This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
We're gonna be a white minority
We won't listen to the majority
We're gonna feel inferiority
We're gonna be white minority
White pride
You're an American
I'm gonna hide
Anywhere I can
Gonna be a white minority
We don't believe there's a possibility
Well you just wait and see
We're gonna be white minority
White pride
You're an American
White pride
Anywhere I can?
Gonna be a white minority
There's gonna be large cavity
Within my new territory
We're all gonna die
We won't listen to the majority
We're gonna feel inferiority
We're gonna be white minority
White pride
You're an American
I'm gonna hide
Anywhere I can
Gonna be a white minority
We don't believe there's a possibility
Well you just wait and see
We're gonna be white minority
White pride
You're an American
White pride
Anywhere I can?
Gonna be a white minority
There's gonna be large cavity
Within my new territory
We're all gonna die
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Just A Little Lovin'
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Im tired of seeing ppl who think this is a racist song. You people are fucking stupid. Without explaining lyrics, I will tell u while it cant be. The guy who sang it on the Jealous Again 7'' was Puerto Rican. Also, the drummer on the same 7'' was Columbian. Greg Ginn, the guitarist, idolized many black musicians. On top of that, their producer (in the early days at least) was Spot who is black. Also, I do remember reading an interview with Ginn where he explains that this song is a criticism of the violent white supremacists who attended punk concerts. So to all those who say this song/black flag is racist: do some fucking research, know the fucking band! Fuck!
the lyrics should read: White Pride, You're an American I'm gonna hide anywhere I can...
We're gonna be a white minority Theres gonna be a large casualty If we don't find a new territory We're all gonna die
well i think this is about how we would feel if white people were the minority in this country, kinda gets you thinking. it also goes into how racists would handle it... if you think you have a better idea, post then
I think it's more about how communities all over the US (i think this might even be specifically about LA) are no longer homogenously white, and that eventually, all the racism that the white majority has shown towards the minorities is gonna come back and haunt them when THEY'RE the minority. I don't think it's so much a "what if...." scenario as much as it is a prophetic warning about what's gonna happen because of racism. I mean, look at any country or community where one group initially mistreated other groups, but eventually lost their power. What happened to them? Most of the time, they got paid back for the shit they'd pulled earlier.
Ok, the lyrics are completely wrong
You guys basically have it wrong. Its just criticizing white power and white nationalists, Ive talked to members of black flag
i know the comment im replying to is 3.5 years old, but let me say this to anyone who agrees: SO many white people now in the media and everywhere else bend over backwards not to offend minorities, nowadays, it's ridiculous. With little recognition. Then, if say, I go to a minority friend's house, I can expect to hear all sorts or racial comments by parents/family/etc. Racism against black people does exist, but to blame "white people" as a whole is ignorant as FUCK.
I can only wonder how many will bend over backwards for us, if we do become a minority. The only racism they care to attack now is against their own and the "black culture" and media doesn't even tell them hating white people is a bad thing. Hell, if anything, they encourage it, like it's their right to do so, because of the past that noone today has any control over. If a black guy challenges this, he's often called an Uncle Tom. A white guy tries to bring up anti-white racism, he's hounded by the "enlightened" PC police as a racist. You can have 80 underground rappers attacking racism from the minority standpoint, but if even one white guy has one out of a billion songs addressing the other end, he's "racist"(?). Granted most of the violence is black on black, now, but with black and white, guess which side has a greater percentage of victims? Oh, I can't say that. Shock!
If black progressives and white liberals would stop having such double standards, for bigotry, maybe....just maybe, they would win over more than very PC white guilt libtards.
Look, I hate the Nazis and genocidal racists as much as anyone, but I do agree with the meaning I'm taking from this song.
You are an idiot.<br /> if whites became a minority no one would have sympathy because the history white race is so dominating and manipulative. Most people groups on the planet have been taken advantage of by the white race. England controlled India and parts of the middle East. Whites are still the rich people in Africa. Europeans took over South america. and slavery took place in America. ITS SICKENING. of course there would be no sympathy. <br /> <br /> YOU wont even have sympathy now for minorities. Since whites like you cant have sympathy for them, if your people became a minority do you think everyone else would have sympathy for you in return? no. <br /> <br /> Black on black violence is a result of the oppression blacks have endured from whites. Do you think anyone wants to truly be on the streets and gang bang/ sell drugs? uhm no. its a last resort, being blacks are so oppressed. Education isn't the way out. Minorities reseive the worst quality of education then any other people group in america. <br /> You are obviously one of the many privileged white who were never oppressed and don't know what it is like to have generations of American societies set you up for failure. <br /> <br /> As far as the double standard,<br /> for a white to make fun of a black is wrong because there is history behind white on black aggression ie slavery and lack of civil rights. <br /> If a black makes fun of a white it is also wrong, BUT there is no racist history, no pain, bloodshed, suffering, etc behind it. <br /> Obviously one is more offensive than the other. if you can't understand why things work that way then too bad for you, pick up a book.
So we should just clump all whites together and join hands in a circle of self hatred?<br /> <br /> Fuck you, liberal shithead. Stop drinking the fucking koolaid your sociology professor is giving you.<br /> <br /> Do you really think racism is going to end by dwelling on the past? Do you think we are going to end racism with things like affirmative action, and black history month?<br /> <br /> Fuck no. It's just putting more of an emphasis on race which is divisive.<br /> <br /> We should live in true equality, and stop the self-flagellation. If all races are truly equal than why would this be a bad idea?<br /> <br /> Who am I kidding though, arguing with a bleeding heart PC liberal is no better than arguing with a skinhead or a drunk hick. None of them are capable of viewing issues from multiple angles to get the best understanding.
@binormal Nobody is gonna feel sorry for you dude... all the fucking genocides you've created and all the fucking gall you have and greed. Nobody is going to love you when people realize the truth about you.
@binormal holy shit dude, you probably won't read this but I literally created my account to leave this comment. you were right, how the fuck did you predict all this shit that would happen 9 years into the future. the moral relativists and cultural marxists have only gotten worse and more powerful since your original comment which makes this song's meaning all the more relevant.<br /> <br /> @Oversky fuck you, what genocides has this guy caused. You PC authoritarians' obsession with race and power is exactly why Black Flag wrote this song (Minor Threat has a song about this too: Guilty of being white.) your juvenile guilt-by-association mentality showcases exactly why the political landscape is shifting back to the right and away from you bigoted race-baiting regressive leftists. Good day.
@binormal Good lord, you're all idiots, not just binormal but those who have replied, who seem to completely misunderstand the song. It's mocking white power nationalists and fear of becoming a minority, sung from the viewpoint of such a person being mocked, and as noted elsewhere was originally sung by a Puerto Rican. Similar concept to the Nine Inch Nails song "Big Man with a Gun," which was also completely misunderstood by stupid culture warriors at the time like William Bennett.
@binormal Speaking from 10 years in the future -- it only gets worse. <br /> <br /> These people have been trained to hate white people all their lives while white people have been trained to be kind to other races. They pretend that white people were the only race of people to be responsible for any kind of atrocities all while decrying racism itself as being a creation of white people. <br /> <br /> The modern left is full of shit. We will eventually have to have another civil war.
Amazing all the racists who try and claim this song. They're as fucking stupid as the song makes them out to be. Nazi punks fuck off!
Yeah, the lyrics are a little bit screwed, how do you get them corrected anyway?
lyrics are wrong
i don't think anyone is claiming that it's racist...
No, this isn’t a racist anthem. It’s satire and used to mock white nationalists, the lead singer, at the time, is Puerto Rican. They’re basically giving a big ol “fuck you” (or criticizing if you must) to white power.