Well I feel compelled to comment here on the song “Left Right” on the latest Chemical Brothers album. It was a collaboration with rapper, and Mos Def’s little brother, Anwar Superstar. Some have already commented online about how this full-on rap track is somewhat “off kilter” from the rest of the album. I don’t think so as the musical variety is what this album is all about. What IS worthy of note are the lyrics for this rap. Now I’m sure there are PLENTY of anti-Bush songs out there but this one just happens to be in front of me at the moment…(hold on to your hats, this is a long one)
“Left, Right” in background
All my soldiers march
All my people march
All my soldiers march
All my soldiers march with me x 4
Well fist of all, these are YOUR soldiers? Who are they? What are you fighting for? Peace?
He laid on his back,
His firearms by his side
Hearin no sound
Just watchin the fireworks in the sky
I walk by
Look down he still smiling
Cause he’s done fightin
A fallen soldier
Now his war’s over
Don’t matter which side is wrong or right
Some innocent lives will be lost on the battlefield tonight
…And the truth comes out up front! If you die, it doesn’t matter which side is wrong or right? What does that mean? I think he’s saying that NOTHING is worth dying for. Nothing is so important that we should march our nation’s youth into battle. It’s only ignorance of history that get’s us people that say things like “what’s war ever solved?”. Innocent lives are always lost in battle. That’s why war is hell. Warriors will tell you that.
So hungry to kill
Only his death can curb his appetite
Live ammo hit the flesh
And it feels so right
I’ve embellished my life
Now God please tell me is this what death’s like?
What? Who’s hungry to kill? The soldier that just died? I think that’s what he’s saying. I’ve come to the conclusion that much of the liberal left (like this rapper) believe this statement -that only being killed can stop his appetite for killing. They believe that Bush is “evil incarnate”. I don’t subscribe to that belief. I don’t think he’s that wonderful either but come on people! It’s sad to realize that this is what many Americans believe: that the conservative right, republicans, and the military are evil and blood-thirsty.
kept his innocence
Heavy hearted spouse
Clingin on to anything intimate
She can find around the house
Yes, we all know it’s sad that men die and leave wives at home alone. Thank you for pointing it out. I’m sure we all are better now. What isn’t pointed out is that this man just died for his country -died for the continued safety of his fellow Americans…Like this rapper!
What’s the difference between Bush and Saddam?
Sheik Ahmed Yassin, Osama Bin Laden Fidel Castro
It seems to me they on the same team
They hate only lead to innocent blood streams
Oh boy! Here we go…
Well, for starters, Bush was elected…TWICE. Bush will leave office after a maximum of 8 years and be replaced with another elected leader. Bush allows people to criticize him -even out in the open at the capital. Bush is openly criticized on most all major news networks without any problem. Bush has had a feature film made exclusively about how evil he is -and the movie was rewarded with much revenue and awards. Try doing that in Cuba or Iraq of the past! Exactly what does Bush hate? I’ve heard conservative AM talk shows labeled “The Church of Hate” by the left. What is it that we hate so much? The left?
If it’s so important
To fight for mankind
Well I don’t see none of they kinfolk
Out there on the front line.
And you don’t think starting a war as president isn’t putting yourself out there? Don’t you think he was fully aware of the negative publicity he’d receive? Why do you think we funded and supported Sadaam in the first place? The US government initiated much of Sadaam’s raise to power (as well as many other dictators around the world) for this very reason!! A lot of Americans just don’t like war -plain and simple. So it’s much easier to just “influence” people to fight our wars for us -that way no president looks like a “war monger”. Much of the problems in the Middle East were approached from this direction for nearly the last 30 years. Only the result was a man like Sadaam, OBL, and the like. This president, for all his flaws -and there are many, decided to change the cycle and take care of business the only way it should have been handled so many years ago but was too afraid -and this rapper thinks he’s not putting himself on the line?
And sure there are rich families that manage to wiggle their way out of serving their country. I’m sure this rapper isn’t interested in defending his country either. In fact, he went the opposite and did a tour called Beats For Peace Tour. What a crock. That’s his solution: “do nothing -’cause there is no problem! Just take out OBL in Afghanistan and we’re done. Leave Sadaam alone. He’s not hurting anyone important to us.”
And I’m a soldier
Right here – hip-hop – with my guns by my side
Ready to ride till I die
And I’m a soldier
And you can see it in my eyes
Even when the man dies
They say a soldier never cries
And I’m a soldier
Until the day they take my life
All my soldiers march with me
Left, Right
All my soldiers match with me
Left, Right
I thought I told ya
This is the story of a soldia
Stand up x 3
Stand up x3
Well, you’re definitely a soldier for the anti-Bush campaign. But other than that, you’re just a “soldier wanna-be”.
US stand up
UK stand up
France stand up
Spain and Portugal, Germany stand up
Slovakia stand up
China stand up
Palestine, Kosovo, Ghetto World stand up
This is a live nigga PSA
From the one and only ghetto bullhorn
Come to warn you
There’s a war goin on outside
And you can’t run
You can’t hide
Tell me about it! I wish I could hide but you’re all over the place!!