1st verse poor guy has nothing so kills a bunch of people to become someone but he just becomes a poor person in jail.
A hooker cannot afford to keep her baby coz she is afraid the baby will be like herself so she leaves the baby at a rich person' s doorstep so they can give the child a better life than she is living as a hooker. It seems her way of life then leads to her death.This verse ties to the 5th verse.
3rd verse is like the way people generally glorify USA but the narrator of the song followed the dream to live there only to find that those he glorified were empty in terms of their beliefs(maybe having no character) because he thought he would become rich but stayed poor while there.Also he believes himself invisible to the gods who "led" him to go there in the first place as he has failed to attain the promised dream.
4h verse focus on new generation to the exclusion of the people who really need the help. And that new generation is the one that continues to alienate the poor no matter how much they cry out for help.It seems the poor are not only poor in monetary terms but time as well.
5th verse the little baby that was left on the doorstep is now a big white lady (big meaning older to contrast the little (younger ) baby she was in the 3rd verse). The guy (daddy to whom she refers to in the song is actually her sugar daddy) pimps her out. He gets her to feel like its something she has to do for the good of the family( the they referred to in the verse). Family could be a crime family or a whole bunch of other people involved in the trade. Which is ironic as her mother’s intention for leaving her on the doorstep was so she would not become a hooker. I think in this case the girl is a high class hooker but she doesnot believe the lies the “family’ tell about the reasons why she should be okay being a hooker( somebody shouted maybe)
Which ties in with the 6th verse where she goes to America thinking she can escape the kind of life she is leading only to becomea high class prostitute to the people holding high positions in the USA.(hence she kisses the powers that be)
I would not say the song has Anti American sentiment . It just highlights the ironies and sad plights of some people who reach for the dream from inside and outside America’s borders only to have their experience there fall short of their expectations.
1st verse poor guy has nothing so kills a bunch of people to become someone but he just becomes a poor person in jail. A hooker cannot afford to keep her baby coz she is afraid the baby will be like herself so she leaves the baby at a rich person' s doorstep so they can give the child a better life than she is living as a hooker. It seems her way of life then leads to her death.This verse ties to the 5th verse. 3rd verse is like the way people generally glorify USA but the narrator of the song followed the dream to live there only to find that those he glorified were empty in terms of their beliefs(maybe having no character) because he thought he would become rich but stayed poor while there.Also he believes himself invisible to the gods who "led" him to go there in the first place as he has failed to attain the promised dream. 4h verse focus on new generation to the exclusion of the people who really need the help. And that new generation is the one that continues to alienate the poor no matter how much they cry out for help.It seems the poor are not only poor in monetary terms but time as well. 5th verse the little baby that was left on the doorstep is now a big white lady (big meaning older to contrast the little (younger ) baby she was in the 3rd verse). The guy (daddy to whom she refers to in the song is actually her sugar daddy) pimps her out. He gets her to feel like its something she has to do for the good of the family( the they referred to in the verse). Family could be a crime family or a whole bunch of other people involved in the trade. Which is ironic as her mother’s intention for leaving her on the doorstep was so she would not become a hooker. I think in this case the girl is a high class hooker but she doesnot believe the lies the “family’ tell about the reasons why she should be okay being a hooker( somebody shouted maybe) Which ties in with the 6th verse where she goes to America thinking she can escape the kind of life she is leading only to becomea high class prostitute to the people holding high positions in the USA.(hence she kisses the powers that be)
I would not say the song has Anti American sentiment . It just highlights the ironies and sad plights of some people who reach for the dream from inside and outside America’s borders only to have their experience there fall short of their expectations.