Basically “Wassup, bitch?” A way to holler at a bitch in Spanish (remember this for your next trip South of the border…)

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Too $hort is a legendary rapper from Oakland, famous for his pimp game and misogynistic lyrics (bitch is famously his favorite word) . He discovered and signed The Pack, Lil B’s original rap group.

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Tyler, Hodgy Beats, and Casey Veggies were the first rapping members of Odd Future. Left Brain joined and formed MellowHype with Hodgy after the 2 met at a house party.
Odd Future was primarily made up of kids who were into skateboarding and not all that popular, and members frequently mock themselves for being uncool.

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Byrne’s use of repetition here is perhaps a demonstration of the principle of the song itself: Every verse is essentially the same in content, this particular section echos the 2nd half of the 2nd verse almost to a tee, and the song is built around one riff that never changes. Perhaps the song was written with this in mind-with the idea that this simple pattern was just the right way to do the song, and any variation would rob it of it’s beautiful simplicity.

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This refrain at first seems nonsensical, or perhaps tongue-in-cheek: Why would the most perfect place in all of creation be so…well…boring?
However, consider: Once a state of perfection is reached, anything deviating from that is then imperfect. And if Heaven is imperfect, what’s the point? How’s it any different from Earth?
This at first frustratingly rational take on spirituality also serves as a reminder of how boring life would be if things really were perfect: In the immortal words of Dolly Parton, “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”

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All 3 of these cities were the sites of horrific race-related violence.
The Houston Riot) occurred one night in 1917 when 156 black soldiers stationed at Camp Logan (which no longer exits) mutinied after white police officers beat a black woman in full view of a crowd, then beat down and arrested a Black soldier who asked what was going on. Two seperate) race riots occurred in Detroit, though it seems likely that Byrne was referencing the 1967 riot, which is more well-known.
The Pittsburgh Riot, however, goes back to 1886, and was the result of conflict between Irish-Americans and Italian-Americans.
(David Byrne was writing the lyrics of Fear of Music in 1979, meaning that this song came before the infamous LA Riots,)

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The first time he avoided getting drafted, he did so by pretending to be stupid, and making them believe he was just some simp who really did intend to come down to the office and sign up but got lost along the way.
The second time, he got royally pissed off and flipped the fuck out…but on his 3rd visit to the enlistment office, he no longer has righteous rage to throw up or a facade of stupidity to put on, so he gives in and accepts his fate.
Though this isn’t quite the line, to “buy the farm” is an old-fashioned way to say “die,” so that may be what Slug’s playing on.

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But little Mouse, you are not alone,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes of mice and men
Go often awry,
And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
For promised joy!

-Robert Burns, To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough

In other words, everyone hates to play the fool, and Slug’s fucking with these enlistment officers has them pissed off.

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Slug seems to like jacking off a lot

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“Dim” is a mildly affectionate way of calling someone stupid, as well as the word used to describe faint light, and squinting is the body’s natural response to bright light in the eyes.
Masterful wordplay by Slug.

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