Hope for a Higher Power Lyrics

Lyric discussion by russtrick 

Cover art for Hope for a Higher Power lyrics by Tech N9ne

Those audio clips opening and closing the song are of Jim Jones, the cult leader from the 70's who was responsible for the mass suicide of over 900 people. Tech manages to set a dark mood with the quiet music at the beginning that transforms a guy with a lisp (which would normally have some humor to it) into an utterly creepy and evil sounding mad-man.

I believe what he's getting at is that due to what he has had to go thru in his life, and what is going on in our world as a whole, he doesn't see how there could be a higher power, but for the sake of what happens if he dies, he hopes there is someone there to save him. If not, he can only hope that ammo can protect him from evil demons of the world.

I'm not a big fan of the chorus, since it kinda deters from the dark powerful feel of the rest of the song, but it still fits well enough.

My Interpretation