Meg's Godfather Week 3: The Human Condition

There is this great song from "Spoon" called "The Underdog." This song is about someone of power, that doesn't bother about people below him. I feel this song relates to The Godfather. Don Vito Corleone cared about respect for himself; however, never forgot about people less powerful than he was. Michael, on the other hand, sometimes forgets. So who is the better Don? According to "Spoon", Don Vito Corleone is.

"The Underdog"

Picture yourself in the living room
Your pipe and slippers set out for you
I know you think that it ain't too far

But I, I hear the call of a lifetime ring
Felt the need to get up for it
Oh you cut out the middleman
Get free from the middleman

You got no time for the messenger,
Got no regard for the thing that you don't understand,
You got no fear of the underdog,
That's why you will not survive!

I want to forget how conviction fits
But can I get out from under it?
Can I gut it out of me?
It can't all be wedding cake
It can't all be boiled away
I try but I can't let go of it
Can't let go of it,

Cause you don't talk to the water boy
And there's so much you could learn but you don't want to know,
You will not back up an inch ever,
That's why you will not survive!

The thing that I tell you now
It may not go over well
And it may not be photo-op
In the way that I spell it out

But you won't hear from the messenger,
Don't wanna know 'bout something that you don't understand,
You got no fear of the underdog,
That's why you will not survive!