Well, is it? From Wikipedia’s article on “United States withdrawal from Saudi Arabia”:

The continued presence of US troops after the Gulf War in Saudi Arabia was one of the stated motivations behind the September 11th terrorist attacks and the Khobar Towers bombing. The date of the 1998 United States embassy bombings was eight years to the day (August 7) that American troops were sent to Saudi Arabia

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Unlike some anti-war folks, Zinn knew first-hand of what he spoke. He was a bombadier during WWII, and his experiences soured him on all wars, including that one

Zinn was a historian and author best known for his book A People’s History of the United States. He had a long history of progressive activism dating back to his days teaching at Spellman College in the 1960’s, and continuing through his 2010 death

A reference to the LASERS acronym:
L ove
A lways
S hines
E verytime
R emember to
S mile

As it turns out, the actual word “laser” is an acronym as well – it stands for “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation”

The Roots left Geffen Records and joined Def Jam in 2006, at the bidding of then-Def Jam president and sometimes collaborator Jay-Z

Lupe is making reference to the fact that most of the extremely hyped modern day Apple products start with the letter ‘i’ – iPhone, iPad, etc.

He subtly continues with the song’s theme of technology and consumerism isolating us here – a world full of “i”-devices would likely lead people to be even more alone and solipsistic, afraid of community and still unable to cheat death, something that even the figurehead of the “i” movement found out

Only one bad bitch? Your friend’s got a whole room

Or, more likely, they mad for far better reasons