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Pork and Beans is the third track and lead single from Weezer's eponymous 2008 album (The Red Album).

Based on a riff he had written years earlier, Rivers Cuomo allegedly wrote the song's lyrics as a response to a meeting with Geffen employees who told him that the album lacked upbeat commercial material. The song became a very successful single.

This "naked" version of the song, which lacks many of the song's instrumental tracks, was released as part of an iTunes-exclusive Pork and Beans EP in the UK, Germany, and Austria.

Lyrics: They say I need some Rogaine to put in my hair Work it out at the gym to fit my underwear Oakley makes the shades to transform a tool You'd hate for the kids to think that you lost your cool I'm-a do the things that I want to do I ain't got a thing to prove to you I'll eat my candy with the pork and beans Excuse my manners if I make a scene I ain't gonna wear the clothes that you like I'm fine and dandy with the me inside One look in the mirror and I'm tickled pink I don't give a hoot about what you think Everyone likes to dance to a happy song With a catchy chorus and beat so they can sing along Timbaland knows the way to reach the top of the chart Maybe if I work with him I can perfect the art No, I don't care I don't care

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Hash Pipe is the third track and lead single from the band's eponymous third record (The Green Album). Out of the many songs written in 2000, known colloquially by fans as the Summer Songs 2000 (SS2K), Hash Pipe was the only song that would end up on the final album (although Dope Nose and Slob would later appear on the following album, Maladroit).

The story surrounding the song is that Rivers Cuomo took "a bunch of Ritalin and had like three shots of tequila" before sitting down and writing both Hash Pipe and Dope Nose in the same night, although the validity of this story is disputed, as the Catalog of Riffs lists them as having been written two nights apart.

This version of the song was released in 2010 as part of the iTunes Originals series of digital releases.

Lyrics: I can't help my feelings I go out of my mind These players come to get me 'cause they like my behind I deal out my business if I can't get a trick Down on Santa Monica where tricks are for kids Oh, come on and kick me Oh, come on and kick me You got your problems I got my eyes wide You got your big G's I got my hash pipe I can't help my boogies they get out of control I know that you don't care, but I want you to know The knee-stocking flavor is a favorite treat Of men that don't bother with the taste of a teat I got my hash pipe