Let the drummer kick
Let the drummer kick that

Let the drummer kick
Let the drummer kick that

Relations
Creation
Incarceration
Determination
Equation
Humiliation
Reincarnation
Situation
Elation
Identification
Retaliation
Education
Inspiration
No substitution
Solution
Conclusion

Let the drummer kick
Let the drummer kick that

Let the drummer kick
Let the drummer kick that

Relations (Apollo had to break 'em)
Creation (A gift, a blessing)
Incarceration (What keeps you down)
Determination (What gets you out)
Equation (When they said you could make it)
Humiliation (What you feel when they say it)
Reincarnation (N-A-V)
Situation (Why we've got to sing)
Elation (Let the drummer kick, so many in need)
Identification (Gives you the right to shoot)
Retaliation (What would it do)
Education (Gives you the right to choose)
Inspiration (Is what pulls you through)
No substitution (No substitute)
Non-inclusion (You've got to bust through)
Drug infusion (For the chosen few)
Mass confusion (When they say that they died for you)
Solution (It can take a hold of you)
Conclusion
Inspiration (Is what pulls you through)

Let the drummer kick (Inspiration)
Let the drummer kick that (Inspiration)

Let the drummer kick
Let the drummer kick that

You don't even have to wait
You don't even have to wait

Let the drummer kick
Let the drummer kick that



Lyrics submitted by pnkseashel

Track duration: 04:17

"Let the Drummer Kick It" as written by Clarence Greenwood

Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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  • +1
    General Comment:To me it is a song about the cycle of life, the necessary risk we must take and the sacrifices we must accept. This song has given me strength and made me believe there is always hope if you continue fighting and trying.

    Relation
    Creation
    Incarceration
    Determination
    Flagged aowcon November 03, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song makes me reflect back on my past
    Flag sandybeach72585on June 21, 2011   Link
  • +1
    Song Meaning:What's the meaning of N-A-V?
    Flag rogedc11on April 06, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:What does N-A-V stand for?
    Flag rogedc11on April 06, 2011   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:what does N-A-V mean?
    Flag noeval718on June 03, 2010   Link
  • +3
    General Comment:I've loved this song for a long time and I was listening to it and all of the sudden I was overcome by this feeling. This understanding. And I had to see what Greenwood meant and while all that you have each said is right, it is much simpler than that.


    It is about a life that is full of passion. It is about a life that is worth living.
    Flag rockarton January 04, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i always thought it was saying "let the drama kick, let the drama kick back" until i learned the title of the song.
    Flag slicedcrayonon October 27, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I thought the one-word lines were cool and random, but I gave meaning to them just for fun

    Relation
    Creation (When we relate with one another, we create a bond)

    Incarceration
    Determination (When we're incarcerated, we're determined to break free)

    Equation
    Humiliation
    Reincarnation (Equation as in equality; humility allows us to treat each other as equal; humility allows us to be broken down and be born again)

    Situation
    Elation (When we are more aware of our surroundings, we can be elated with what we have)

    Identification
    Retaliation (When we identify our problems, we retaliate)

    Education
    Inspiration
    No substitution (It is good to be both educated and inspired, but there is no substitution for the other)

    Solution
    Conclusion (When we have the solution, it's time to conclude)
    Flag ajay2140on July 29, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:I agree with the guy above me, his interpretation sounds very close to the meaning + story of the song meant to inspire change in people. And whether the song is saying 'expiration' or 'inspiration' at the end of the song, death is what inspires and determines creation of all beings. Death is what drives and changes, re-shapes all things. Re-creation.

    So I think the most important message of the song is to say to all, that whatever is holding you back from your fate, your volition to create, you must overcome to transcend the hardships. So when he says 'let the drummer kick that' he's saying 'find a passion and a purpose to surpass your shortcomings and embrace a destiny of your choosing'. Let the beat of life, the drummer, your heart, the will to live, kick the poison of sin and convulsion.

    If he's saying 'let the drummer kid die', then to those who hear it, he's saying leave those childish distractions and vices behind and grasp a better life. Not necessarily better, but more appropriate to your desires to fulfill your place on earth as a human being.
    Flag PandorasKeyon July 15, 2009   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:The way I understand it is that it's about an ex-con trying to straighten his life out and finds inspiration in music, at the end of the song he's saying that you don't have to wait til you f up your life to try and find inspiration (whether it's music, art, a muse, etc.).

    Here's my run down of the lyrics:

    Relations (he meets bad influences)
    Creation (they create a volitile situation for themselves)
    Incarceration (he ends up in prison)
    Equation (prison equates to humiliation)
    Humiliation
    Reincarnation (he is reborn a good citizen)
    Situation (his relations and creations provide good outcomes)
    Elation (he is elated to be out of prison and on the right track)
    Identification (he is identified by police as and ex-con and is harrassed)
    Retaliation (he seeks retaliation against police harrassment)
    Inspiration (he seeks inspiration do deal with hardships but finds a substitution)
    Substitution
    Non-Inclusion (his make shift inspiration is a drug habit that seperates him from his friends & family)
    Drug Infusion
    Mass Confusion (his world is upside down from drugs)
    Delusion
    Solution (the solution and conclusion is inspiration...Let the drummer kick, music, art, literature, etc)
    Conclusion
    Inspiration

    Flag Imthedudemanon July 03, 2009   Link

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