I feel the above understanding is good, but not entirely there. Correct, breaking out of the dead social structure and the beatiful freedom that follows is what it is all about.
But I don't think the lyrics state anything close about the lyricist being stuck in a limbo. Though the social system is a purgatory, obviously the lyricist has broken free of it.
Instead, the references to 'Is the reason I must die' is a battle call to stop the oppresion and to fulfill the "father's will."
And references to her past are incorrect as this song was not written by lauryn.
"Of this social (?)"
Of this social purgatory.
I feel the above understanding is good, but not entirely there. Correct, breaking out of the dead social structure and the beatiful freedom that follows is what it is all about.
But I don't think the lyrics state anything close about the lyricist being stuck in a limbo. Though the social system is a purgatory, obviously the lyricist has broken free of it.
Instead, the references to 'Is the reason I must die' is a battle call to stop the oppresion and to fulfill the "father's will."
And references to her past are incorrect as this song was not written by lauryn.