I think this is a song to express his own feeling about everything that has happened and is happening to him and all over the world . the unfair criticisms happened to himself twenty years ago and every abnormal and twisted things happened and is happening everyday in everywhere pushed him to share this song . We should not stick to those words like east or west, black or white. We should focus on right is twisted to wrong and wrong is twisted to right.
Thank you very much for this explanation! I am sinologist, but frankly I would have needed much time to figure the whole meaning of the text out for myself. It is excellent example how complex the Chinese culture is. I am going to use your video to introduce the song of Dao Lang to my students in my lectures on Chinese traditional culture in the contemporary China.