This song is very hard to properly understand for someone not from Brooklyn or New York in the late 80s and early 90s. In an interview from about 15 years after this song was released, this is what Pete had to say. I think we could all benefit to read this.
"Der Untermensch" was about when I was working for the Parks Department, this white guy working in black neighborhoods, and having bottles thrown at me and being screamed at like, "Fuck you, Tarzan!" Meanwhile, the guys yelling at me were selling drugs to little kids. So, yeah, the song was provocative, and it was supposed to be. [...] I was baiting the hook, just like when Carnivore. [...] I have to admit, I was ignorant. [...] I made a mistake, and I do apologize."
This song is very hard to properly understand for someone not from Brooklyn or New York in the late 80s and early 90s. In an interview from about 15 years after this song was released, this is what Pete had to say. I think we could all benefit to read this.
"Der Untermensch" was about when I was working for the Parks Department, this white guy working in black neighborhoods, and having bottles thrown at me and being screamed at like, "Fuck you, Tarzan!" Meanwhile, the guys yelling at me were selling drugs to little kids. So, yeah, the song was provocative, and it was supposed to be. [...] I was baiting the hook, just like when Carnivore. [...] I have to admit, I was ignorant. [...] I made a mistake, and I do apologize."
[Edit: added proper quotation marks]