This song is about the class divide between the rich and poor. RATM use the context of Rodeo drive in Beverly Hills as a scenario for the message. Rocha talks about the poor classes working day in and day out, but still unable to make ends meet. As a result of the low income, crime goes up and the neighborhood becomes a real mess (school becomes a precinct, toxic rock referring to cocaine and other drugs which decimate low income populations both physically and psychologically). The first few lines, "so i'm rollin down rodeo with a shotgun...' serves as a reminder of the LA riots of 1992, or at least what the rich feared at that point.
This song is about the class divide between the rich and poor. RATM use the context of Rodeo drive in Beverly Hills as a scenario for the message. Rocha talks about the poor classes working day in and day out, but still unable to make ends meet. As a result of the low income, crime goes up and the neighborhood becomes a real mess (school becomes a precinct, toxic rock referring to cocaine and other drugs which decimate low income populations both physically and psychologically). The first few lines, "so i'm rollin down rodeo with a shotgun...' serves as a reminder of the LA riots of 1992, or at least what the rich feared at that point.