Author's comments: *The wordplay about the name is kept. As 'chop suey' stands for the syllables of ' [righ]teous sui [cide]', here it goes like ' [suici]dio vir [tutis]', with 'deō vir' literally meaning 'a man for god', and 'suicidium virtutis' meaning a suicide 'of virtue', a notion very important for Romans. Original lyrics. In some interviews System of a down said that they wanted to put the word 'suicide' in the name. But didn't because everyone would censor it, so they named it Chop Suey(cide) as a play on words. Daron Malakian (System of a Down guitarist) stated in an interview that - "The song is about how we are regarded differently depending on how we pass. Upcoming Events. Chop Suey! Lyrics by System of a Down from the Nu Rock Traxx, Vol. 30 album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: Wake up Grab a brush and put a little (makeup) Grab a brush and put a little Hide the scars to fade away the (shakeu…. System Of A Down - Chop Suey! System Of A Down. -. Chop Suey! More images. Label: Columbia - 671974 2, Columbia - COL 671974 2, Columbia - 6719742000. Format: CD, Maxi-Single. "The song is named 'Chop Suey' because that's really what we are musically," Shavo Odadjian said. "To me, it's about drug addiction, but we've taken something really serious and made it a little I'm pretty sure I read about serj saying they didn't have an idea for that part of chop suey, so he literally just pulled out a dictionary opened a random page or something and chose the first thing he read (im not sure lol) In a recent interview with Joe Rogan, the producer Rick Rubin recalled how a weird decision by Serj Tankian ended up creating the most iconic System of a Dow Similar to Chop Suey - System of a Down (lyrics) twenty one pilots: Heathens (from Suicide Squad: The Album) [OFFICIAL VIDEO] 54K jam sessions · chords:CAₘEEₘ. Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman (from Black & White Night) 28K jam sessions · chords:E⁷EAF♯ₘ. - Scorpions - Wind of Change 26K jam sessions · chords:CGDₘG. Chop Suey! is the first single from System of a Down's second album, Toxicity. The album, released in August of 2001, earned the band one Grammy nomination, which they failed to win. The original title of the song was going to be "Suicide", but the name was changed due to their label considering the name as "inappropriate". In some versions of the song, such as some pressings of the album Concept By [Album Art] - Shavo Odadjian, System Of A Down. Coordinator [Production] - Lindsay Chase. Cover [Art] - Mark Wakefield. Drums - John Dolmayan. Engineer - David Schiffman. Engineer [Additional] - Darren Mora, Greg Collins. Engineer [Assistant] - Al Sanderson *, Darren Mora, Jim Champagne, Ryan McCormick. MyC9.