I have been trying to figure out if
Snoop Dogg was joking with his video. I am all for jokes and had no problem
with the rodeo clown that wore an Obama mask (as well as a Bush and Bill
Clinton mask). So if Snoop Dog was just making a joke than I should be okay
with it. So the question is was he making a joke or not? I’ve watched the video
several times and other than the use of clowns I have not found anything to
lead me to believe that it was supposed to be a joke video.
The video
shows a man being shot by a cop for having a toy gun in his briefcase after
being pulled over for smoking pot. If the video is supposed to be a joke than
why is he making fun of people being shot by cops needlessly? This tone
continues throughout the video with lyrics like:
Fuck the police, from a black man's point of view
Spray that shit, say that shit
Spray that shit, say that shit
And
Clownin' around, don't come your clown ass 'round
here
Nigga you gon' get down
Real talk, I'm leavin' all you clown ass niggas outlined in chalk
Nigga you gon' get down
Real talk, I'm leavin' all you clown ass niggas outlined in chalk
Not really like any jokes I’ve heard before. Check out the
full lyrics here
Reading the lyrics I was more surprised than hearing them.
With the music and the video the lyrics get lost a little bit. The video goes
on to show a clown version of Donald Trump called Ronald Klump. As the video
draws to an end you see Snoop Dogg holding a gun aimed at Ronald Klump’s head
while the Klump has his hands up. Snoop Dogg pulls the trigger and a bang flag
comes out. The gun with a bang flag is an old troupe joke so it made me
question if the whole video was just a joke. Yet examining the video and the
lyrics farther leads me to believe that it was not a joke. Finally the video
ends with Ronald Klump tied up in chains while Snoop and another man try to
intimidate him while smoking and passing something back and forth.
When asked
about the video Snoop had this to say:
“Any time I drop something,
I’m trying to fill in a void…I feel like it’s a lot of people making cool
records, having fun, partying, but nobody’s dealing with the real issue with
this fucking clown as president, and the shit that we dealing with out here, so
I wanted to take time out to push pause on a party record and make one of these
records for the time being.”
--Snoop Dogg
He says “Nobody’s dealing with the real issue with this
fucking clown as president”. It would appear that Snoop’s method in dealing
with this “fucking clown” is to shoot him and put him in chains. Violence
against those you politically disagree with is never okay unless they are
physically violent with you. It would seem this is an aging gangster rappers
last attempt to keep his street cred which was lost long ago in a puff of marijuana
smoke. Bye Snoop whatever you’re calling yourself now (lion, dogg, who knows)
it was a wild ride while it lasted. Time to retire and live off your mom like a
good Regressive.
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