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Sublime Lyrics

April 29th, 1992 Lyrics

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(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 Anaheim, all the windows are
busted out,... if he wants to)

April 26th, 1992
There was a riot on the streets
Tell me where were you?
You were sittin' home watchin' your TV
While I was participating in some anarchy
First spot we hit it was my liquor 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 the window drop
Finally we got our own P.A.
Where do you think I got this guitar that you're hearing today?

(Call fire... respond mobil station. alamidos in anaheim, its uhh flaming up good...)

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
But 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' 1-8-7 on a mother fuckin' cop
It's ain't in the paper, 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)

Cuz' as long as I'm alive, I'ma live illegal

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 Francisco
Riots on the streets of Kansas City
Tuskaloosa, Alabama
Cleveland, Ohio
Fountain Valley, Paramount, Vista Buelle
Eugene, Oregon
Eureka, California
Hesperia
Santa Barbara
mother fuckin' Nevada
Phoenix, Arizona
San Diego
Lakeland, Florida
fuckin' 29 Palms

(Need a unit to... structure fire and numerous subjects looting)
(10-15 to get rid of this looter)

Patrick Traverse

Class A

Song analysis

Sublime April 29^th 1992

Sublime is a highly influence hip-hop American Ska and Reggae band that formed in California. Sublime started out small and the eventually started to have a huge following. Once they started touring most of their songs hit the charts and they became very popular. When their popularity was most high their lead singer and guitarist, Bradley Norwell, died of a heroin overdose right before the release of their most popular album. On that album were the songs: Santeria, Doing time, What I got, April 29^th 1992 and Wrong Way. The song April 29^th 1992 is good example of the theme struggle in reggae music.

The song April 29^th 1992 is the specific date of the Rodney king riots. This songs talk about the riots that took place in Los angles because Rodney King. Rodney king was an African American bystander that was beaten by four Los Angles cops only because he was speeding. In a result the African American community along with many other rioted in streets and burned many buildings because of their frustration with the police. As said in the song “First stop we hit was my liquor, I finally got all that alcohol that I can’t afford”. This event added to the tension between LAPD and the African American community in Los angles that was already high. This song represents struggle because of the struggle between the cops and people in the inner city. The poetic device used in this song is POV. An example of this is “But if you look at the streets, it wasn't about Rodney King, It's this fucked-up situation and these fucked-up police”

The theme of struggle in reggae is best represented by the song April 29^th 1992. The song is on one of the dates of the Rodney king riots. It was one of the biggest crises in the 1990’s. This song represents the struggle between cops and people in the inner city.