Japanese Cartoon Lyric Meanings?

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    Japanese Cartoon Lyric Meanings?
    Spyridon
    says: (20 Sep '10)

    So I've been listening to the Japanese Cartoon album for awhile, and I really like some of the songs on there (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 are in every playlist I make)...

     

    But I'm wondering what the lyrics of the songs actually mean? I can somewhat understand some parts, but I cant say there is a full song that I actually understand lol. Metaphor overload =)

     

    Is there anywhere that analyzed the lyrics of the JC songs?

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Submitted by Spyridon
on September 20, 2010

So I've been listening to the Japanese Cartoon album for awhile, and I really like some of the songs on there (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 are in every playlist I make)...

 

But I'm wondering what the lyrics of the songs actually mean? I can somewhat understand some parts, but I cant say there is a full song that I actually understand lol. Metaphor overload =)

 

Is there anywhere that analyzed the lyrics of the JC songs?

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September 24, 2010 — Aradi
I always assumed airplanes under the ground to mean secret war manoeuvres like brain-washing and stuff that's used by the establishment in place of real force. "Fireworks don't make a sounnnnd" The whole album has a punk, rebel feel to it.
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September 21, 2010 — Acirema_Live
http://www.complex.com/blog_galleries/lupe-fiasco-on-the-making-of-japanese-cartoons-in-the-jaws-of-the-lords-of-death its not a lyrical breakdown but he explains the songs and what he was trying to say.
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September 21, 2010 — lupeforlife
i wonder what airplanes flying under the ground means