“When did RATM become so woke???”
– MAGA 2020
If you go back to 2012, Vice Presidential pick Paul Ryan listed RATM as his favorite band. At least the MAGA people are raging against something and they think it’s the machine, but Paul Ryan was a technocratic dweeb who probably would’ve gotten shoved in a locker in high school if his dad wasn’t rich. Paul Ryan was supposed to be smart, too, but i guess whether you’re smart or not doesn’t matter if you live in a fantasy world. You’re doing to make a fool of yourself either way.
RATM, and many other bands sing with terrible diction. I wouldn’t blame anyone for not understanding the message if they’ve never read the lyrics.
Bruh English is not even my first language and I started really understanding RATM’s lyrics near the end of highschool, without having to ever read them because I was too lazy cool for that. I do have pretty good English comprehension skills but I’m sure the average native speaker does better than me
Some are those that work forces…
It is irrational how much the misquoting angers me, but in my defense my brain keeps trying to sing the line in tune and it’s the lyrics quote equivalent of one of those frustrating videos where someone cuts a cake wrong.
Those that work forces???
Can someone translate that for me?
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
They’re saying that some of the people in powerful positions are racists who burn crosses. Burning crosses is a KKK harassment activity where they erect and burn a cross on the lawn of a black person’s home while wearing masks to hide their true identity. Essentially they’re alluding to systemic racism.
I can’t find a source for this at the moment, but I read somewhere that the original line was “Some of those that hold office/are the same that burn crosses.” It rhymes a lot better.
