http://www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/2147426889/Fort_Minor/Be_Somebody
Is he saying he wants to be his own person, or does he want to be like someone else?
And what does "In this world
Everybody's got a chip on
Both sides of their neck " mean?
2006-11-19 01:16:33 · 6 answers · asked by si1enc3d 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
he wants to be his own person. he's tired of life being so strongly influenced by the desires of others (on a global scale. like the way a parent's will overrides they're child's will)
a chip on both sides of the neck refers to people having a chip on their shoulder- a phrase that means something they're defensive about something that makes them easier to anger. he's saying people have even more than one chip on their shoulders. they have two (one on each shoulder, thus on each side of their neck). that means people are extra defensive, extra volatile and extra rude, and he's sick of that
2006-11-19 01:27:32 · answer #1 · answered by smm 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chip on his shoulder
Meaning
Having a harboured grievance or sense of inferiority and being quick to take offence.
Origin
This is reported as originating with the nineteenth century U.S. practise of spoiling for a fight by carrying a chip of wood on one's shoulder, daring others to knock it off. This has more than the whiff of folk-etymology about it, but in fact it is the actual derivation of this phrase. The two earliest printed citations that refer to chips on shoulders bear this out.
Firstly, in 1830 the New York newspaper 'The Long Island Telegraph' printed this:
"When two churlish boys were determined to fight, a chip would be placed on the shoulder of one, and the other demanded to knock it off at his peril."
The actual phrase 'chip on his shoulder' appears a little later, in the ' Weekly Oregonian' 1855:
"Leland, in his last issue, struts out with a chip on his shoulder, and dares Bush to knock it off."
At his young age, he is not sure of just who he wants to be yet...Does he want to be a fellow follower or a man of many angry retorts...
2006-11-19 09:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chip in the neck means "secrets". Maybe if we have on both sides, we all keep too many secrets.
2006-11-19 09:22:22 · answer #3 · answered by Dave S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Those lyrics mean what the singer sings in a video and the words to the song!
2006-11-19 09:21:30 · answer #4 · answered by Sweet Thang 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
When you have a 'chip on your shoulders' it means you 'have a burden to bear' or 'carry a burden'....
2006-11-19 09:38:16 · answer #5 · answered by Army Of Machines (Wi-Semper-Fi)! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah he is talking about his dream and way he want to be.
what lupe says he want to be wht he want to be and not wht his teacher want him to be. they just want to clear doubst of hose pple who think they can reach their dreamz.
this is the story of them against us
Win or lose
2006-11-19 09:28:57 · answer #6 · answered by DrE@mEr 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋