Youth of the Nation " is a song by American Christian metal band P.O.D . It was released in December 2001 as the second single to come from their second major label album , '' Satellite '' . It was inspired in part by the school shootings at Santana High School and Columbine High School . While '' Satellite '' contained numerous hit songs , " Youth of the Nation " was the band 's only No. 1 hit on the Modern Rock chart and reached No. 28 on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 , their only single to reach the top 40 , and No. 6 on the Mainstream Rock chart . The song was included in " Weird Al " Yankovic 's polka medley " Angry White Boy Polka " from his 2003 album '' Poodle Hat '' , despite lead singer Sonny Sandoval 's mixed race background . It was also featured as downloadable content in the music video games '' Guitar Hero 5 '' and '' Rock Band 3 ''
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