This is based on the George and Ira Gershwin song "Summertime," from the 1935 musical Porgy & Bess. They share the same first line: "Summertime and the livin's easy."
"Doin' Time" is the final song on Sublime's third album. The album was their commercial breakthrough, but lead singer Brad Nowell died of a drug overdose shortly before it was released. The band broke up when he died, but drummer Bud Gaugh and bass player Eric Wilson formed a new band called The Long Beach Dub Allstars.
The phrase "Doin' Time" isn't in the lyric; it was originally but was replaced by "Summertime" at the last minute.
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