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.
Let the damn cows moo
Let those stupid birds fly
Let the dog sit on the chair, let the cat shed its long hair
Let the goldfish swim outside
Let the smokers smoke
Let the politicians lie
Let grandma be a bitch, athletes be filthy rich
Let the stoners get high
Let's make life a living hell
Let's make life a living hell
Let's take everything we know, toss it right out the window
Let's make life a living hell
Let the homophobes be scared
Let the gays adopt with care
Republicans steal the dough, democrats complain more
Let the system let us down
Let Charlton Heston have his gun
Let somebody shoot him just for fun
Pro-life be carnivores, pro-choice be whores
Let’s never help the bums
Let's make life a living hell
Let's make life a living hell
Let's take everything we know, toss it right out the window
Let's make life a living hell
Let the acid rain fall
Let's not recycle at all
We know what we should do, but I don't care and you don't too
Let’s make earth decay and die
Let religion kill some more
Let nonbelievers get tortured
Let the tyrants kill, let the soldiers double kill
Let's all kill kill kill kill kill
Humanity
Fueled by fear and greed
Cultivate and kill
Is our great legacy?
So much death we can't undo
But here’s a little fucking clue
If we can build the bomb can't we build heaven too?
Nah! Let's make life a living hell
Let's make life a living hell
Let's take everything we know, toss it right out the window
Let's make life a living hell
So let the damn cows moo
Let the children get abused
Let the goldfish swim outside, steal from the old then watch them die
Let's make life a living hell
Rah!
Let those stupid birds fly
Let the dog sit on the chair, let the cat shed its long hair
Let the goldfish swim outside
Let the smokers smoke
Let the politicians lie
Let grandma be a bitch, athletes be filthy rich
Let the stoners get high
Let's make life a living hell
Let's make life a living hell
Let's take everything we know, toss it right out the window
Let's make life a living hell
Let the homophobes be scared
Let the gays adopt with care
Republicans steal the dough, democrats complain more
Let the system let us down
Let Charlton Heston have his gun
Let somebody shoot him just for fun
Pro-life be carnivores, pro-choice be whores
Let’s never help the bums
Let's make life a living hell
Let's make life a living hell
Let's take everything we know, toss it right out the window
Let's make life a living hell
Let the acid rain fall
Let's not recycle at all
We know what we should do, but I don't care and you don't too
Let’s make earth decay and die
Let religion kill some more
Let nonbelievers get tortured
Let the tyrants kill, let the soldiers double kill
Let's all kill kill kill kill kill
Humanity
Fueled by fear and greed
Cultivate and kill
Is our great legacy?
So much death we can't undo
But here’s a little fucking clue
If we can build the bomb can't we build heaven too?
Nah! Let's make life a living hell
Let's make life a living hell
Let's take everything we know, toss it right out the window
Let's make life a living hell
So let the damn cows moo
Let the children get abused
Let the goldfish swim outside, steal from the old then watch them die
Let's make life a living hell
Rah!
Lyrics submitted by STF
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its describing many differant political points of view, from being pro-gay, to anti-gay, from this to that, and the solution at the end being lets m,ake life a living hell, saying who cares. big d dnt get too political in their songs, but they sure as fuck believe that you got to fight for ur beliefs and who u r and change shit and diy.