Album: Yield (1998)

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  I'm ahead, I'm a man
  I'm the first mammal to wear pants, yeah
  I'm at peace with my lust
  I can kill 'cause in god I trust, yeah
  It's evolution, baby, yeah
  
  I'm at peace, I'm the man
  Buying stocks on the day of the crash, yeah
  On the loose, I'm a truck
  All the rolling hills, I'll flatten 'em out, yeah
  It's herd behavior, uh huh
  It's evolution, baby, good
  
  Admire me, admire my home
  Admire my son, he's my clone
  Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
  This land is mine, this land is free
  I'll do what I want but irresponsibly
  It's evolution, baby, uh
  
  I'm a thief, I'm a liar
  There's my church, I sing in the choir
  Hallelujah
  Hallelujah
  
  Admire me, admire my home
  Admire my son, admire my clones
  'Cause we know, appetite for a nightly feast
  Those ignorant Indians got nothin' on me
  Nothin', why?
  Because it's evolution, baby
  
  I am ahead, I am advanced
  I am the first mammal to make plans, yeah
  I crawled the earth, but now I'm higher
  2010, watch it go to fire
  It's evolution, baby, ugh
  It's evolution, baby
  Ah, do the evolution
  Come on, come on, come on Writer/s: Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 23

• Brian from Cleveland, OhI'm curious. What's with hte woman in the video?
  I tend to think that the video is saying that the world's going to hell and the devil is dancing and the woman represents the devil in some way, correct me if i'm wrong.
  By the way, the song and video AWESOME!
• Zach from Tallahassee, FlGreatest Song Ever...
• Martin from Rostock, Germany@brunospfc: I fully agree... just one correction. The lyrics are actually
  
  "I'm at peace with my lust. I can kill 'cause in god I trust"
• Brunospfc from Maxassucetiz, Burkina Fasofor sure one of the best videos ever! very good song and powerfull lyrics :D
  
  "...i'm in peace with my lust, i can kill cause in good i trust..."
• Nathan from New Orleans, Lagod, i love Vedder's voice in this song, and not to mention the guitar sounds awesome
• Caroline from Cincinnati, OhDid the lyrics here say "Admire my clothes" and "Here's my coat" at one point?? Hahaha that's great. (Anyway, thanks to whoever fixed it.) Vedder just sounds so crazy in this song!! It's awesome!
• Mirna from Portoviejo, Ecuadorthis song is sarcastic.. it defines how people see civilization
• Sam from Newton Abbot, Englandto me this song and video seems pretty clear. the evolution shows how the worlds changed but for the worst. it shows war and the planet being ruined.
• Adrian from Brookings, SdHands down the best Pearl Jam song ever!
• Joe from Venice, CaI was the producer on this video which was made at my studio, Epoch Ink Animation. The principle director on the piece was Kevin Altieri. We conceptualized, wrote and supervised the animation together
  
  When the project was brought to us by Todd, the only real mandate was to do a cool, "stoner" video. When Kevin and I read the terrific and powerful lyrics by Eddie Vedder, we decided to use them as our guidelines for the video.
  
  It was a fantastic opportunity to really cut loose and create some strong images about man and his (our) history on this battered planet.
• Robbie from Sydney, AustraliaHas anyone seen the Animatrix? Some of the animated short films (The Second Renaissance Parts I & II) are SO ripped off the video clip for "Do The Evolution". I'm not sure if Todd McFarlane worked on the Animatrix at all - but watch the music video again and you'll know what I mean. The world portayed in Do The Evolution is SO Matrix-esque.
• Martin from Hamburg, GermanyI've got to agree with Chris on this one. The son-clone verse is also perfectly illustrated in the video: There is a Roman Emporer who proudly shows his son th city, and in the same fashion you see a industrial CEO who shows his son the factories. Every generation want their descendants to be just like them. Oh btw ... I LOVE THIS SONG!
• Chris from Scranton, PaI am absolutely positive that Vedder says "...admire my son/ He's my clone". First of all because Vedder is trying to mock how much parents want their children to be like them, and secondly because "admire my song, here's my coat" makes no sense.
• Elliot from St. Louis, MoI was basing my comment on another sites lyrics. I nust read this site's version of the lyrics and take back my statement.
• Elliot from St. Louis, MoBefore I looked at the lyrics, my misunderstanding of a line made the song more political in my opinion. I misheard "Admire me, admire my house, admire my song, here's my coat" as "Admire me, admire my house, admire my son, he's my clone". The issue of cloning is a pretty big one in America. I misheard a similar line later in the song when it said "Admire me, admire my house, admire my song, admire my clothes" I heard "Admire me, admire my house, admire my son, admire my clones". Yet another stab at cloning. Personally, I like my version of those lines better, they fit in with the song more then "here's my coat" and "admire my clothes". Whatever. It would be cool if Eddie read this and decided to play Do The Evolution with my words instead. Unlikely. Pearl Jam rocks!!!!OMFG!!!!
• Erica from Wanaque, Nj2010,watch It go to the fire, is taken from Revelation 20:10 "And the devil that decived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and false prophet are and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever
• Drew from Kansas City, MoThis is my favorite "hard" Pearl Jam song. Some of the best lyrics to come spouting out of the whiney decade we call the 90s.
• Alejandro from Mexico D.f., Mexicothis song has the best video ever made
• Kelly from Newmarket, CanadaI have heard that this song, and the Yield album were written after/while the band read Ismael, by Daniel Quinn. His books are about evolution, what has happened to humanity and how we are destroying the earth. Daniel mentions Pearl Jam and this song on his website (ishmael.org). I have always been a huge pearl jam fan, and after reading this book I understood Yield in a different way. This is one of my favorite songs!
• Reed from Hagerstown, Ini absolutely LOVE the line "i can kill 'cause in god i trust." that PERFECTLY illustrates the viewpoints of a LOT of people.....
• Katie from Prince George, Canadathe lyrics speak for themselves. fabulous song.
• Brian from Paoli, InYeah cool video. Not to mention a great song :p
• B from Paris, United Statesone of the greatest videos of all time

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