'Rock N Roll Nigger': Look around you, all around you Riding on a copper wave Do you like the world around you? Are you ready to behave?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker asks the listener to observe their surroundings and question their readiness to act within them.
- In plain terms
- Look at the world around you and ask if you like it and are ready to act.
- What can you take from it?
- Observe your environment and decide if you are prepared to engage.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you like the world you see?
- Are you ready to change it?
Another view
Awareness does not guarantee the ability to change the environment.
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