I don't think this is the straight anthem of resistance as it is generally seen. It is a double message. The main story is about the futility of the gangster life, which will end in violence one way or another. The Ivan character lives well on his criminal acts but the reckoning will come. In the end his only choice will be death or jail. There is no good option when an armed police team is at the door.
The chorus strikes a note of fighting the power. Maybe the connection is that just as the criminal will eventually meet his fate, the forces of oppression must eventually confront the rebellion they incite. Everyone gets the violence they deserve.
I don't think this is the straight anthem of resistance as it is generally seen. It is a double message. The main story is about the futility of the gangster life, which will end in violence one way or another. The Ivan character lives well on his criminal acts but the reckoning will come. In the end his only choice will be death or jail. There is no good option when an armed police team is at the door.
The chorus strikes a note of fighting the power. Maybe the connection is that just as the criminal will eventually meet his fate, the forces of oppression must eventually confront the rebellion they incite. Everyone gets the violence they deserve.