I believe this song could have a much darker/sadder meaning to it. It could very possibly be about a guy who dies protecting his girlfriend/wife from some sort of crime (possibly a hate crime, based off of the "I don't care what they say about us anyway" indicating a form of prejudice). This can be seen in the "Big Bang" scene, where the girl loses her shoe as an accident while they are being assaulted, and cannot run or kick. The man protects his girl until she is able to get away, dying in the process.
The hate crime situation is further explained in the very first lines: "What with these homies, dissin' my girl? / What did we ever do to these guys, that made them so violent?" They clearly didn't do anything, however the public discourages their relationship because of the girl in a violent way. Maybe the girl has a disability. Maybe the girl is mentally challenged. In the 70s (Mary Tyler Moore / Buddy Holly era), prejudice and hate crimes against autistic/disabled people would have been extreme.
In short: Girl is autistic, everybody hates the guy for marrying her, they attack their household because of it, girl gets away, guy dies.
I believe this song could have a much darker/sadder meaning to it. It could very possibly be about a guy who dies protecting his girlfriend/wife from some sort of crime (possibly a hate crime, based off of the "I don't care what they say about us anyway" indicating a form of prejudice). This can be seen in the "Big Bang" scene, where the girl loses her shoe as an accident while they are being assaulted, and cannot run or kick. The man protects his girl until she is able to get away, dying in the process.
The hate crime situation is further explained in the very first lines: "What with these homies, dissin' my girl? / What did we ever do to these guys, that made them so violent?" They clearly didn't do anything, however the public discourages their relationship because of the girl in a violent way. Maybe the girl has a disability. Maybe the girl is mentally challenged. In the 70s (Mary Tyler Moore / Buddy Holly era), prejudice and hate crimes against autistic/disabled people would have been extreme.
In short: Girl is autistic, everybody hates the guy for marrying her, they attack their household because of it, girl gets away, guy dies.