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This was written about a guy contemplating using black magic, voodoo, or "santeria" - anything he can to get back his girl. (thanks, Drew - Sydney, Australia)
Santeria means "Way of The Saints" in Spanish, and is a religion where the focus is on worship of saints. It is practiced in Cuba, Brazil, Panama, and a few other countries. There are some followers of Santeria in California, where the band is from.
The music video was made about a month after Brad Nowell died. The video contains ghostly images of Brad playing his guitar along with the band, which was created by using old concert footage of him. (thanks, Glenn - Manchester, NE)
Parts of this song, such as the bass and part of the guitar solo, as well as part of the intro, can be heard in an earlier sublime song called "Lincoln Highway Dub." (thanks, Phil - Rockville, MD)
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Santeria is a religion, while some claim there's curses this song is in the form of predicting the future. He explains that he doesn't practice Santeria or have a crystal ball saying he doesn't know what will happen now that his girl is gone, unlike the money he had. He says "if" he finds them he'll get revenge.
The Meaning of it always is and probably always will be up for debate, but hey, when we get too heated arguin' over it, we can just sit back and listen to it again, and it'll be allll-riiiight. =)
THE MILKMAN
The guy whom that gurl cheats on you
All hes sayin is
Lemme see that sancho im a whup his ass
I gotta find another girl because i still feel tha Break
my baby,
What I really wanna say is I've got mine.
and I'll make it, "
let me know what you think
En el otro lado es donde vivi,
(on the other side is where I lived (in the u.s.))
Con mi hijita, que se llama mixie,
(with my little daughter, whos name is mixie)
Y su hermana, si me quiere,
(and her sister, she really likes me)
Y ya horita, tenemos un bebe,
(and in a moment, well have a baby)
Sus padres sus tios me trataron matar
(your parents, your uncles tried to kill me)
But they did not get too far
Un poco despues tuve que regresar
(a little while later I had to come back)
Con un chingo de dinero
(with a load of money)
Cause you know Im a star
If you've ever been to long beach or socal, you might know what heina & sancho means...yes it's pretty mexican lol just listen to 'Waiting for my Ruca.' Part of the reason why i love sublime is because they were completely open and inclusive of people and music!
way to stereotype it, ass.
Cheers.
Anyways this song is about a girl that left him for another guy , probably a mexican (Sancho).
Daddy got a new 45 , that part of the song means that if he finally faces sancho , he is going to blow his head with a .45 Hahaha.
Good Song , Everytime I listen to that song , I got a strong desire to smoke weed jejeje.
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