Actually Soylent green was originally a book and yes it does appear to be based on the book. Acording to the book in about 7 years (old book) the world will be so overpopulated that euthanasia is endorsed by the government and simple food items such as bread and milk are luxury items and a pack of cigs could cost you around 100$. If you plan on reading the book then don't read past this it is a spoiler. In the book a higher up of the a company decides to be euthanized and a investigator is hired to research the soylent corporation in one part of the book he enters a euthanasia facility and finds that the people who were euthanized are sent through grinders to make the product soylent green (there are three colors of soylent: soylent yellow, soylent orange, and soylent green the most popular of the group) and then he utters the timeless phrase "Soylent green is man".
END OF SPOILER!
To me the song is just a tribute to the book and how Rat must of loved it.
Actually Soylent green was originally a book and yes it does appear to be based on the book. Acording to the book in about 7 years (old book) the world will be so overpopulated that euthanasia is endorsed by the government and simple food items such as bread and milk are luxury items and a pack of cigs could cost you around 100$. If you plan on reading the book then don't read past this it is a spoiler. In the book a higher up of the a company decides to be euthanized and a investigator is hired to research the soylent corporation in one part of the book he enters a euthanasia facility and finds that the people who were euthanized are sent through grinders to make the product soylent green (there are three colors of soylent: soylent yellow, soylent orange, and soylent green the most popular of the group) and then he utters the timeless phrase "Soylent green is man".
END OF SPOILER! To me the song is just a tribute to the book and how Rat must of loved it.