Katrina, FEMA trailers, human body sandbags

from Lupe Fiasco – Around My Way Lyrics on Rap Genius

Meaning

Lupe references the American government’s and FEMA’s slow response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief effort, with some thinking the slow response was race related. It was almost as if the dead bodies were stopping the floods better than the government.

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