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April 29, 1992 Lyrics
[I don't know if you can, but can you get an order for Ons, that's O-N-S, Junior Market, the address is 1934 East Aneheim, all the windows are busted out, and it's like a free-for-all in here and uh the owner should at least come down here and see if he can secure his business, if he wants to...]
April 29th, 1992
There was a riot on the streets
Tell me where were you?
You were sittin' home watchin' your TV
While I was paticipating in some anarchy
First spot we hit it was my liqour store
I finally got all that alcohol I can't afford
With red lights flashin', time to retire
And then we turned that liquor store into a structure fire
Next stop we hit, it was the music shop,
It only took one brick to make that window drop
Finally we got our own P.A.
Where do you think I got this guitar that you're hearing today?
(Homicide, never doin' no time)
When we returned to the pad to unload everything
It dawned on me that I need new home furnishings
So once again we filled the van until it was full
Since that day my livin' room's been much more comfortable
Cause everybody in the hood has had it up to here
It's getting harder and harder and harder each and every year
Some kids went in a store with their mother
I saw her when she came out she was gettin' some Pampers
They said it was for the black man
They said it was for the Mexican
And not for the white man
But if you look at the streets, it wasn't about Rodney King
It's this fucked-up situation and these fucked-up police
It's about comin' up and stayin' on top
And screamin' 187 on a mother fuckin' cop
It's not in the papers it's on the wall
National guard
Smoke from all around
[Units be advised of an attempt 211 to arrest now at 938 Temple, 9-3-8 Temple, many subjects with bats trying to get inside the CB's house...they're trying to kill him]
Let it burn
Wanna let it burn, wanna let it burn
Wanna wanna let it burn (I feel insane)
Riots on the streets of Miami
Whoa, riots on the streets of Chicago
On the streets of Long Beach
In San Fransico
Riots on the streets of Kansas City
Tuskaloosa, Alabama
Cleveland, Ohio
Fountain Valley, Paramount, Vista Buelle
Eugene, Oregon
Eureeka, California (Let it burn, let it burn)
Hesperia (Won't you let it burn)
Santa Barbara (Let it burn, let it burn)
Mother fuckin' Nevada
San Diego
Lakewood, Florida
Fuckin' 29 Palms
[Need a unit to... structure fire and numerous subjects looting]
[10-15 to get rid of this looter]
that pampers reference emphasizes that the looting was a result of social disparity. there are so many people out there who can't afford the daily things we take for granted.
You got that one dead on!!!!
You got that one dead on!!!!
i think he meant when he said it wasn't about rodney king was that the riots didn't happen for rodney king but it just happened to be the last straw for the people and they totally broke out in riot.. oh ya and the stealing too
the Pampers reference emphasizes social disparity, which was the true cause of the riots (not racial conflict). there are so many people out there who can't afford things we take for granted. supposedly America is about equality and freedom, but the system has so many injustices that it seems purposely designed to keep certain people down
it's about being tired of all the bullshit that society is and he's saying rodney king is justifying the riots but they need no justification
the riots and everything occured the 29th and the song is called 29 but brad made a mistake singing on that cut but they loved his voice on that cut so much they decided to keep it
Bradley is saying that the riots, even though sparked by the rodney king incident, wasn't its main reason.
"They said it was for the black man, said it was for the mexicans, but not for the white man" - He is referring to the media, who reported as a race riot. But his say if you were actually there, you realised that it was much bigger than that. Rodney king was just the straw that broke the camerals back. It was about all races coming together after having enough with society.
"But if you look on the streets, it weren't about rodney king"
at the beginning it says "April 26th, 1992" not April 29th
@Sizzle yes when they were recording the song brad messed up and said April 26th instead of April 29th but they thought it sounded good (and it does) so they kept it. although it is fixed in the leary version of the song.
@Sizzle yes when they were recording the song brad messed up and said April 26th instead of April 29th but they thought it sounded good (and it does) so they kept it. although it is fixed in the leary version of the song.
Haha awesome! On Google Maps enter 1934 East Anaheim St, Long Beach, CA. Brings up a picture of the liquor store that got looted in the song.
10 years later and it still wasn't about Rodney King.
UMMMMM ...... how old are you uncgirl and r u from the US? If u were serious about not knowing who Rodney King is here is a brief explanation. Rodney King was a black man that was ver very badly beaten by a group of racist white cops. The whole thing was caught on tape by an amature cameraman. Even with the tape as evidence all the cops were found not guilty by a very racist jury.
thats funny because what you didnt see on the rodney king video was him pretty succesfully fighting all of the cops and he was very high when they pulled him over and clocked going about 100 mph
thats funny because what you didnt see on the rodney king video was him pretty succesfully fighting all of the cops and he was very high when they pulled him over and clocked going about 100 mph
damn if thats true then i wonder what really happened
damn if thats true then i wonder what really happened
who the fuck knows
who the fuck knows