Korn - Shoots and Ladders, a song written and recorded by the American nu metal band Korn for their self-titled debut album. It was released as the album's third single in 1995. The title is a mockery of American children's game Chutes and Ladders (also known in the United Kingdom as Snakes and Ladders), with the song's lyrics mostly consisting of nursery rhymes. "It was written because all these little kids sing these nursery rhymes and they don't know what they originally meant. Everyone is so