The Price of Life Itself Lyrics meaning? What are y'all's opinions?
Hi everyone! I have been listening to In The Price of Life Itself and was wondering about some of the lyrics. I would love to hear y'all's thoughts on them! In these verses:
When I was younger
My momma told me
In this world there are sheep and there are wolves
And you can be whichever one you want to be
'Cause when you look like you, there's a choice
And I chose wolf
But momma didn’t raise no wolf, and I was never really one to fight
You know I never had no friends, but that's life
I thought it always looked like fun when they gun 'em down on the TV
In the cops, I saw a hero
'Cause you know they all looked just like me
Just like me, how's that?
Try white, rich, Christian and unstable
I was wondering because at first it seems to say the speaker choose wolf because they would rather inflict violence than risk being hurt by others but Moon Walker frequently uses sheep as a metaphor for people who are dangerous because of willful ignorance or following fascists. Anyway I was wondering do yall think the speaker of "and I chose wolf" and "but momma didn't raise no wolf" are different or the same person? I was wondering if maybe Moon Walker was trying to subvert the common trope of wolf = bad, violent and sheep = good innocent by showing a "sheep" following and participating in a violent regime. But I am not fully sure what wolf is in this situation. I was wondering if it was maybe trying to point out no matter what you choose you would still benefit from white supremacy. What is y'all's interpretation of how the wolf/sheep metaphor is used in this song and maybe the lack of a "correct" choice?
Anyway I just found the use of the sheep and wolf metaphor in this song fascinating. Especially portraying cops as sheep maybe? I am just not sure if I am fully understanding the meanings since there seems to be two seperate choices made by I don't even know if it's the same or different people lol.