The Underdog
The underdog is the 9-5’er. The day in, day out people; specifically, people that
work a minimum wage job and are struggling to hang in there. He refers to them
as the underdog in my opinion because more than often, they are not recognized
for their value. Working extra shifts, doing over time on weekdays and
weekends, all to be able to have a roof over their heads and some food in their
stomach. What’s sad to me is that, they often are not paid what their worth
because any other person can be trained to do what they do. I like how he
describes the people in poverty as if they cannot arise from it. I liked the
line where he said “lot of homeless got jobs”. That really painted a picture on
my head. It made me think that the government sets a minimum wage that does not
pay the sufficient amount of money in order to cover all the costs of the
standard of living. I found it interesting that before we watched this in class
everyone was talking and you could feel the good vibes, and all that changed
after we watched it. I found it interesting cause that just goes to show how
unbalanced the wealth is distributed. Not one person in the room left skipping out
of class – not that anyone really does that. In my opinion it got everyone
thinking, like when a speaker just drops the mic. Everyone in the room was just like “WOW” with their jaw dropped. I felt that same vibe after having
watched that video. It’s sad that it is too relatable. I’m not entirely sure
who the “they” in the song is, because I don’t know who the “motherfucker” is
either. I want to say the “they” refers to the wealthy and the motherfucker
refers to the inequality. So if I rephrase it, it would say: The wealthy would
tear inequality if they really loved you. That’s what I believe it means and it
makes sense – to me at least.
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