Why did Kanye West put Michael Jackson and Joe Jackson in his lyrics of Knock You Down?
Well Kanye just likes to put people in his lyrics if it deals with the situation and it will get us to remember it. But the line, “This is bad, real bad Michael Jackson.” is referring to MJs album “Bad” that was released in the 80s. Then the line, “Now I’m mad, real mad Joe Jackson” is referring to Michael’s father Joe Jackson. When they were young and in the Jackson 5 their dad used to get mad when they messed up at rehearsals and hit them with belts. A lot of people don’t think that line makes sense for some reason, but it makes perfect sense.
