O.D.H.G.A.B.F.E.

Annotation

The song "O.D.H.G.A.B.F.E." (Metal Blade Records # 3984-14345-2) addressed police violence, making a minor reference to the protests at Kent State and outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago (1968). The Groove Metal group formed in 1994 in Richmond, Virginia, under the name Burn the Priest. Written by Randy Blythe, the title stood for Officer Dickhead Gets a Black Fucking Eye. Blythe explained the song in an interview with Revolver Magazine: "one time I was out in the Bay Area, in San Francisco...a bunch of us were squatting...But the cops came and busted in and threw us in a paddy wagon...then 5 or 6 cops just started kicking the living shit out of me. I was so scared...then, when they yanked me up, I remember looking at one female officer....reading her name...and saying, I remember you. I remember your face. I'm gonna find you". So the narrator described getting beaten up by the San Francisco police: "face down on the cold floor...feel youth crushed". He then mentioned several events involving police or army violence: "Auschwitz, Kent State, Chi-Town 68, Tianamen, Waco".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs

The song "O.D.H.G.A.B.F.E." (Metal Blade Records # 3984-14345-2) addressed police violence, making a minor reference to the protests at Kent State and outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago (1968). The groove metal group formed in 1994 in Richmond, Virginia, under the name Burn the Priest. Written by Randy Blythe, the title stood for Officer Dickhead Gets a Black Fucking Eye. Blythe explained the song in an interview with Revolver Magazine: "one time I was out in the Bay Area, in San Francisco...a bunch of us were squatting...But the cops came and busted in and threw us in a paddy wagon...then 5 or 6 cops just started kicking the living shit out of me. I was so scared...then, when they yanked me up, I remember looking at one female officer....reading her name...and saying, I remember you. I remember your face. I'm gonna find you". So the narrator described getting beaten up by the San Francisco police: "face down on the cold floor...feel youth crushed". He then mentioned several events involving police or army violence: "Auschwitz, Kent State, Chi-Town 68, Tianamen, Waco".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Hate / Falling three feet to the ground / Face down on the cold floor of a well-oiled SF pigsty / I met my one true love / Feel youth crushed somewhere between concrete and boot / Another victim of the lower hate / You are not my god / You think this is funny, don't you pig? / How the helpless freak squirms / Beneath our state sanctioned soles / But what is he laughing at? / There was nothing padded about a wagon full of mace / Rotator cuff hyper extends behind my back / Ribs cracking beneath a rain of sticks and heels / Falling down like the rain outside / Oh yeah bitch, I'm gonna remember / Your face, your name, your number / And when I crawl out of this hole / I'm going to make you all mine / Auschwitz Kent State Chi-Town 68 Tiananmen Waco Hate / Falling three feet to the ground / Face down on the cold floor of a well-oiled SF pigsty / I met my one true love / Feel youth crushed somewhere between concrete and boot / Another victim of the lower hate / You are not my god / You think this is funny, don't you pig? / How the helpless freak squirms / Beneath our state sanctioned soles / But what is he laughing at? / There was nothing padded about a wagon full of mace / Rotator cuff hyper extends behind my back / Ribs cracking beneath a rain of sticks and heels / Falling down like the rain outside / Oh yeah bitch, I'm gonna remember / Your face, your name, your number / And when I crawl out of this hole / I'm going to make you all mine / Auschwitz Kent State Chi-Town 68…

About the artist

American metal band formed 1994 in Richmond, Virginia. [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Kent State

In collections

1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs · Kent / Jackson State Songs · Metal Songs