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Contradictions in Ice Ice Baby   

Ok, this is several years (decades?) late, but I have something that's bothering me: Vanilla Ice's music. Not the music itself, but the lyrics. And, in particular, these lyrics:

Gunshots rang out like a bell

I grabbed my nine all I heard were shells

Falling on the concrete real fast

Jumped in my car slammed on the gas

Bumper to bumper the avenue's packed

I'm trying to get away before the jackers jack

Police on the scene you know what I mean

They passed me up confronted all the dope fiends

Ok, based on this, there was some gunplay. Vanilla Ice then jumped in his car and sped away before something bad happens. The cops show up, pass over Vanilla Ice, and get the 'dope fiends'.

If there was a problem yo I'll solve it

Here's where I see the problem. Vanilla Ice did not solve any problems. All he did, when the confrontation happened, was to speed away in his car when the police had to clean up the mess. Basically, he chickened out.



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