Does anyone have any thoughts about the meaning of this verse?
If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a-get you
Then the left one will
He's a tough man who claims to have been in a lot of fights and won most or all of them. He has no interaction with the upper class and I doubt he wants any. He was born poor and it's all he knows. I don't think he faults anyone specifically for his position in life and he takes pride in his strength, toughness, and perseverance under the conditions he was born into.
He's a tough man who claims to have been in a lot of fights and won most or all of them. He has no interaction with the upper class and I doubt he wants any. He was born poor and it's all he knows. I don't think he faults anyone specifically for his position in life and he takes pride in his strength, toughness, and perseverance under the conditions he was born into.
Any nation of working class people that didn't take pride in themselves and the system they lived under would have been overpowered by their neighbors in the...
Any nation of working class people that didn't take pride in themselves and the system they lived under would have been overpowered by their neighbors in the period up to at least the end of World War 2. It wasn't in their interest to fight the system. None of them had any expectation of wealth nor would they have been regularly exposed to any common display of it, so I doubt many had serious resentment toward it. They probably still expected life to be somewhat "nasty, brutish, and short".
I should clarify that I'm sure many of the workers did resent the system and struggled to achieve better work and life conditions, but I doubt many were inclined to attack those above them. They weren't trying to completely tear down the social structure that allowed them to at least survive. They were far more likely to fight among themselves, and I think this is the sentiment of that verse.
I should clarify that I'm sure many of the workers did resent the system and struggled to achieve better work and life conditions, but I doubt many were inclined to attack those above them. They weren't trying to completely tear down the social structure that allowed them to at least survive. They were far more likely to fight among themselves, and I think this is the sentiment of that verse.
Does anyone have any thoughts about the meaning of this verse?
Considering this is from the workers perspective, sounds like its talking about the big wigs.
Considering this is from the workers perspective, sounds like its talking about the big wigs.
@tsuchan I always interpreted it as a worker who went nuts and killed 'the man,' but I think TheDeaderMan probably has it right. Such a bad@$$ line.
@tsuchan I always interpreted it as a worker who went nuts and killed 'the man,' but I think TheDeaderMan probably has it right. Such a bad@$$ line.
He's a tough man who claims to have been in a lot of fights and won most or all of them. He has no interaction with the upper class and I doubt he wants any. He was born poor and it's all he knows. I don't think he faults anyone specifically for his position in life and he takes pride in his strength, toughness, and perseverance under the conditions he was born into.
He's a tough man who claims to have been in a lot of fights and won most or all of them. He has no interaction with the upper class and I doubt he wants any. He was born poor and it's all he knows. I don't think he faults anyone specifically for his position in life and he takes pride in his strength, toughness, and perseverance under the conditions he was born into.
Any nation of working class people that didn't take pride in themselves and the system they lived under would have been overpowered by their neighbors in the...
Any nation of working class people that didn't take pride in themselves and the system they lived under would have been overpowered by their neighbors in the period up to at least the end of World War 2. It wasn't in their interest to fight the system. None of them had any expectation of wealth nor would they have been regularly exposed to any common display of it, so I doubt many had serious resentment toward it. They probably still expected life to be somewhat "nasty, brutish, and short".
I should clarify that I'm sure many of the workers did resent the system and struggled to achieve better work and life conditions, but I doubt many were inclined to attack those above them. They weren't trying to completely tear down the social structure that allowed them to at least survive. They were far more likely to fight among themselves, and I think this is the sentiment of that verse.
I should clarify that I'm sure many of the workers did resent the system and struggled to achieve better work and life conditions, but I doubt many were inclined to attack those above them. They weren't trying to completely tear down the social structure that allowed them to at least survive. They were far more likely to fight among themselves, and I think this is the sentiment of that verse.