Get In The Ring
(Slash / McKagan / Rose)

Yeah, Come on!
Why do you look at me when you hate me
Why should I look at you when you make me hate you to
I sense a smell of retribution in the air
I don't even understand why the fuck you even care
And I don't need your jealousy yeah
Why drag me down in your misery
And when you stare don't you think I feel it
But I'm gonna deal it back to you in spades
When I'm havin' fun ya know I can't conceal it
'Cause I know you'd never cut it in my game- Oh no
And when you're talkin' about a vasectomy- Yeah
I'll be writin' down your obituary-
History

You got your bitches with
the silicone injections
Crystal meth and yeast infections
Bleached blond hair,
Collagen lip projections
Who are you to criticize my intentions
Got your subtle manipulative devices
Just like you I got my vices
I got a thought that would be nice
I'd like to crush your head tight in my vice
Pain!!!

And that goes for all you punks in the press
That want to start shit by printin' lies
instead of the things we said
That means you
Andy Secher at Hit Parader
Circus Magazine
Mick Wall at Kerrang
Bob Guccione Jr. at Spin,
What you pissed off cuz your dad gets more
pussy than you?
Fuck you
Suck my fuckin' dick

You be rippin' off the fuckin' kids
While they be payin' their hard earned
money to read about the bands
They want to know about
Printin' lies startin' controversy
You wanta antagonize me
Antagonize me motherfucker
Get in the ring motherfucker
And I'll kick your bitchy little ass
Punk

I don't like you, I just hate you
I gonna kick your ass, Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Ha ha ha ha , ah ha ha ha, ah ha ha ha, ha ha, ah ha ha ha

You may not like our integrity yeah
We built a world out of anarchy
Oh yeah!

And in this corner
weighing in at 850 pounds,
Guns N’ Roses

Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
(Motherfucker)
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Get in the ring
Yeah

Yeah this song is dedicated to
All the Guns n' fuckin' Roses fans
Who stuck with us through all the
Fucking shit
And to all those opposed...
Hmm... well


"Get In The Ring" appears on the following album:
"Use Your Illusion II"

Musicians on the studio recording
Drums: Matt
Bass: Duff
Lead and Rhytm Guitars: Slash
Rhytm Guitar: Izzy
Piano: Dizzy
Vocals: Axl
Background Vocals: Duff

Live
No live performance of "Get In The Ring" is known.

The Story Behgind The Song
Axl: "Get In The Ring" was a song that was… basically put together by Slash and Duff, and I came up with the low vocal part. And Slash and I wrote that part together. We wrote different verses. And we wrote a whole song that when the whole band actually had the song together, the words didn't fit the arrangement of the song. And so, we were in Toronto, playing a show in Toronto. And we had one last song to finish recording, that was "Get In The Ring".
   So, we went in the studio and just kind of started putting things together. And then Duff decided that I should express my feelings about how we've been treated by the press, because that was his initial concept for the song, and that I should just go for it. And I was kind of like: "Are you sure? You sure I should do this?". And then Tom Zutaut, of Geffen, was there and he was like: "Go for it."
   So I got behind the mike and went for it. And everybody was really happy and we just decided to do it. And this naming names, and things like that, were because most bands can't afford to express how they feel about how they're treated in the press, because they need the press so much. And I know that this could hurt us, but we're in a position where I think we owe it to ourselves, and we owe it to an element of the public..." [GN'R on WNEW 102.7 - Sep, 1991]

Other information
Was originally called "Why Do you Look At Me When You Hate Me". The chants were recorded in Saratoga, New York 6/10/91. The rest of the vocals were recorded in Toronto the night before in Metalworks Recording Studios.