In love we need to trust, and even more so in ourselves. When I'd first heard this song I was stumped, I didn't know what they were talking about, how could such a melody have lyrics of such dark nature, well, this is how I percieve it after replaying it to the point of having 567 plays on my Itunes:Ĭomment: The narrator speaks of a first love, or maybe even a true love after searching many years for him/her (perhaps also a signifacant other). So, here I go, I'll try and summerize as best I can! My interpretation of the song will probably have the same reactions to the ones I'd seen above or worse of ones.

Some of them were useless and a whole lot'a babble, others were religiously based, which made me want to gague and roll on the floor, and occasionally some good points were mentioned. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.I read through some of the comments before writing my own opinion of the song's meaningful nature. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them.

This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. But I told them that I thought it through

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