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Return to Hangar Megadeth – Return to Hangar
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“Return to Hangar” is a sequel to “Hangar 18” from Rust in Peace; the captive aliens from the first song escape and kill their captors.

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Power wolves beset your door, hear them stalking
Soon you'll please their appetite, they devour
Hammer of justice crushes you, overpower Metallica – ...And Justice for All
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The people who pervert justice are rich, vicious and powerful. Going against them is a bad idea as you will end up losing.

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The line probably suggests you have to fix the hammer of justice.

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...And Justice for All Metallica – ...And Justice for All
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This is the title track off of Metallica’s 4th album. This song deals with how the rich and powerful corrupt justice and the legal system and abuse for their own ends much to the detriment of the poor and vulnerable.

Long and dour, the song remained out of circulation in Metallica concerts following the 1988-89 Justice tour because as Kirk Hammett put, “I couldn’t stand watching the front row start to yawn by the eight or ninth minute.” Only 19 years later, in 2008, it returned to the setlist. And its presence in all but one in the Metallica by Request tour (where fans picked what would be played) shows “…And Justice for All” found its audience eventually.

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Long story short, rich people pay the government to bend us over and fuck us.

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I would have to disagree that this album is merely about the “rich and powerful corrupting the legal system at the poor and vulnerable’s expense” Yes, that is a definite subtheme here, but I would argue the larger theme is targeted at the U.S. Government in general and the hypocrisy of spreading democracy and their ideals around the world, and how the game is played by the rich and powerful, and how the poor and vulnerable don’t have any say in it. It’s about the dictatorship of U.S. Foreign Policy. War, the spread of democracy, etc. “You can do it your own way, if it’s done just how I say” Hypocrisy and international conflict caused by the American way definitely feels like the larger theme, IMO. “And Justice for "ALL”, is sort of a play on the hypocrisy of U.S global domination in spreading democracy globally. That’s my take on it, anyways

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Got friends that's envious of the talent cause I'm a beast
Mad at me for reachin' the levels that I done reached GemStones – Fire In My Heart
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His skills are so good even his freinds are jealous of him and the level of skill that he has reached.

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I'm light years ahead of you rappers that started flowin' GemStones – Fire In My Heart
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Boasting that he is way ahead of everyone else and has superior skills.

Fun fact:A light-year, also light year or lightyear (symbol: ly), is a unit of length equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (or about 6 trillion miles).

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“rappers thats out here flowin”

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Little you to belittle me GemStones – Fire In My Heart
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People who look down on him don’t see him as anything special and do not take him seriously, yet they are the ones that should not be taken seriously.

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The end is near, it's crystal clear, part of the master plan
Don't look now to Israel, it might be your homeland
Holy wars... Megadeth – Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
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The coming destruction is easy to see. Mustaine is also saying people should not think that they are safe from religious warfare because of where they live and because of the conflict in other countries (for example, Israel, who has conflicts with the Palestinians). It could happen in your country, or any other country. Mustaine could also be alluding to how politics can be as hazardous as religion.

Distant Relatives, by Nas and Damian Marley, contains similar content to this statement.

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Its missing “FCUK ISRAEL”

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wait this is just like the usa

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oh , yeah anyway F Israel

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My past erased, no more disgrace, no foolish naive stand Megadeth – Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
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A country that is destroyed loses everything and its people lose their past. The country can no longer stand by itself. It is possible that Mustaine is also using this song to make amends for his foolish and ignorant remarks in Ireland.

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Fools like me, who cross the sea and come to foreign lands
Ask the sheep for their beliefs "do you kill on God's command?" Megadeth – Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
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Mustaine ‘crossed the sea’ into Ireland where he ‘foolishly’ made a remark on stage and dedicated their cover of the Sex Pistols song “Anarchy in the U.K.” to “the cause” and to “giving Ireland back to the Irish.” Mustaine didn’t realize he’d made a reference to the controversial Irish Republican Army.

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Brother will kill brother, spilling blood across the land
Killing for religion, something I don't understand Megadeth – Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
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This in in reference to “holy wars” generally and specifically the the Northern Irish conflict between Protestants and Catholics.

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Remove the second the.

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Cain and Abel reference?

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