I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
One week of struggling
On the real world is
So you can see
Feel your soul and Shape your mind to warfare
It's all for real
Live your life Not the way they taught you
Do what you feel
Survive the jungle
Give me blood, give me pain
These scars won't heal
What were you thinking? What a wonderful world
You're full of shit
Leave it behind
They don't care if you cry
All is left is pain
Can you take it?
Can you take it?
Can you take it?
Can you take it?
The only way
To get away
Kill your pride
Attitude
I won't take it
I won't take it
I won't take it
I won't take it
So in the end, I want to see some respect
(I said) you better show some respect
(I said) attitude and respect
On the real world is
So you can see
Feel your soul and Shape your mind to warfare
It's all for real
Live your life Not the way they taught you
Do what you feel
Survive the jungle
Give me blood, give me pain
These scars won't heal
What were you thinking? What a wonderful world
You're full of shit
Leave it behind
They don't care if you cry
All is left is pain
Can you take it?
Can you take it?
Can you take it?
Can you take it?
The only way
To get away
Kill your pride
Attitude
I won't take it
I won't take it
I won't take it
I won't take it
So in the end, I want to see some respect
(I said) you better show some respect
(I said) attitude and respect
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Wow, this song fills me with so much energy and anger. Awesome.
i get a strong sense of him just being angry at everyone who has every told someone to be this or that, and he is saying "fuck you, im going to be who ever the fuck i want, i cant respect your fake identity that fits in with everyone else,if you want respect be yourself not someone else"
i like the opening with the thingy that makes that realy cool noiz
The sound in the opening is a berimbau, which is a Brazilian string/percussion instrument. Max Cavalera actually played it himself during live performances of the song.
A lot of the Roots tunes do not impressed as much as the older Sepultura albums, but I'm always open to ethnic influence and it's cool to hear some tribunal/aboriginal elements added. I definitely think it's all about Arise, Beneath The Remains and Schizophrenia though.
the video is dedicated to his deceased step son, d low. it says at the very end of it. as for the meaning, it certainly is a big FUCK YOU to everyone who put him down and probably to the dude who killed d low in the first place.