]
What is what I need?
What is wrong with me?
What is what I need?
[Verse 2]
Nothing to do with what you think
If you ever think at all
Bi-polar opposites attract
All of a sudden, my water broke
[PreChorus]
I love you for what I am not
I do not want what I have got
A blanket acne'ed with cigarette burns
Second-rate third degree burns
[Chorus]
What is what I need?
What is wrong with me?
What do I think, I think?
[Bridge]
Hate your enemies
Save, save your friends
Find, find your place
Speak, speak the truth
[Chorus]
What is what I need?
What is wrong with me?
What is what I need?
What do I think, I think?
[Verse 3]
Just use once and destroy
Invasion of our piracy
Afterbirth of a nation
Starve without your skeleton key
[Chorus]
What is wrong with me?
What is what I need?
What is what I need?
What do I think, I think?
[Chorus]
What is wrong with me?
What is what I need?
What is wrong with me?
What do I think, I think?
Written by: Kurt Cobain

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