If you must vote for a black man
Vote for this guy:
You deal with a lot of social issues on the album, especially that of gun crime. What solutions would you propose to the government to tackle these issues?
Nothing. It’s not the government’s problem. They are not dying… we are. They are not losing friends and family, we are… so it’s our problem. The sooner we realise that they really don’t give a fuck about us, the quicker we can stop blaming everybody else and take responsibility for our own actions. As soon as we blame someone else for our condition then we’re saying that they have control over the situation and we have no control. If we have no control over our own lives then we’re fucked. The reason that we, for the most part, feel so powerless is because we have been systematically programmed to give our power away. One of the most powerful things we have is our mind and the ability to think individually and independently. This power is eroded on a daily basis. We are force fed false information and false public opinion, which reinforce a uniform way of thinking which in turn turns us into the robots we are to day. We need to wake the fuck up and change what we don’t like! Sorry about that I can go on forever.
That’s Genesis Elijah, clever young chap.
Question put to him by UK Hip Hop in an interview in 2005.
Not the first time I’ve quoted that, but somewhat topical I think.
