serious question.

i gained a new understanding of Riot once i was able to relate it to my own personal experiences w/certain substances.

'I feel so good inside myself I don't want to move'
'I feel so good I cannot move'
'I feel so good inside myself I don't need to move'
'As I grow up, I'm goin down/And when I'm lost, I know I'll still be found'

'Must be a rush for you to see a lazy/A brain he meant to be/Cop out?/He's crazy!'

'Hangin loose, cuz you ain't used to seein' me turnin on!'

...and on and on.

throughout the album, Sly speaks directly to the hardcore drug experience. the sort of thoughts that run through one's mind when really fucked up on the hard shit. the paranoia, both inward and outward. noticing ppl's reactions to the drug stupor and caring...but not caring. the indecisiveness (cannot move/want to move/don't need to move). the outright pleasure of it all.

it's intense. he nailed it.

it made me love the album more. i've not heard another that came so close to getting it right.

if you ever get fucked up on some hardcore shit, put Riot on a day or 2 after you've come down and see if you don't hear Sly singing about your experience, or at least several pieces of it.