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.
You can't kill the metal
The metal will live on
Punk rock tried to kill the metal
But they failed, as they were smite to the ground
New wave tried to kill the metal
But they failed as they were stricken down to the ground
Grunge tried to kill the metal
They failed, as they were thrown to the ground
Ah, yeah
Ah, yeah
No one can destroy the metal
The metal will strike you down with a vicious blow
We are the vanquished foes of the metal
We tried to win, for why? We do not know
New wave tried to destroy the metal
But the metal had its way
Grunge then tried to dethrone the metal
But metal was in the way
Punk rock tried to destroy the metal
But metal was much too strong
Techno tried to defile the metal
But techno was proven wrong
Yeah
Metal
It comes from hell
The metal will live on
Punk rock tried to kill the metal
But they failed, as they were smite to the ground
New wave tried to kill the metal
But they failed as they were stricken down to the ground
Grunge tried to kill the metal
They failed, as they were thrown to the ground
Ah, yeah
Ah, yeah
No one can destroy the metal
The metal will strike you down with a vicious blow
We are the vanquished foes of the metal
We tried to win, for why? We do not know
New wave tried to destroy the metal
But the metal had its way
Grunge then tried to dethrone the metal
But metal was in the way
Punk rock tried to destroy the metal
But metal was much too strong
Techno tried to defile the metal
But techno was proven wrong
Yeah
Metal
It comes from hell
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HAHAHAHA PUNK ROCK BETTER THAN FACE MELTINGFUCKING METAL?!?!?! Wow dude. That's some sad shit. This song is completely true. Since it's first true dawning with Led Zeppelin (The Beatles were the first with their song "Helter Skelter, but it didn't get as much credit as the Zep), metal has destroyed everything that has walked in it's path. And to say that the three worst genres of music (I would take rap over punk rock any day) is a disgrace to the metal. Long live metal, and long live the D!