I'll start here since I can't make sense of the first few lines:
"Terror rains drenchin', quenchin' tha thirst of
Tha power dons"
Equates politicians in power to "dons", a term for leaders of organized crime families, to liken them to criminals.
"That five sided fist-a-gon"
Clearly, a reference to the United States' pentagon, but using the word fist. The most obvious and likely intent is that we enforce our own laws, here and abroad, with war (the fist signifying bullying, further, violence).
"Tha rotten sore on the face of mother earth gets
Bigger"
This can be interpretted in two ways:
1) America is the rotten sore, which grows; this seems to be popular
2) The rotten sore is simply scorched land from wars
"Tha triggers cold empty ya purse"
First of all, "tha triggers cold..." makes it seem as if something is wrong. The speaker of this line would be the politician, stating that the trigger is cold, and we are obligated to warm it. And when we start beating the war drum, the nation's citizens will need to fund it.
"They rally round tha family
With pockets full of shells"
As has been said, a lot of politicians talk about family values, yet are completely ready to send us off to war. Naturally, this points at their hypocrisy.
"Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed tha war canibal animal"
Obvious enough, he's talking about how we spend money to fund war instead of helping feed, cloth, or house people.
"I walk tha corner to tha rubble that used to be a
Library
Line up to tha mind cemetery"
Again, like the last line. But this is a bit more striking because while food, shelter, and clothing are essential needs, education isn't requred for human survival. Instead, it is pivotal for our development. The allocation of resources to our wars in lieu of libraries (symbolic for education in general) causes us to progress in the wrong direction.
"What we don't know keeps tha contracts alive an
Movin'
They don't gotta burn tha books they just remove 'em"
This is similar to the last statement, though a bit more specific. By disallowing certain books, threats of simply thinking radically are severely hindered. You can't really oppose something if you don't know it's even there to be opposed.
"While arms warehouses fill as quick as tha cells"
Simply put, we're building weapons and incarcerating people at the same rate. Considering the song, up to now, has been speaking about how those in power are pouring so much effort into war (and, naturally, building weapons as well), it would follow that cells filling as quick as arms warehouses are filling... quite fast. Someone said something about political prisoners and people who disagree with the government. Sorry, but that is utterly moronic. People are simply being put in jail. I'm pretty sure that huge prison population of persons who were put in for smoking crack weren't exactly POLITICAL prisoners. This is just a statement about how ridiculous our prison system is. It is ridiculously easy to be sent to a prison in the U.S.
"Bulls on parade"
Bulls, throughout history and in many different cultures, have been a symbol of power. We're talking about those in power in America.
I'll start here since I can't make sense of the first few lines:
"Terror rains drenchin', quenchin' tha thirst of Tha power dons" Equates politicians in power to "dons", a term for leaders of organized crime families, to liken them to criminals.
"That five sided fist-a-gon" Clearly, a reference to the United States' pentagon, but using the word fist. The most obvious and likely intent is that we enforce our own laws, here and abroad, with war (the fist signifying bullying, further, violence).
"Tha rotten sore on the face of mother earth gets Bigger" This can be interpretted in two ways: 1) America is the rotten sore, which grows; this seems to be popular 2) The rotten sore is simply scorched land from wars
"Tha triggers cold empty ya purse" First of all, "tha triggers cold..." makes it seem as if something is wrong. The speaker of this line would be the politician, stating that the trigger is cold, and we are obligated to warm it. And when we start beating the war drum, the nation's citizens will need to fund it.
"They rally round tha family With pockets full of shells" As has been said, a lot of politicians talk about family values, yet are completely ready to send us off to war. Naturally, this points at their hypocrisy.
"Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes Not need, just feed tha war canibal animal" Obvious enough, he's talking about how we spend money to fund war instead of helping feed, cloth, or house people.
"I walk tha corner to tha rubble that used to be a Library Line up to tha mind cemetery" Again, like the last line. But this is a bit more striking because while food, shelter, and clothing are essential needs, education isn't requred for human survival. Instead, it is pivotal for our development. The allocation of resources to our wars in lieu of libraries (symbolic for education in general) causes us to progress in the wrong direction.
"What we don't know keeps tha contracts alive an Movin' They don't gotta burn tha books they just remove 'em" This is similar to the last statement, though a bit more specific. By disallowing certain books, threats of simply thinking radically are severely hindered. You can't really oppose something if you don't know it's even there to be opposed.
"While arms warehouses fill as quick as tha cells" Simply put, we're building weapons and incarcerating people at the same rate. Considering the song, up to now, has been speaking about how those in power are pouring so much effort into war (and, naturally, building weapons as well), it would follow that cells filling as quick as arms warehouses are filling... quite fast. Someone said something about political prisoners and people who disagree with the government. Sorry, but that is utterly moronic. People are simply being put in jail. I'm pretty sure that huge prison population of persons who were put in for smoking crack weren't exactly POLITICAL prisoners. This is just a statement about how ridiculous our prison system is. It is ridiculously easy to be sent to a prison in the U.S.
"Bulls on parade" Bulls, throughout history and in many different cultures, have been a symbol of power. We're talking about those in power in America.