S THE GROOVE GOOD TO YOU
LIKE WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR THING
FORGETTEN GRITS IS GROCERY
AND EGGS IS POULTRY
MAKIN A LIVIN AGAINST THOSE MAKIN A KILLIN
SUPER BLACKMAN GOTHA BACK
AND IS BACK IN THE BUILDING
IF THE PRISON IS THAT SKIN YOU IN
AND YOUR CELL SITTIN INSIDE YOUR SKULL
THEY SAY YOU CANT GETAWAY
FROM YA DAMN SELF
WHEN YOUR EARTH IS HEAVEN
AND YOUR WORLD BE HELL
CHECK YOUR HEAD
ARMAGEDDONS AT THE FOOT OF YOUR BED
YOU AINT HEARD A WORD I SAID
FORGET THEM SLACKS
IM THAT THROWBACK THAT
THREW THAT THROWBACK
BACK ON THE RACKS
TO GET MY MIND BACK
O SAY CAN YOU SEE
I GET BACK ITS STILL JUST A BLACK AND WHITE TV
IN LYIN COLOR BROTHER
GOTS TO GETAWAY TO THE OTHER.
VERSE 2
NEVER WAS TOO GOOD
OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD
CAUSE I WANT YALL TO KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT I SAID
THIS SO CALLED WAR IN IRAQ
OVER A THOUSAND DEAD
THATS ABOUT
10 A WEEK
EVEN AS I SPEAK
33% OF BLACK MALES IN JAIL
55% OF BLACK STUDENTS WILL FAIL
85% OF BLACK FOLKS FORGOT
WE WERE SLAVES
UP INSIDE THIS BOX
AMERICA GOT FOLKS BRAINS ON LOCK
FORGET THE CONNECTS
SOME WANNA BUY WHATS NEXT
WEAR IT LIKE A SIGN UP IN THAT CHEST
YALL SHOULD KNOW PAPA DONT TAKE NO MESS
IF YOU THINK YOUR PAST IS IRRELEVANT
DONT YOU KNOW OL SOUL PAYS THE GT DAMN RENT
THAT MESSIAH AINT NEVER
GONNA COME AS LONG AS
YOU THINKIN FREEDOM
IS BEIN FREE TO BE DUMB
VERSE 3
SOUL IS BACK
SO FLIP THEM HITS BACK
DAMN THE FASHION
I WANNA KNOW WHERES THE PASSION
THINKIN WE CAME A LONG WAY BABY
SAYIN POOR MICHAELS PSYCHO
AND PRINCE HES CRAZY
BUT WHAT HAS BOB MICK SIR PAUL
DONE FOR YOU LATELY
HOW THEY MAINTAIN ON YOUR BRAIN
SEEMS TO ESCAPE ME
HEARD SOME GHETTO CATS
DONT LIKE METAL RAP
HEAR IT AND FEAR IT
AND THEY THINK ITS WACK
THEY DONT EVEN KNOW THAT THE BLUES IS BLACK
AND WHEN I RAP IS BACK TO THE ROOTS
WHERE I BE AT
NOT SOME 30 YEAR OLD WHO DONT KNOW FACTS
WHOS WILD SAYIN THINGS LIKE SOME JUVENILE
REMEMBER 2 MILLION BLACK FOLKS IN THE PENILE
GOT A WORLD OF WHITEFOLKS
THINKIN ITS STYLE
THINK IM HATIN CAUSE YOU LACK THE INFORMATION
CAUSE WE THE FBI STILL GOTS ON FILE
Public Enemy were arguably the first political rap group and one of the most influential hip-hop groups ever. Carrying on the baton from "message-music" soul singers of the 70s like Curtis Mayfield and Gil Scott Heron, Public Enemy rapped ferociously in support of African-Americans and criticised the institutional racism that white America didn't see. Like the Beastie Boys, they had a confrontational style which took time to appeal to mainstream audiences, but their innovation, intelligence and wit eventually saw them getting their message across to millions of fans worldwide.
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Looking at the images, one immediately thinks of archive photos of at least a year and a half ago. Lots of people together without masks dancing freely
How a music group can deliver strong and clear messages without singing is a mystery yet Canadians GoodSpeed You! Black Emperor they succeed very well.
"Creep" by Radiohead is certainly one of the most listened to, revisited and reinterpreted songs in the history of music. So much loved and listened to on all six continents, at least once in our life we all found ourselves humming it.
Very bad story for rapper T.I. and his wife Tiny, in fact, they have been accused of sexual abuse and kidnapping.
The malefactor managed to take Koji and Gustavo away, while Miss Asia, the third bulldog, escaped and was found shortly after by Lady Gaga's bodyguards.
David Crosby against Phoebe Bridgers, if we had been in the Middle Ages, they probably would have challenged each other with the sword, while in 2021 they decided to go wild with tweets.
Evan Rachel Wood, the beautiful protagonist of Westworld has decided to denounce the violence she has suffered for years, at least according to what she claims, by Marilyn Manson.
After some positive signs in the past months, here is the news that we weren't hoping to learn and that throws new questions on the possibility of organizing festivals and live concerts for 2021.
The winners of the 43rd edition of the Kennedy Center Honors have recently been announced, including Joan Baez, Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Allen and the violinist Midori.
The band Soundgarden recently recorded two classics with Brandie Carlile. After the death of their leader Chris Cornell, the band had decided to stop for some time also as a sign of respect for the untimely death of their front man.
New year is synonymous of news and in fact 2021 opened with a nice surprise. The American rock group, The Foo Fighters, founded in 1994 by Dave Grohl ex drummer of Nirvana, delight us with the release of a new single entitled "No son of Mine".
He was 69 and on Christmas Day, guitarist Tony Rice, Bluegrass legend, passed away. His label, Rounder Records, made the news with an official release on December 26th.
We still talk about music, but today we do it from a different point of view, taking a cue from a book, a photographic book called Ten Cities.
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