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This track is a protest blues song that confronts the structural unfairness existing from birth and the deceit used to cover it up, using a funky groove and passionate shouts.
The intro's funky bassline and Hammond organ riff initially invite a cynical laugh at the world, but quickly escalate the intensity. The song is loaded with biting sarcasm directed at those who hoard wealth while coldly telling others, "You didn't try hard enough."
The core of the chorus invokes the ancient warning: "Yong man, mark this in your heart / Oppressive government is fiercer than a tiger." It warns that corrupt governance is a more terrifying entity than a tiger and shouts a fundamental desire for equality and peace to build a world that is not unjustly tilted.
The scorn toward the ruling class polishing the tiger's cage, coupled with the prophetic message that the tiger will eventually break free, heightens the tension. The wild and passionate organ solo is an explosion of pent-up anger and a declaration of a strong will to "overturn this with my own hands."