"When the ax entered the forest, the trees said, "look, the handle is one of us." Holy shit. On behaf of the oppressed people of America, THANK YOU for sharing that with youtube. That's the best quote I've seen in a long, long time. Good shit. It's good to see real hip hop listening political activist comrades like yourself popping up. Continue the fight my brother.
Dead Prez be on some next dimensional type wisdom with they poetry. I mean they spit the truth and nothin but the truth, I only wish poet/MCs like them got the TRUE recognition that they've always deserved.
they basically summed up my feelings towards politics almost perfectly....the most underrated hip hop groups ever -this real hip hop and it dont stop till we get the po po off the block
yeah im really likn' his stuff right now.. just saw it first time today and i can't stop.. its like im thankful there's someone saying this right now and telling the public as well..
"Crack is like a democrat, cocain republican, marijuana independant party...SAME government!" ~dead prez "4 The Hood" ;-) This is what where TRUE Hip Hop is rooted. These two brothers represent all that I am proud for in Rap Music! Adam
You can feel it when its real yo. The Best Hip Hop group for me.They speak about shit that people can relate to.I'm from Bulgaria,Europe and I fell them for real...The realest rap group that have ever touched the mic
Thanks for posting - I mean that - Def Poetry was like the best thing on cable that could ever hold my attention b/c it has substance which equals FOOD FOR THOUGHT - Any stage DP is on they keep it REAL RBG in every sense of the meaning whether these toms, politicians/politrKKKing or nazis like it or not - Florida votes were thrown the fuck out - Miscount my supple Black ass - For those who don't like this DON'T LISTEN - It's quite simple - DP RBG MINDED UHURU
Hell yeah. As a white communist I am NOT surprised to see that my brothers from Africa are the only ones to gain a large scale demographic understanding of how the system works. The oppressed will always see the oppressor! Power to the people! Respect.
some of the most real Hip-Hop artists right there! I ask so many friends if they know who dead prez is they say no but they know who *insert whack radio hip-hop artist here* is It saddens me....lol
Harlem is where he started cutting out a life for himself as a young man. It means we are shaped by our environment. You're born and raised in a home, maybe a small community. When you begin being an adult, and take that formative experience, and use it to sink/swim/affect the world, then you're really being a person. That's when you're 'born' into the world, That statement was about consciousness vs mere biological existence.
King came from the deep south where communities had to turn inward/insulate to protect themselves from the lawless lynch mob. People took solace in the church and family. Malcolm came from the cut throat streets of Harlem where heroin, crime, and prostitution corrupted the family from within. We're always born from what we came from. What we turn that into is one measure of a person, the other is how we use it to shape our world. Both men had strengths in both areas.
@mindstatekrew ....being slaved is no better than being killed. Being slave robs you of your life, being run down till only skin is left wrap around your bones. There is no lesser evil between the two.
black and brown unite. we livin in the everyday struggle, we need to liberate our minds from this incareration mentality/state of mind. were all equal people, we need to stand out and speak our mind and teach these young kids that dont know the truth behind the fame and money. all the open minded, blessed-with-knowledge white folks are welcomed to support.
If anything... This poem was too true. It really hit home for me right now. With what Barack said in his campaine and what he's doing now. He's turning out to be the lesser of two evils.
...What's crazy is, ain't no difference in me and Jay-Z The same vote brought us the same place from slavery So we Roc the same "chains" anyway, Baby baby!... dead prez is real. listen to the lyrics, it's hip hop.
While it's true Europeans rarely made the trek into Africa to kidnap people themselves, their main trade for the slaves was guns. The guns enabled the more militant people to subjugate those around them and capture the people. In order to contend, you had to get guns yourself. Those willing to commit evil deeds became more powerful, and those who were not were crushed. This was far more damaging. We're not responsible for the past, but we reap the benefits. It must be rectified, somehow.
Kind of. From what I've read in a few anthropology books, slavery in the middle east is often a way for people, particularly women whose family can't afford to support them and can't be married for whatever reason, such as if their husband abandoned them, to be integrated into a family that can afford them. It's pretty different from our idea of slavery, but it still sucks. I don't really think it matters if Africans participated in any leg of the slave trade. African Americans are
Ooooh, now weez all gonna be fee caus we don erd da truth" I hope these brothers dont drink, smoke, cheat on their wives or girlfriends, etc because dey wont be any diff from doez who dey critiquing.
Check it.......... After this Poem..... Stickman did a Better one... Relating to a brother Locked up... I need to find it... someone send me somewhere to locate this clip.... -LOVE
its okay, like you it jus makes me mad that schools teach some false info and when i get to college i learn a totally different thing. i jus dont understand it.
