Friday, January 21, 2011

Fuck Getting Hit

This line comes from "One Mic' by one Nasir Jones.
What does it mean? and why do I repeat it?
Let's see if we can place some meaning on this, and we should probably begin with the end, because the first word is 'fuck' which as we all know is not a word with clear meaning.

'Getting hit' could mean a number of things. The context has always suggested hit with bullets, or hit with something heavy and hard. But most likely it's bullets. The purpose of Bullets is to punch holes in things at high speeds, and if the thing that is being hit is alive, the holes being punched can kill it, or maim it.
Therefore, to say 'fuck getting hit' could mean 'I don't care if I get shot and die.'
However, being shot does not universally mean death.
And, if we actually die, then it probably won't matter if we got shot or not, because I do believe that we will have other, more pressing concerns the very moment we die.

In this case, 'fuck getting hit' might mean, 'I don't care if get shot and live.' (and frankly, this strikes me as being profoundly more nihilistic then the other. It's like, i don't give a damn whether i live or die, it's all the same to me.)

'Fuck Getting Hit' seems to be more of a 'I expect there are going to be consequences for this, but I'm going to do it any way, or i have to do it anyway.....'
And this strikes me as being in a sense hopeful.
if you are in a situation where your life, your health, the life and health of your community are threatened, then sometimes you do indeed have to do things which you might rather not. But that's kind of what makes us human, or that represents the spirit of humanity to push back, find a way, squeeze through the cracks of an oppressive system and society and survive.
Moreover, 'fuck Getting Hit' might suggest that you can hit me, you can even kill me, but you can't kill the part of me that is eternal. You can't control my mind, and my heart.

And I don't picture this being simple bravado, or saying, 'I don't care' when I DO care.
It's more of a way of saying I DO care, and it doesn't matter what you do to me, I will still care

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