"When the ax entered the forest, the trees said, "look, the handle is one of us." Holy shit. On behaf of the oppressed people of America, THANK YOU for sharing that with youtube. That's the best quote I've seen in a long, long time. Good shit. It's good to see real hip hop listening political activist comrades like yourself popping up. Continue the fight my brother.
Dead Prez be on some next dimensional type wisdom with they poetry. I mean they spit the truth and nothin but the truth, I only wish poet/MCs like them got the TRUE recognition that they've always deserved.
yeah im really likn' his stuff right now.. just saw it first time today and i can't stop.. its like im thankful there's someone saying this right now and telling the public as well..
they basically summed up my feelings towards politics almost perfectly....the most underrated hip hop groups ever -this real hip hop and it dont stop till we get the po po off the block
@mindstatekrew ....being slaved is no better than being killed. Being slave robs you of your life, being run down till only skin is left wrap around your bones. There is no lesser evil between the two.
Thanks for posting - I mean that - Def Poetry was like the best thing on cable that could ever hold my attention b/c it has substance which equals FOOD FOR THOUGHT - Any stage DP is on they keep it REAL RBG in every sense of the meaning whether these toms, politicians/politrKKKing or nazis like it or not - Florida votes were thrown the fuck out - Miscount my supple Black ass - For those who don't like this DON'T LISTEN - It's quite simple - DP RBG MINDED UHURU
You can feel it when its real yo. The Best Hip Hop group for me.They speak about shit that people can relate to.I'm from Bulgaria,Europe and I fell them for real...The realest rap group that have ever touched the mic
"Crack is like a democrat, cocain republican, marijuana independant party...SAME government!" ~dead prez "4 The Hood" ;-) This is what where TRUE Hip Hop is rooted. These two brothers represent all that I am proud for in Rap Music! Adam
Hell yeah. As a white communist I am NOT surprised to see that my brothers from Africa are the only ones to gain a large scale demographic understanding of how the system works. The oppressed will always see the oppressor! Power to the people! Respect.
some of the most real Hip-Hop artists right there! I ask so many friends if they know who dead prez is they say no but they know who *insert whack radio hip-hop artist here* is It saddens me....lol
Harlem is where he started cutting out a life for himself as a young man. It means we are shaped by our environment. You're born and raised in a home, maybe a small community. When you begin being an adult, and take that formative experience, and use it to sink/swim/affect the world, then you're really being a person. That's when you're 'born' into the world, That statement was about consciousness vs mere biological existence.
Check it.......... After this Poem..... Stickman did a Better one... Relating to a brother Locked up... I need to find it... someone send me somewhere to locate this clip.... -LOVE
If anything... This poem was too true. It really hit home for me right now. With what Barack said in his campaine and what he's doing now. He's turning out to be the lesser of two evils.
King came from the deep south where communities had to turn inward/insulate to protect themselves from the lawless lynch mob. People took solace in the church and family. Malcolm came from the cut throat streets of Harlem where heroin, crime, and prostitution corrupted the family from within. We're always born from what we came from. What we turn that into is one measure of a person, the other is how we use it to shape our world. Both men had strengths in both areas.
black and brown unite. we livin in the everyday struggle, we need to liberate our minds from this incareration mentality/state of mind. were all equal people, we need to stand out and speak our mind and teach these young kids that dont know the truth behind the fame and money. all the open minded, blessed-with-knowledge white folks are welcomed to support.
...What's crazy is, ain't no difference in me and Jay-Z The same vote brought us the same place from slavery So we Roc the same "chains" anyway, Baby baby!... dead prez is real. listen to the lyrics, it's hip hop.
its okay, like you it jus makes me mad that schools teach some false info and when i get to college i learn a totally different thing. i jus dont understand it.
Kind of. From what I've read in a few anthropology books, slavery in the middle east is often a way for people, particularly women whose family can't afford to support them and can't be married for whatever reason, such as if their husband abandoned them, to be integrated into a family that can afford them. It's pretty different from our idea of slavery, but it still sucks. I don't really think it matters if Africans participated in any leg of the slave trade. African Americans are
While it's true Europeans rarely made the trek into Africa to kidnap people themselves, their main trade for the slaves was guns. The guns enabled the more militant people to subjugate those around them and capture the people. In order to contend, you had to get guns yourself. Those willing to commit evil deeds became more powerful, and those who were not were crushed. This was far more damaging. We're not responsible for the past, but we reap the benefits. It must be rectified, somehow.
Ooooh, now weez all gonna be fee caus we don erd da truth" I hope these brothers dont drink, smoke, cheat on their wives or girlfriends, etc because dey wont be any diff from doez who dey critiquing.
somebody needs to take some african american lit courses. It wasn't Abraham Lincoln intentions to free blacks. The British offered blacks freedoms if we would fight on their side. Lincoln figured if he freed blacks first they would reside with America. Hell even after slavery, America still got labor out of blacks anyway and some even remained as slaves, but thats jus the short version of the story. To find out more go pick up a book.
To all those that oppose my saying, "shalom. Rise o ye Israel". I strongly encourage to do a righteous search of who and what true Israel is. Your denouncing me speaks volumes to your intellectual astuteness. So, once again: shalom. rise, o ye Israel. Read a book. As a matter of fact, read quite a few.
Dead prez.....The Guru's OF HIP HOP.... We need more guys like you in this rap industry!!
dead prez are underrated for sure. their music and minds are beautiful. love dem
If u love Hip Hop u gotta love Dead Prez....always kept it real.....and that's what rap music should be, REAL
"When the ax entered the forest, the trees said, "look, the handle is one of us."
Holy shit. On behaf of the oppressed people of America, THANK YOU for sharing that with youtube. That's the best quote I've seen in a long, long time. Good shit.
It's good to see real hip hop listening political activist comrades like yourself popping up.
Continue the fight my brother.
Dead Prez be on some next dimensional type wisdom with they poetry. I mean they spit the truth and nothin but the truth, I only wish poet/MCs like them got the TRUE recognition that they've always deserved.
Amazing, some really good lines.
"They all fucked up neither one of them better"
"If congress cant make progress, lets change the process"
im stunned.
yeah im really likn' his stuff right now.. just saw it first time today and i can't stop.. its like im thankful there's someone saying this right now and telling the public as well..
i listen to death metal..
and punk rock..
but i luv seeing real shit like this..
thank god for real hip hop and poetry..
they basically summed up my feelings towards politics almost perfectly....the most underrated hip hop groups ever
-this real hip hop and it dont stop till we get the po po off the block
Man you gotta love Dead Prez. They just own the shit out of everything.
@mindstatekrew ....being slaved is no better than being killed. Being slave robs you of your life, being run down till only skin is left wrap around your bones. There is no lesser evil between the two.
wow wow wow Dead Prez still as real as ever! the Jay-Z line at the end about the same boat and same chains was hard.
Thanks for posting - I mean that - Def Poetry was like the best thing on cable that could ever hold my attention b/c it has substance which equals FOOD FOR THOUGHT - Any stage DP is on they keep it REAL RBG in every sense of the meaning whether these toms, politicians/politrKKKing or nazis like it or not - Florida votes were thrown the fuck out - Miscount my supple Black ass - For those who don't like this DON'T LISTEN - It's quite simple - DP RBG MINDED UHURU
I love that introduction from mos, crazy respect.
You can feel it when its real yo. The Best Hip Hop group for me.They speak about shit that people can relate to.I'm from Bulgaria,Europe and I fell them for real...The realest rap group that have ever touched the mic
"Crack is like a democrat, cocain republican, marijuana independant party...SAME government!" ~dead prez "4 The Hood" ;-) This is what where TRUE Hip Hop is rooted. These two brothers represent all that I am proud for in Rap Music! Adam
Dead Prez are the greatest people ever.
it means many things. if you buy the album they have a poster of a lot of it's meaning.
Revolutionary but Gangsta
Real Black Girls, etc.
dang, this one was sick!!! these 2 have talent!
dear god i love deadprez. they straight tell it like it is. they make hood music, for the poor people, white people cant relate.
I wish this was longer!
Hell yeah. As a white communist I am NOT surprised to see that my brothers from Africa are the only ones to gain a large scale demographic understanding of how the system works. The oppressed will always see the oppressor!
Power to the people!
Respect.
some of the most real Hip-Hop artists right there!
I ask so many friends if they know who dead prez is they say no but they know who *insert whack radio hip-hop artist here* is
It saddens me....lol
Don't feel like you have to apologize. As long as you educate yourself and your children your making a difference. That's what we all need to do.
Harlem is where he started cutting out a life for himself as a young man. It means we are shaped by our environment. You're born and raised in a home, maybe a small community. When you begin being an adult, and take that formative experience, and use it to sink/swim/affect the world, then you're really being a person. That's when you're 'born' into the world, That statement was about consciousness vs mere biological existence.
Check it.......... After this Poem..... Stickman did a Better one... Relating to a brother Locked up... I need to find it... someone send me somewhere to locate this clip.... -LOVE
Any luck? I've been looking for it to surface for years. I may have to buy the DVD
Pac said himself nicely. Dead Prez is the shhhh!
If anything... This poem was too true. It really hit home for me right now. With what Barack said in his campaine and what he's doing now. He's turning out to be the lesser of two evils.
Is "Information Age" not out yet??? Or do i just not know where to look for it.
wasn't the first part from KRS-ONE? voting for the lesser of to equals, or is taht a common phrase in America?
I crew that i know for sure will never ever ever go commercial
sh!t is deep, Dead Prez are the realist hip hop
just as i rembered dead prez...
dead prez
common
mos def
talib kweli
immortal technique
jedi mind tricks
nas
those are some good political rappers
oh the last line was the killer " so we rock the same chains anyway...baybabaybay!"
i need part 2 any1 know to find it?
i can`t find it since this vid was uploaded
This is definitely worth another 2minutes and 7seconds!
dead prez, heads from the attic 4eva....i was there
Ever seen the Documentary "American Blackout"?
King came from the deep south where communities had to turn inward/insulate to protect themselves from the lawless lynch mob. People took solace in the church and family.
Malcolm came from the cut throat streets of Harlem where heroin, crime, and prostitution corrupted the family from within.
We're always born from what we came from. What we turn that into is one measure of a person, the other is how we use it to shape our world. Both men had strengths in both areas.
yesss, dats sick. pure knowledge man
Evil of 2 lessers...... GENIUS
black and brown unite. we livin in the everyday struggle, we need to liberate our minds from this incareration mentality/state of mind. were all equal people, we need to stand out and speak our mind and teach these young kids that dont know the truth behind the fame and money. all the open minded, blessed-with-knowledge white folks are welcomed to support.
that was raw, i love it....
Damn that was good, DMX had a great act as well.
tHAT WAZZZZ WONDERFUL
...What's crazy is, ain't no difference in me and Jay-Z
The same vote brought us the same place from slavery
So we Roc the same "chains" anyway, Baby baby!...
dead prez is real. listen to the lyrics, it's hip hop.
is this song called def poetry or 4 the hood?
wheres the other half?
who is umi, are you talkin about mos def????
i go to school in orangeburg.
my god, DeadPrez is so fuckin dope, too real.
wut tha fck? i can't stop replayin this..............den he killed it when he called out Jay-Z
yeah they r deep as hell, they speak about the real shit, the stuff people rarely play.
Its the system, never you'll never understand it. Their music is about the struggles of being black.
i never in my life heard deeper shit n this
always a very viable argument in a discussion on the internet -.-
I didn't want it to end
there is a difference between hate and righteous anger
biggg show.. true integrity..!!!!!
@TheHassanabdirahman I agree.Man i can't believe what i just heard...
That Was Amazing !
i met dead prez today in sydney!
oo mann dey was good
LOVE YA'LL R,B,G !
double d - deep n dope!!
One......hit........wonders
"dont be pawns/be Lolita Lebrons'/run up on em armed/like muhfukkka its on!!!!"
RBG
that was NICE!!!!!!!!!!!
yo man I'm feelin that
That was awesome
"ain't no difference in me and Jay-Z"
What does he mean by that?
is RBG red black and green like the African american flag
F*ck a commercial. .Dead Prez is the Show!
it's about class, race just feeds into it
the revolution is here!
feeling this cats
its okay, like you it jus makes me mad that schools teach some false info and when i get to college i learn a totally different thing. i jus dont understand it.
We are a little defeatist aren't we?
Kind of.
From what I've read in a few anthropology books, slavery in the middle east is often a way for people, particularly women whose family can't afford to support them and can't be married for whatever reason, such as if their husband abandoned them, to be integrated into a family that can afford them. It's pretty different from our idea of slavery, but it still sucks.
I don't really think it matters if Africans participated in any leg of the slave trade. African Americans are
wowww
mos definitely a def poetry.
SICK!
@Liahona3580 you mean the rapper? yes, I already know and love his knowledge rap.
@ThaProjec true! respect.
Respect ~
While it's true Europeans rarely made the trek into Africa to kidnap people themselves, their main trade for the slaves was guns. The guns enabled the more militant people to subjugate those around them and capture the people. In order to contend, you had to get guns yourself. Those willing to commit evil deeds became more powerful, and those who were not were crushed. This was far more damaging. We're not responsible for the past, but we reap the benefits. It must be rectified, somehow.
That's telling them, let them know the history of the term.
hell yeah
how you gonna say they one hit wonders .. just cause YOU only know one of they songs..
Ooooh, now weez all gonna be fee caus we don erd da truth" I hope these brothers dont drink, smoke, cheat on their wives or girlfriends, etc because dey wont be any diff from doez who dey critiquing.
somebody needs to take some african american lit courses. It wasn't Abraham Lincoln intentions to free blacks. The British offered blacks freedoms if we would fight on their side. Lincoln figured if he freed blacks first they would reside with America. Hell even after slavery, America still got labor out of blacks anyway and some even remained as slaves, but thats jus the short version of the story. To find out more go pick up a book.
Dead Prez be on the that shit mang
how much would a double-barrel shot gun cost me again ?????
And you know the "Man" would'nt like that at all.
To all those that oppose my saying, "shalom. Rise o ye Israel". I strongly encourage to do a righteous search of who and what true Israel is. Your denouncing me speaks volumes to your intellectual astuteness. So, once again: shalom. rise, o ye Israel. Read a book. As a matter of fact, read quite a few.
So sick
@AOC230 I don't know but you obviously took the time to read something I posted months ago.
be careful, there is a difference between being in charge and selling out
well, the children have my open minded, blessed-with-knowledge white folk support, most definately ;)
hell yeah!!!
GET FREE!!!!!!!