Great song. I think Ali's trying to say that a lot of the urban "ghetto" poor find ways to make each other's lives worse instead of looking for solutions to their problems. "Palming the Joker" and "filing the dice" are both ways of turning a possibly advantageous situation into a no-win scenario.
Great song. I think Ali's trying to say that a lot of the urban "ghetto" poor find ways to make each other's lives worse instead of looking for solutions to their problems. "Palming the Joker" and "filing the dice" are both ways of turning a possibly advantageous situation into a no-win scenario.