Throughout the song, Killer Mike points out specific policies implemented by Reagan that he takes issue with. Using Reagan’s own words and voice to show his lies makes this that much more powerful. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that’s true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not Killer Mike first samples a piece of Reagan’s speech where he denies the scandalĪ few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. From the start of the song, Killer Mike deteriorates the ethos of Reagan by bringing up the Iran-Contra scandal.
Reagan is traditionally esteemed as one of the better presidents in US history, so this is an interesting take. He hates him so much that he ends this song by saying “I’m glad Reagan dead”. Killer Mike makes it very clear that he is not a fan of Ronald Raegan. With as aggressive of a name as “Killer Mike”, this song lives up to this level of aggression as Killer Mike attacks Ronald Reagan for his shortcomings and extrapolates this to all politicians. Specifically today, we’ll look back to 2012 at Killer Mike’s song, “Reagan”. However, until then, we’ll have to look into the past for our tunes.
The first batch of new tunes will kick off late next week when Migos will drop their long-awaited Culture 2 album. With the start of a new year, anticipation is very high about the new rap albums coming out throughout the course of this year.
