Not only is the above commenter right about the lyric being "I got my claws, I got cutlasses", but the lyric certainly isn't "He fucked up!", it's "he was shot down". The speech is being delivered by Jim Jones of the Jonestown Massacre. He was trying to say that MLK, Jr. and Kennedy died because they espoused love.
By the same token, the lyric is not "Let them do it in the night". It is "Let them hear it in the night". He is referring to those who had surround the Jonestown compound in order to capture Jones due to human right issues and murders, notably of the US Congressman Leo Ryan.
Also, for what it's worth, the definitive book about the whole Jonestown incident came out in 1982 and is entitled, "Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People". The name of this Odawas album is "Raven and the White Night". Truly a wonderfully chilling and haunting album.
I should correct myself when I say "those who had surround[ed] the Jonestown compound". It should say "those who Jones claimed would surround" the compound.
I should correct myself when I say "those who had surround[ed] the Jonestown compound". It should say "those who Jones claimed would surround" the compound.
Not only is the above commenter right about the lyric being "I got my claws, I got cutlasses", but the lyric certainly isn't "He fucked up!", it's "he was shot down". The speech is being delivered by Jim Jones of the Jonestown Massacre. He was trying to say that MLK, Jr. and Kennedy died because they espoused love.
By the same token, the lyric is not "Let them do it in the night". It is "Let them hear it in the night". He is referring to those who had surround the Jonestown compound in order to capture Jones due to human right issues and murders, notably of the US Congressman Leo Ryan.
Also, for what it's worth, the definitive book about the whole Jonestown incident came out in 1982 and is entitled, "Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People". The name of this Odawas album is "Raven and the White Night". Truly a wonderfully chilling and haunting album.
I should correct myself when I say "those who had surround[ed] the Jonestown compound". It should say "those who Jones claimed would surround" the compound.
I should correct myself when I say "those who had surround[ed] the Jonestown compound". It should say "those who Jones claimed would surround" the compound.