Historically, groups that fight now may have gotten along, traded with and befriended each other, or been in the same boat against more pressing concerns. Black guy is kinda hurt when he asks what time it is or something on the street, and a white person assuming he's surrounded by shady characters and criminals keeps his head straight forward and eyes down and walks swiftly from point A to B, not daring turn and talk to him for fear of something bad happening if he even slows down.
He doesn't want to be the target of hatred or jealousy for where he is, he wants the poorer folks to succeed to and knows he pays taxes into programs that try to get them on their feet I'd add creating jobs out of thin air via increased production, but that doesn't fit the narrative below. He probably doesn't want to see that person grow dependent on the scraps that are dropped, and wants the guy to not be there next week, having used the money to get some measure of success.
Kind of outlines a vicious circle of division, if you see it as addressed to the previous black-white guy, or one of them who didn't ask to be friends but said "you know, f them.
Almost a retort to the upper class guy above; the more naive upper class people are thinking only in terms of taxes-to-charity and like they're doing the poor a gigantic favor, but in reality the welfare systems are broken and cause dependency okay maybe that part is just me and don't work like the upper class wanted them to, and most of those taxes are basically stolen by special interest anyway, thrown away in other wasteful programs - it's not like the poor actually benefit from all those millions of dollars were taken from the upper, he says.
On the plus side, a mutual enemy? Wasteful burdensome government and special interests? If you're thinking in terms of race it seems like a no brainer, but as I've said I'm not sure even half the song is about that specifically, and, a white guy sings that verse, if the video I saw is to be believed.
It could be. After this is also where the song actually starts to get a little more confrontational lol. This sounds nothing like he wants to be friends, right? Maybe this is a hearkening back to the common enemy, then? Liars and crooks, up to and including the government, perhaps, that regular good people really need to concentrate on addressing instead of singling each other out because of race or class or upbringing.
Or maybe, the whole song is farcical, like a parody, and the answer to "why" is very clear, that a lot of people among us are f'ing things up and making it impossible to embrace across these lines of division. In the video, it doesn't just show whites and blacks cornily hugging or handshaking or putting arms around shoulders, but also a guy in a klan hood making friends with a black guy Also in the video: - hard-hat and collared-shirt wearing white guy making friends with a much less straight-laced-looking white guy with a bandanna around is forehead, probably a hippie or other subculture conservative and liberal?
Racism isn't nearly as prevalent End the class war, people; just because someone has something doesn't mean they stole it from someone who doesn't at one point, everyone had nothing, relative to today No one should initiate force against anyone else, be they far richer, or far poorer, or from different backgrounds Vet on May 06, Link.
There was an error. Excellent analysis, and this song really reflects the time it was written and recorded The recent revelation that Al Sharpton was an informant for the FBI against the Mafia is interesting, especially since he traded that deal for not having to inform against the Black Panthers.
General Comment Why cant we be friends anyway???? G-Man on September 16, Link. No Replies Log in to reply. General Comment i dunno General Comment I always think of Dazed and Confused when I hear this in the scene where the senior girls abuse the shit out of the freshmen girls. General Comment Alright, lemme' take a whack at this one. Far as I can tell, the singer is most likely african-american, hinted at mainly by the line "The color of your skin don't matter to me", or maybe the person he's talking about is.
Either way, there's a racial thing goin' on here. The speaker believes that in every way that he is compatible with this guy, and that they could quite easily be friends. Why You Wanna Go? Why Can't We Be Friends feat. Jasmine V Modify Addicted Fire Burning Radio Disney Edit The Little Drummer Boy Ice Cream I'm At War There's Nothin Can You Feel It Your Sister There's Nothin' Radio Disney Version Got No Shorty Beautiful Girl Radio Disney Edit That Ain't Right There's Nothin' Remix Ordinary Girl Seasonal Love How We Survive Love Ecstacy Provided Beat It Single Back 2 Life Live It Up There's Nothin featuring Paula DeAnda All I Got Beautiful Girls A Cappella Wait Up One Away Shawtys like a melody in my head BBM Fire Burning Jody Den Broeder radio edit Fire Burning Radio Edit Party All Night Smash Mode edit Take You There clean version
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