Theme
Songs about retaliation
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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Toby Keith
Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)
A post-9/11 country anthem that promises American retaliation as a personal, patrilineal duty, framed through a veteran father's flag and a nation's black eye
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42 Dugg & Rylo Rodriguez
It Is What It Is (feat. Lil Baby)
A grief-and-grind ledger from Detroit and Alabama, counting dead friends and made money in the same breath because stopping to feel either would break the count