jazz club
Revolutionary Rhythms: Unveiling Jazz Club's Tale of Struggle
Lyrics
This that smoke filled jazz club
This refers to a setting resembling a jazz club filled with smoke.
Littered with proletariats and revolutionaries of different stripes
Describes the club populated by common people and activists of various ideologies.
You know the types
Refers to recognizing or being familiar with these kinds of individuals.
Sowing the rights of the people
Alludes to individuals advocating for the rights of the people.
Against the will of the machine made of evil and wrought metal
Depicts a struggle against a malevolent machine-like entity controlled by capitalists.
That settled into hands of capitalists because what drives us to compete to eat
Highlights the competitive nature driving individuals to pursue basic needs and comforts.
To die to buy the newest drop they outsourced
Refers to the cycle of consumerism and the pursuit of the latest products.
To make for less than a dollar and sell for a bill
Reflects the disparity between production cost and selling price, particularly in exploiting labor.
Blue noted like madlib
Compares the atmosphere to the experimental and unique style of music by Madlib, a renowned musician.
Resurrected indentations of old slave masters who stare back with no remorse
Touches upon the remnants of oppressive figures from history influencing the present.
And built this country up to stay the course they sourced from white supremasict
References the role of white supremacists in shaping the country's foundations.
Eugunice praised chemists
Mentions chemists celebrated under false pretenses, possibly hinting at unethical scientific practices.
Lauded in history under the premise of erasure by any means
Emphasizes the erasure of history, particularly the darker aspects, for the sake of glorification.
And i mean by any means
Reiterates the idea of erasure and emphasizes its extremity.
Ancestors made to cross streams of sweat, blood, and molten worth
Describes the hardships endured by ancestors, symbolized by streams of sweat, blood, and worth.
Born as gold but called bronze
Highlights the undervaluing of something precious (born as gold but called bronze).
Born as gold but called bronze
Repetition emphasizing the devaluation of something valuable.
Born as gold but called what?
Possibly a rhetorical question, questioning the naming and devaluation.
Fed religiosity and flour from fielded tended with care and ill intent
Speaks of being fed false religious beliefs and tainted sustenance from manipulated fields.
False realities bent to the shapes meant to absolve responsibility
References distorted realities crafted to evade culpability.
Like Vicks over a cold
Compares absolving responsibility to using Vicks (a cold remedy) to mask symptoms.
Rub the chest, your chest until the gold come forth
Metaphorically implies efforts to reveal hidden value or potential.
We headed north like life was going to be different
Symbolizes the hope for a better life, perhaps moving away from oppression.
Different from the previous most devious kind of chattel oppression
Describes the anticipation of a different, less severe form of oppression.
Thought to be a lesson of ingenuity
Suggests viewing the oppressive situation as a lesson in creativity and adaptability.
If not for the black body we'd all be in a place you all call hell
Asserts the integral role of the black community in preventing a collective suffering.
Faster than workers huffing asbestos laced plaster
Compares the speed of oppression faced by workers to hazardous work environments.
Ask the local pasor how many people he's buried this week
Questions the toll of oppression on the local community, as represented by the pastor burying the oppressed.
Was laid to rest at the feet of gods son
Reflects on the irony of being laid to rest with religious connotations.
Its odd son
Comments on the peculiar nature of the situation.
The only thats gospel is bob's son
Emphasizes the significance of Bob's (Bob Marley's) music as truth amid distortion.
I'll wait a minute
Expresses patience in waiting for acknowledgment or comprehension.
I'll wait a minute while you let your media spin it
Challenges the audience to question the biased narrative constructed by the media.
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