Black Water is a company that hires and trains mercenaries that were widely used in the Iraq war. They changed their name to Xe (pronounced "Z") because, naturally, their name and public image was tarnished.
Solon
"Reform like Solon in the Parthenon." Solon was an ancient Athenian statesmen who instituted agrarian reforms (like Tiberius Gracchus did). "Destroy Sauron, roll like Arogon" is a Lord of the Rings reference. Sauron is the evil wizard and Aragorn leads the fellowship of the ring. "Whirl wind with the pen like M. Shamalon" is referring to the movie Air Bender which was still not in theaters when I wrote this.
"Obama just a pawn of U.S. pentagon cuz Wolfowitz wrote a neo-Monroe doctrine so, profit flow grow dough for forever with power unfettered." This is referring to a whole lot of American military history in a small segment. When I wrote this Obama hadn't made any serious steps toward changing the direction of foreign policy that the Bush administration left in place. Regardless of this our president is a pawn of the military establishment (U.S. Pentagon) because the Wolfowitz Doctrine is a contemporary Monroe Doctrine that protects American imperialism.
Paul Wolfawitz
Neo means post or "second." So when people talk about the "neo-cons" they are talking about neo-conservative or what being conservative mean now (politically), compared to what it did mean. The Monroe doctrine was a military plan to prevent European intervention in the Americas and was introduced by President James Monroe in 1823. The Wolfawit's Doctrine is a private government document that leaked to the New York Times. The proposal sparked controversy and was criticized for being imperialistic, outlining preemptive military action to prevent any other nation from rising to super-power status. In essence, the document allowed American foreign policy to enforce the U.S. military as the sole world super-power.
"Cause the Budget grew for Project new, American century steer'n the industry." The Project for a New American century PNAC was a think tank whose members included such leaders as Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Richard Pearl. From the beginning in 1997 this group advocated conflict and the invasion of Iraq. Knowing this group's motivations, it is obvious to see why we ended up in Iraq although there was no connections between Iraq and 9/11 or Iraq and WMDs (Weapon of Mass Destruction). To me, it is easy to see that the Bush administration, with the help of an unquestioning media, blatantly lied about intelligence initiatives to fulfill a pre-conceived plan thought-up years in advance.
"Slither like snakes, com hither the apes are change'n our fate, and lett’n Hitler escape." This lyric is a reference to the Edulution track which compares our behaviors to that of a monkey/ape.
The Death of War is largely based of the documentary "Why We Fight" and is about ending the propagation of war by realizing it is a religiously driven motivation. However, the dogma is profit accumulation with no real regard for the human cost or the inter-generational tyranny of investing America’s infrastructure, and therefore future, into a system of destruction and death. In order for America to succeed in it’s removal of detrimental influence, it would have to rid itself of corporate entrenchment; specifically that of, what Dwight D. Eisenhower would call, “The Military-Industrial-Complex.” This is exemplified in “The Death of War” by metaphorically killing Dick Cheney who is the quintessential example personifying the corruption and entrenchment of big business and government.
Apollonian and Dionysian is a literary, philosophical, and/or psychological concept that represents the figurative dichotomy between Apollo and Dionysus in Greek Mythology. Apollonian thought is concerned with logic, rationality, perfection, art, beauty, clarity, self-control, humanity, and creation. While Dionysian is prone to excess, instinct, chaos, intoxication, destruction, passion, nature, the irrational, and the illogical. Friedrick Nietzsche expands upon this concept in The Birth of Tragedy where the hero and main protagonist of the drama tries to make order (Apollonian) out of his unfair and chaotic (Dionysus) fate. Apollo’s Music and Dionysus Rhythm represent the Apollonian and Dionysian forces. Apollo’s Music is an introduction of content and an overly chauvinistic style of lyricism that displays an eclectic vocabulary that would take a dictionary or years of education to fully grasp in meaning. And Dionysus Rhythm is designed to evoke an energetic relateability while be...
This song represents a theme that is present in Lyceum Recordz and that is Love & Respect for women. In this song, I am talking about the ideal girl for me. "She get me high, when i come by." Here, I am talking about how she makes me feel. I'm NOT saying that the girl for me literally gets me high all the time. Instead, I should feel high when I'm around her because her smile makes me wild. Naturally, that makes me want to be closer to her emotionally and sexually (and "make her body cry"). The first verse is about me meeting a girl I'm crazy about and deciding it would be okay if I "fell into her" and became closer. The second verse is me realizing I am in love with this girl because of the way she makes me feel (i.e. "butterflys in my stomach" and a "feel'n of heaven"). The third verse is implicitly stating that we got married and we work on our relationship everyday so we have no problems/frustrations. The fourt...
Edulution: 20 Hey! by Lyceum Recordz Hey! is a poem that is about finding a compatible mate; rather than strictly just someone who is physically attractive. A bazaar is an old and universal term meaning store or market. I am trying to paint a picture of an older black woman named Charese who comes over to me from across the bar to try and 'pick me up' for the night. She is smart and open minded! She shocks me by being selfless, buying a couple drinks just to have a good time, and dedicating them to cleaning up the gulf--which, when I wrote this, was being filled with Oil by the BP spill. However, it is impossible to ignore that she is looking at me with wanting eyes. Source Eventually, after the drink settled in, I make up my mind to pursue a one night stand and go home with this beautiful cougar. We stumbe into a taxi falling all over eachother and fornicating in such a mannor that the driver gets a show of affection on the way there. Upon arriving at he...
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