- Nov 2, 2009
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I'm sitting back waiting to see what answers you get. Why? Because I already know what we dealing with in terms of our people and the effects of white people on our everyday reality in the hood, in corporate America, in politics, in prison, in the suburbs, in the church, the mosque, in everything but OUR OWN ISH!!! I'm waiting...and I'll wait and I'll wait. Why? Because when the truth is really presented in terms of what must be done, nobody wants to hear that ish...and yet cry crocodile tears because our babies are dying!
Kanye West said this in one of his songs:
"Then i spent 400 bucks on this, just to be like Ni## you aint up on this."
the Keita West version of that song would go like this:
"I studied my whole life, just to be like nig## yall ain't got that right.
cause yall so wrong, and I'm so right and steady;
I'd tell you truth but YALL AINT READY!
step in the booth and nig##s fall like confetti..
aint not use; I got more wisdom in my back tooth..
then ya got in ya whole li-brary..
I better stop before I get too scary..
Keita Keita.. that's my name..
Keita Keita.. Top of my game..
holding this truth like it's a 3-5-7
to ya dome, you betta leave me alone..
keita keita.. that's my name..
keita keita.. top of my game.
If you can't see that you blind as a christian,
I'd tell you the truth, but YALL AINT LISTENING.. ha...
seriously though..
At some point Mr. Keita.. you're going to have to show your hand.. cause it's really starting to look like you're bluffing.
the question is "How do we deal with this reality?".. and it's a real question.. and an opportunity to put all of these theoretical discussions of history and sprituality and culture into practice. What do we do about the gang culture? Gang culture is the society that has developed atop this drug game.. it reaches from the streets to the highest levels of government.. How do we counter that? Their was one dude in the video that said something to the effect, "all my people went college.. I said "f" that and came to the streets".. meaning he chose this life.. he likes living the way he's living.. and he has the guns and the money and army to protect it. What do we do about that? Do we need guns too?.. do we wipe that culture out.. us against us.. ? or do we redefine "us".. and cut them out..? or what? if We are we.. then what do we do about them.. who are us too.. ?