> it's difficult to comprehend any of them when taken literally.
"The same crime has a higher price to pay, The judge and jury swear it's not in the face."
"Every February washed away"
"The bell curve blames the baby's DNA, But test scores are how much the parents made"
Not exactly metaphorical. I have no doubt there are people who don't get it. But there are also a million explanations, not only all around the web but also in the comments section itself. But people keep covering up the explanations by asking what the song is about, which I'm sure occasionally happens purely innocently, but in aggregate it's hard to see as anything but a deliberate attempt to silence black people.
Especially once you compare the comments on this song to the comments on, say, Stairway to Heaven, whose lyrics are 10x as 'metaphorical'.
I would say that he perhaps predicts your comment in the song itself:
"Only in the past is what they say [...] Say it publicly, and you're insane"
"The same crime has a higher price to pay, The judge and jury swear it's not in the face."
"Every February washed away"
"The bell curve blames the baby's DNA, But test scores are how much the parents made"
Not exactly metaphorical. I have no doubt there are people who don't get it. But there are also a million explanations, not only all around the web but also in the comments section itself. But people keep covering up the explanations by asking what the song is about, which I'm sure occasionally happens purely innocently, but in aggregate it's hard to see as anything but a deliberate attempt to silence black people.
Especially once you compare the comments on this song to the comments on, say, Stairway to Heaven, whose lyrics are 10x as 'metaphorical'.
I would say that he perhaps predicts your comment in the song itself:
"Only in the past is what they say [...] Say it publicly, and you're insane"