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The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Pigs" by the artist "Tyler, the Creator"

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In "Pigs," Tyler, the Creator, through the persona of a teenage outcast, depicts the extreme despair and rage caused by constant bullying and indifference from others.

The lyrics are filled with images of violence and cruelty, which serve more as a cry for help than a call to action. The lyrical hero, driven to the limit by bullying, fantasizes about revenge on his tormentors, using shocking imagery ("Gonna take a couple friends, make a couple riots," "Round up all the bullies, shoot them fuckin' wallets").

It's important to understand that this aggression is a symptom of deep pain and loneliness. The hero feels misunderstood ("Everybody hates me," "The cool kids don't wanna invite me"), abandoned even by his own father ("I'd tell this to my father, but he'd probably say the same").

The image of the inhaler as a "best friend" emphasizes the feeling of suffocation and hopelessness. The hero is suffocating from indifference, from the inability to be heard ("Depression is on the hunt again", "My best friend is my inhaler, it don't make me cough").

The lyrics contain a motif of split personality ("I ain't bipolar, I just known for two sides," "Uhm, who are you again? I'm Samuel, this is Tyler, (oh)"). Perhaps this reflects the hero's attempt to cope with trauma by creating an alternate, stronger, and more aggressive personality.

The song culminates in a school shooting, which, fortunately, turns out to be a figment of the hero's imagination ("Music has nothing to do with my decision, I just wanted someone to pay attention to me"). This shocking image is a desperate attempt to reach out to others, to make them see the pain and suffering hidden behind the mask of aggression.

[Verse 1:]

Geek, fag, stupid loser, find a rope to hang

I'm not bipolar, see I'm just known by those couple names

I wanna tell my pops but shit, he'll probably say the same

Fuck...

Hated by everyone, that's the way it seems

I don't know what's shorter, his damn temper or my self-esteem

I sit in my room and I listen to tunes, I'm amused alone

Cause none of the cool kids would let me join a team

Depression's on the stalk again

My best friend's an inhaler because it will not let me cough

Whenever I am losing oxygen, bully hand around my neck

Cause he felt disrespected when I decided to talk again

I brought that on myself, see I should know my place

But not at lunchtime, see I know better than to show my face

Around them, but the day I do it'll be everywhere

When I share these feelings finally they gon' fucking care

[Hook:]

Grab a couple friends, start a couple riots

Crash a couple-

Gather all the bullies, crush them motherfuckers

Odd Future hooligans causing up a ruckus

It's us, nigga

I said it's us, nigga

[Verse 2:]

Murder, murder, m-murder the last they heard of you

Was when I... "uh" with all them burners, you

Think that I'm some punk bullied bitch who ain't gon' trouble you

Well, I'm gonna burst your bubble two times if you don't mind

Umm "Who are you again?" I'm Samuel and that's Tyler

We came to get wild and style in these trench coats!

Don't start asking what's packing in these trench coats!

Just know if you start acting, I'm grabbing for these trench coats!

My step-father called me a fag

I'll show him a fag, and I'll light a fire up in his ass

And recently them assholes been fucking with me in class

So I'ma keep them muhfuckers there and make sure they pass huh

My prom date, she dismissed my offer

So I'mma [fuck] her and toss her in the principal's office

(Tyler, I'll go with you)

Oh, now you wanna conversate with me try to be my friend? (Where are my parents at?-) Don't worry, you'll probably never see them again

[Hook:]

Grab a couple friends, start a couple riots

Crash a couple-

Gather all the bullies, crush them motherfuckers

Odd Future hooligans causing up a ruckus

It's us, nigga

I said it's us, nigga

[Bridge:]

Bum bum bum bum bum

Bum bum bum bum bum

Bum. bum. bum. burumrumrumrum bum bum bum

Bum bum bumbumbumbum, hehe

We are the Sams, and we're dead - it's just four of us

We come in peace, we mean no harm, and we're inglorious

We took their heads but we just took back what they took from us

I guess we lost ours

[Verse 3:]

Music had nothing to do with my final decision

I just really wanted somebody to come pay me attention

But nobody would listen, but stuffed animals that I had

Since I was a kid but I'm growing up so they're missing

I didn't mean to hurt anybody, I'm sorry

I wouldn't hurt a fly or consider joining the Army

I'm hardly ever angry, Roger Rabbit framed me

Momma I'm the same fucking kid that you made, see?

I don't wanna go to jail, I just wanna go home

And I want them fucking kids at school to just leave me alone

And I... I hear helicopters, make 'em dip

I'm fucking reloaded - I told you all that I ain't taking shit

You better back up before this Mac start to lift up

I'll pump it like my inhaler when asthma begin to act up

The difference between us and our class is tan khakis

I got 99 problems and all of them's being happy

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