The Fugees and Guantanamo Bay...

In the song “Ready or Not” they make mention of Guantanamo Bay. It looks like the song came out in 1996, well before GB became camp “no trial needed with some torture.”

Any thoughts on why it was mentioned? What was GB used for prior to 2001? Wasn’t it just a navel base?

Here are the relevant lyrics..

Ready or not, refugees takin’ over
The Buffalo soldier, dread-lock rhasta
On the twelfth hour, fly by in my bomber
Crews run for cover, now they’re under pushin’ up flowers
Superfly true lies, do or die,
Toss me high – only puff la,
With my crew from lock high
I refugee from Guantanamo Bay
Dance around the border like I’m Cassius Clay