I'm probably a little late on this but it stuck with me. I just watched the performance of Jay-z and young Jeezy at President Obama's Inauguration last week. I found out about this because Bill O'reilly talked about. Not that I normally watch Fox news but... well yeah I do from time to time just for a laugh.
If you don't know already Jay and Jeez were filmed performing Jay's new song "My President Is Black" . During the performance there were many comments from them where they called ex-president Bush a Bitch and used the words "Motherfucker" and "nigga" a lot.
"Im so proud to be black right now, I don't even know what to say... nigga... " - Young Jeezy
But back to the song itself.
Now I normally wouldn't have much issue with any of this: I mean this is Hip-Hop right? Hip-Hop is a medium for young urban people like me. We use words like Motherfucker and Nigga. I use it. Cause sometimes you've got to put a motherfucking Nigga in his place, you know, even if I'm a 39 year old multi-millionaire married to Beyonce. It's just the language of the streets you know, where I came from like 20 years ago.
I get it. We got a black man in office. Therefore a song.
Yes, a song. And since Hip-Hop is THE black music of the time, actually some rhymes. It should be rhymes that will reflect the sheer genius of Barack Obama's historical campaign. Something that will pay homage to the millions of Black people who died between the first day a negro stepped foot on American soil to the day one became president. It will be intelligent, sensitive, and humble. It will be ripe with all the possibilities that are open to the minds of our children right now and champion our resilience:
"My President is Black. my Maybach too and I'll be goddamned if my diamonds ain't blue... my money's dark green..."
yup. fire.
GoRealer
2 comments:
lol...... No wonder you got the name Gorealer on here mums. I book marked this site. Realest blog I've read so far.
They have that version and Nas did it. All these songs were written before Barack even won the nomination so how much weight can you really put on them. And fo' real... how can you expect a song that has some substance and integrity to come from Young Jeezy.
But I love your perspective, just think that people need to stop expecting entertainers, especially rappers to be the voice of all black people... its simply entertainment.
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