Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Dead Prez & Malcolm X on the election

Dead Prez weighs in on the election and Barack Obama in their new track "PolitriKKKs" featuring Malcom X. I hella feel Stic.Man and M-1 as usual, but they always run the risk of discouraging folks to do things like voting. Voting in this election is of the utmost importance, please don't get it twisted. Having said that, things as elusive as freedom, justice and equality are going to require much more than punching a ballot.

That is why I also included a portion of Malcolm X's "The Ballot or the Bullet" speech. In the speech, as referenced by Clyde Carson a couple posts down, he says:

"This is part of what's wrong with you. You do too much singing. Today its time to stop singing and start swinging. . . Cassius Clay can sing, but singing didn't help him become the heavy weight champion of the world. Swinging did."

"PolitriKKs"- Dead Prez feat. Malcolm X


"Ballot or the Bullet" excerpt- Malcolm X

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