Bucky Done Gun Lyrics
in an interview with Ashlene Nand,[3] M.I.A. was asked "what the hell does “Bucky Done Gun” mean?". Her response was:
I don’t know!! (Laughs) I really don’t know. At the time, the concept that I was thinking of was how far we are going to go with gangster culture in rap music. That’s really what I was thinking about. I was thinking about 50 Cent. It started off as Public Enemy and ended with 50 Cent. What was that journey (for rap music) and how did that happen? In London, Bucky is a slang word for gun. It’s a real British, grime word. So I was thinking, what is the aftermath of gangster rap? Were they going to get into therapy?
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The song is obviously about war. I think you guys are failing to catch what's really going on with the sex part though: RAPE. In the beginning, she talks about presumable soldiers invading a home... Then there's the comforter reference and she goes on to say "battered by your sumo grip" and "bite teeth nose bleed, tied up in a scarf piece."
I think the lines "Heavy weight wrestler Fight me in your comforter Let you be superior I'm filthy with the fury ya" (on top of the sexual references) refers to the television media. the handful of conglomerates which which own the entirety of television programming (yes, the news too) are like a heavy weight wrestler against the average citizen. just an interpretation of course
Pretty sure this song is supposed to be confusing. You'll never know for sure if it's about war or sex and that is supposed to symbolize the way we accept war nowadays. It's okay to simulate it in games like it's "entertaining". Countries feel "empowered" when they go to war. People think it's a game. It's not on their home soil so it's not their problem how severe it truly is.
And that confusion is what I see in this song. People don't even know what war is anymore, they think it's a movie, there is no point in making a genuine song about it because people are too arrogant to realize the devastation of people losing their relatives and hometowns. In my opinion she is trying to say "you think it's sexy, you think it's entertaining, I know how you'll feel once you have a gun to your head" sort of thing.
Could just be me.
This song is great, I have no idea what it means, but its great.
I think this is about being at war and fighting/...
No idea what it's about, but I love this song.
of course its about war
of course its about war
what is shy saying at the very begining ? quin down i need to make a sound ?brazil qwuen down i need to make a sale ? what is she saying and what does it mean ? i love m.i.a. is my current favorite artist.