Hi this is Rob Frank and this is my interpretation of the meaning of Beat It by Michael Jackson
I do feel that the song is fairly straightforward and that it's a
message to the youth that if an individual finds himself confronted by a
gang that he's better off running away than trying to fight
The very first line, "They told them don't ever come around here" is the
reference to the gang and then you see that the "him" changes to "you" so he's
directly speaking to the audience there, and particularly I think the male
audience members who might be filled with pride in such a situation
They might be thinking things like they want to show how they are
tough
and Michael addresses these different points throughout
The person doesn't want to be defeated
and they want to show that they are strong, and they might even think that
they're on the side of right
However, it's better to run away because
they will kick you and they will beat you
In the context of fight or flight,
pick flight
especially when outnumbered
so this idea is repeated throughout
the idea that it's better to run away
than it is to fight
and in the end Michael Jackson does empathize
because no no one wants to be defeated
and the overall point is that Michael Jackson is trying to help help as many
as many people as possible by letting them know that they shouldn't really trust their
instincts but instead listen to reason and run away
I hope you enjoyed this interpretation of the meaning of Beat It, and I know that it wasn't very deep but
I do you feel that this song can be misinterpreted in many ways
and
I do have other song analyses that are a bit more in-depth, and you can check them out
on my YouTube channel, or on my web site which is Song Lyrics Meaning dot com
Thank you for watching