Black Seeds deals with the subject of the Amalachites--a pestilential nation
of nomadic desert peoples that continually plagued the Egyptians. Despising anything Egyptian, the Amalachites would crually abduct, murder, mutilate,
dismember, violate and sodomize random Egyptian peoples. They would ruin crops, salt fertile earth, steal or kill livestock and urinate on stored grains. Their particular joy was to destroy, steal, blaspheme and befoul with faeces sacred Egyptian objects: art, scrolls and religious Papyri. They become a scourge to the ancient Egyptians. The Amalachites also became a terror to the Hebrews when the Jews were wandering in the desert after the Exodus. The Amalachites would lie in wait for Hebrew stragglers to fall behind and become separated from the long line of travelers. They they would swoop in and murder whatever men, women or children they happened upon. The tired, weary, sick, very old or very young Jews were their favorite victims. They were such a terror to the Hebrews that Jehovah said of their leader, Amalek, "For his sins, Amalek shall be the first in Hell. Also on Nile's minds when they wrote Black Seeds was the idea that when someone wrongs another person they plant a small seed in that person's soul. As this evil seed starts to germinate, the desire for revenge becomes like a malignant, cancerous growth that causes one to become empty and lose the person they once were. The lyrics are voiced from the perspective that the "speaker" is some sort of rebellious leader- inciting the downtrodden and oppressed masses to take bloody vengeance for years of abuse at the hands of the Amalachites.
Black Seeds deals with the subject of the Amalachites--a pestilential nation of nomadic desert peoples that continually plagued the Egyptians. Despising anything Egyptian, the Amalachites would crually abduct, murder, mutilate, dismember, violate and sodomize random Egyptian peoples. They would ruin crops, salt fertile earth, steal or kill livestock and urinate on stored grains. Their particular joy was to destroy, steal, blaspheme and befoul with faeces sacred Egyptian objects: art, scrolls and religious Papyri. They become a scourge to the ancient Egyptians. The Amalachites also became a terror to the Hebrews when the Jews were wandering in the desert after the Exodus. The Amalachites would lie in wait for Hebrew stragglers to fall behind and become separated from the long line of travelers. They they would swoop in and murder whatever men, women or children they happened upon. The tired, weary, sick, very old or very young Jews were their favorite victims. They were such a terror to the Hebrews that Jehovah said of their leader, Amalek, "For his sins, Amalek shall be the first in Hell. Also on Nile's minds when they wrote Black Seeds was the idea that when someone wrongs another person they plant a small seed in that person's soul. As this evil seed starts to germinate, the desire for revenge becomes like a malignant, cancerous growth that causes one to become empty and lose the person they once were. The lyrics are voiced from the perspective that the "speaker" is some sort of rebellious leader- inciting the downtrodden and oppressed masses to take bloody vengeance for years of abuse at the hands of the Amalachites.