In the Trenches
2011 · Lima, Peru
- Artist
- Immortal Technique
- Title
- In the Trenches
- Release
- In the Trenches
- Year
- 2011
- Format
- Digital · Mixtape
- Language
- English
- Country
- Lima, Peru
- Genre
- Hip Hop · East Coast Hip Hop · Political Hip Hop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — Rap / Hip Hop Songs
East Coast Hip Hop / Political Hip Hop artist, born Felipe Coronel on 19 February 1978 in Lima, Peru. His family moved to New York in 1980, and he is currently based in Manhattan, New York, USA. Several of his songs referenced the Vietnam War: "Obnoxious" (2003), "The 3rd World" (2008), "Hollywood Drive By" (2008), and "In the Trenches" (2011).The song "In the Trenches" again used Vietnam as a metaphor for violence, referencing the Vietcong (or "VC") - the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Vietnamese: Mặt trận Dân tộc Giải phóng Miền Nam Việt Nam) (NLFSV or NLF), the political and military resistance to the US and South Vietnamese government from within South Vietnam: "runnin' through machine gun fire and barbed wire fences, like the Viet Cong back with a vengeance". Released 2011, a mixtape digital-only release.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: We in the trenches on the offensive / Runnin' through machine gun fire and barbed wire fences / Motherfuckers say that violence is senseless / But so is getting slaughtered when you caught up defenseless / We in the trenches on the offensive / Runnin' through machine gun fire and barbed wire fences (Rebel Armz) / Like the Viet Cong back with a vengeance / Your life is worthless but war is expensive
About the artist
East Coast Hip Hop / Political Hip Hop artist, born Felipe Coronel on 19 February 1978 in Lima, Peru. His family moved to New York in 1980, and he is currently based in Manhattan, New York, USA.
Themes
Violence Metaphor · VC · Guns · Trench · City & Community Violence