This appears to be about a person living life pretending to be cool, to not care, to live as quickly as they can. When you live like this you run out of breath, you live in a fake world and in the end bring everyone down with you.
[Verse 1]
You're livin' your life without a care in the world
That's the way it should be
What's life like in a candy swirl?
What's life like to me?
Everyone is slowing down
Look once at life on the ground
You all are the people, they're runnin' around
Not making a sound
[Chorus]
Total hate! Total hate! Total hate!
[Verse 2]
You're movin' along, just goin' your own way
Don't you try to change
You're jumpin', you're runnin', you learn to play
Never try to rearrange
You're getting tired and starting to drag
Slowing down and that's sad
You're walkin' around, you're being a skag
Huh? Well, that's not my bag
[Chorus]
Total hate! Total hate! Total hate!
[Verse 3: Sublime]
You don't even know me, so don't hate me
Sublime rockin' No Doubt stylie
We do it Monday and on Friday
Get back to the show cause it's payday
Eleven o'clock, roll, roll it down
Rock the city with the number one sound
Long beat, long beach and it feels so fine
Rock this shit straight back to Anaheim
[Verse 3: Gwen]
Total hate, total hate
You're so fake, you make me shake
Your faded face is so irate
You share with none, you have no one
You're living your life in total hate
[Outro]
Total hate! Total hate! Total hate! Total hate! Total hate!
Total hate! Total hate! Total hate! Total hate! Total hate!
Total Hate ’95 was written by Chris Leal & Gabriel Gonzales & John Spence.
Total Hate ’95 was produced by No Doubt.
No Doubt released Total Hate ’95 on Sat Mar 25 1995.