The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. We kept drinking lots of liquor, that flat-footed cop, and I So I headed on back to the bar room, stopping in at the barĪnd there I met a policeman, sitting in a motor car Hey! He! Hey! He! Headin' for the deep blue sea Hey! He! Hey! He! You're just as drunk as me I reached down for my razor and then we messed aroundīut when I drew my pistol, I quickly smoked him down My pal came into the bar room and we had an awful fight

I kept on drinking liquor, to way out in the night I went back to the bar room, to get another drink of ginīut the first thing I knew I was reeling, rocking drunk again I found him talking on the sidewalk, talking to my gal I went down to the corner, just for to meet my pal Ho! He! Ho! He! Headin' for the deep blue sea

Ho! He! Ho! He! You're just as drunk as me

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