Rip It Up
Challenging Violence: Adolescents' Call to Unite
Lyrics
It's like Clockwork Orange a bit of twenty on one
Commentary on violence reminiscent of "Clockwork Orange," where 20 people confront one.
Breaking heads well that don't sound like much fun
Criticizing the idea that causing harm is enjoyable or entertaining.
Is that your only way of getting kicks
Questioning if violence is the only way the individual finds pleasure.
By breaking heads you can't fix
Highlighting the futility of solving problems by causing harm.
Do you think you're tough
Challenging the notion of toughness associated with destructive behavior.
Because you rip it up
Sarcastically suggesting that destroying things makes one tough.
Gotta rip you up
Expressing the consequences of destructive actions, indicating harm to the individual.
Do yo gotta rip it up
Rhetorical question emphasizing the destructive nature being criticized.
Gotta rip it up
Repetition for emphasis, condemning the act of tearing things apart.
Gotta rip it up
Continuing the strong disapproval of destructive behavior.
I've had enough of violence
Expressing a personal stance against violence.
Just to kill boredom makes no sense
Rejecting the idea of causing harm as a way to alleviate boredom.
We're not the background for your stupid fights
Asserting that the group does not exist to be a backdrop for pointless conflicts.
Get out of the darkness it's time to unite
Encouraging a departure from negativity and a call for unity.
Do you think you're tough
Repeating the challenge to the association between toughness and destruction.
Because you rip it up
Restating the sarcasm about toughness through destructive actions.
Gotta rip it up
Emphasizing the negative consequences of ripping things apart.
Gotta rip it up
Rhetorical emphasis on the disapproval of destructive behavior.
Gotta rip it up
Repetition underlining the strong condemnation of tearing things up.
Gotta rip it up
Continuation of the strong disapproval of destructive actions.
Gotta rip it up
Reiteration of the message against destructive behavior.
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