<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Alive" (2001) </Td> <Td> "Youth of the Nation" (2001) </Td> <Td> "Boom" (2002) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Alive" (2001) </Td> <Td> "Youth of the Nation" (2001) </Td> <Td> "Boom" (2002) </Td> </Tr> <P> "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 . </P> <P> The song's inspiration stems from a trip when the band was on their way to record for Satellite on March 5, 2001 . They were held up in traffic and discovered that the reason was a shooting at Santana High School where a fifteen - year - old student named Charles Andrew Williams killed two and wounded thirteen . The album was consequently delayed, and the band was inspired to write "Youth of the Nation ." </P>

Who sings we are we are the youth of the nation