The meaning of 3500 fits with the horrific imagery of the lyrics. It is the maximum effective range in meters of the M16A1 (Colt Model 603), the last version of that weapon use in Viet Nam.
Are you Americans? Because what you seem to have missed is that 3500 was the estimated population in Harlem at the time this song was written.
Are you Americans? Because what you seem to have missed is that 3500 was the estimated population in Harlem at the time this song was written.
So although all the above descriptions of the number 3-5-0-0 are correct, this song also denotes the liberation of the still (in the US) enslaved african-americans by the means of revolution sugessting that the movements in the 60´s should overcome the rasism in the US by waging war.
So although all the above descriptions of the number 3-5-0-0 are correct, this song also denotes the liberation of the still (in the US) enslaved african-americans by the means of revolution sugessting that the movements in the 60´s should overcome the rasism in the US by waging war.
I am Swedish and white and we are tought this in school, but black history is a subject often oversighted in the US still so...
I am Swedish and white and we are tought this in school, but black history is a subject often oversighted in the US still so I am not surprised no-one knew the answer.
Mischaonline..while I agree that the song is in part about racism your comment that 3500 refers to the estimated poulation in Harlem at the time is way off. I lived in the area at the time and I assure you the population was much higher than 3500.
Mischaonline..while I agree that the song is in part about racism your comment that 3500 refers to the estimated poulation in Harlem at the time is way off. I lived in the area at the time and I assure you the population was much higher than 3500.
The meaning of 3500 fits with the horrific imagery of the lyrics. It is the maximum effective range in meters of the M16A1 (Colt Model 603), the last version of that weapon use in Viet Nam.
Are you Americans? Because what you seem to have missed is that 3500 was the estimated population in Harlem at the time this song was written.
Are you Americans? Because what you seem to have missed is that 3500 was the estimated population in Harlem at the time this song was written.
So although all the above descriptions of the number 3-5-0-0 are correct, this song also denotes the liberation of the still (in the US) enslaved african-americans by the means of revolution sugessting that the movements in the 60´s should overcome the rasism in the US by waging war.
So although all the above descriptions of the number 3-5-0-0 are correct, this song also denotes the liberation of the still (in the US) enslaved african-americans by the means of revolution sugessting that the movements in the 60´s should overcome the rasism in the US by waging war.
I am Swedish and white and we are tought this in school, but black history is a subject often oversighted in the US still so...
I am Swedish and white and we are tought this in school, but black history is a subject often oversighted in the US still so I am not surprised no-one knew the answer.
It is a song with a lot of deeper meanings...
Mischaonline..while I agree that the song is in part about racism your comment that 3500 refers to the estimated poulation in Harlem at the time is way off. I lived in the area at the time and I assure you the population was much higher than 3500.
Mischaonline..while I agree that the song is in part about racism your comment that 3500 refers to the estimated poulation in Harlem at the time is way off. I lived in the area at the time and I assure you the population was much higher than 3500.