This song gets at some principles of rastafarianism and ironically reminds me of The Matrix movie, which echoes the sentiment of these lyrics.
My take: media companies are busy repackaging the same trashy Fast and Furious movies and “reality TV” and the impact of it on our society is mind numbing...much like how the Matrix hypnotized people and allowed them to “live” in an illusion of a comfortable reality. If our Babylonian society can hook children on this diet of junk entertainment (stale popcorn) it can train them to buy the culture, aspire toward wealth and consumption, and care more about the projected “successful” capitalist lifestyle where you spend all your time working for some idea of “the good life” meanwhile sacrificing life and health to corporations you work for. HR is saying he has refused to “trade his mind” and instead has freed his mind “I'm not in your movie”. And he is imploring the kids to make that choice...to choose real life (take the blue pill).
This song gets at some principles of rastafarianism and ironically reminds me of The Matrix movie, which echoes the sentiment of these lyrics. My take: media companies are busy repackaging the same trashy Fast and Furious movies and “reality TV” and the impact of it on our society is mind numbing...much like how the Matrix hypnotized people and allowed them to “live” in an illusion of a comfortable reality. If our Babylonian society can hook children on this diet of junk entertainment (stale popcorn) it can train them to buy the culture, aspire toward wealth and consumption, and care more about the projected “successful” capitalist lifestyle where you spend all your time working for some idea of “the good life” meanwhile sacrificing life and health to corporations you work for. HR is saying he has refused to “trade his mind” and instead has freed his mind “I'm not in your movie”. And he is imploring the kids to make that choice...to choose real life (take the blue pill).