It originally had the tentative title of “Gucci Clan.” Pete Loeffler stated in a 2006 interview that the song is:
about those pretty boys who get all done up in their expensive clothes and that whole club scene, which you run into a lot out here in Vegas. So we kind of poke fun at that whole scene,...
[Verse 1]
Soon the men taste their own normalcy
Ends that day
Consumed by all, irrational thoughts depend
Then shape their taste
[Pre-Chorus]
Let's call it change
Let's call it change
[Chorus]
Once the fad permeates
It's hip to care, hip to hate it
Once the fad permeates
It's hip to care, hip to hate it
Laugh at the violence, laugh at the violence
[Verse 2]
True to form, he's blind as his
Taste for cheap panther piss
He loves to live beyond the card
So count us in to that Gucci clan, the fat face
[Pre-Chorus]
Let's call it the chase
I'll call it a phase
[Chorus]
Once the fad permeates
It's hip to care, hip to hate it
Once the fad permeates
It's hip to care, hip to hate it
Laugh at the violence, laugh at the violence
[Bridge]
Laugh at the violence, laugh at the violence
Laugh at the violence
So sell your voodoo (sell your voodoo)
And recognize this (recognize this)
Your last and only score (last and only score)
Got you hung up on your strut
[Chorus]
Once the fad permeates
It's hip to care, hip to hate it
Once the fad permeates
It's hip to care, hip to hate it
Laugh at the violence, laugh at the violence
[Outro]
Once the fad, once (it permeates, I bought it)
Once the fad, once (it permeates, I bought it)
Once the fad, once (it permeates, I bought it)
Once the fad, once (it permeates, I bought it)
Laugh at the violence, laugh at the violence
The Fad was written by Pete Loeffler & Sam Loeffler & Dean Bernardini.
The Fad was produced by Michael “Elvis” Baskette.