Well if you listen to it, you can hear that he says (in the 'doing drugs' verse) 'Blue Riders'. So I'm pretty sure the 'riders' he's talking about are cops, and seeing how this song has pretty heavy racism overtones, I think the chorus is generally about cops discriminating against black people... though I feel the meaning of the song overall is more along the lines of a vision of the world without prejudice. It's a nice song. :)
Well if you listen to it, you can hear that he says (in the 'doing drugs' verse) 'Blue Riders'. So I'm pretty sure the 'riders' he's talking about are cops, and seeing how this song has pretty heavy racism overtones, I think the chorus is generally about cops discriminating against black people... though I feel the meaning of the song overall is more along the lines of a vision of the world without prejudice. It's a nice song. :)