1. Hands Up, Daye Jack ft. Killer Mike, 2015. Hands Up, by Daye Jack belongs in this playlist about police violence and police brutality towards Black America, as this is the songs focus. Daye Jack focuses on Black injustice in America revolving specifically around police brutality. This connects to our course themes, with lecture 8 and Maynard’s article, Arrested (In)Justice, as both relate with the rise of police murders towards Black youth in poor urban communities and its relation to the racialization of crime, racial profiling and racism in general. Reacting the song to the article with Maynard’s example of the police murder of Raymond Lawrence in 1992. Killer Mike expresses this with his lyrics “maybe, the kid that you refer to as a
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They take on the approach discussed in lecture and Spence’s article Policing Class, where hip hop artists fight back to this law enforcement injustice with rage and fighting violence with violent lyrics themselves. Relating to Spence’s article, proving that police violence is not just seen within race but your class as well. The song relates to other course themes discussed in lecture 8, such as with N.W.A. and gang culture. Proven with the lyrics “crooked officer, i wanna put your ass in a coffin, sir, cause you done fucked with n***** like myself for too long, it’s time to grab my motherfucking nine and get it on.” They also touch on themes discussed in our first lectures on segregation within the city, and how racist society divides the races on skin colour alone, as they rap “Do I have to move to River Oaks, and bleach my fucking skin so I can look like these white folks? Just to get some assistance, because the brutality in my neighbourhood is gettin’ persistent”. Geto Boys’ song finally relates to the theme and connection of Black youth trying to take back their city through hip hop while making the discrimination and violence by law enfacement officers known to …show more content…
He touches on law enforcement violence not just towards black citizens put other racialized marginalized youth as well, by calling out president Obama, who should be supporting Black lives, as a Black man himself. This theme is also seen in our course reading Hip Hop and Global Protest, by Fernandes; with the reflection on American politics and the role of the US’s first Black President Obama. This is seen with lines such as “raised my hand and asked a man a question, does he see the struggle of his bothers in oppression? Whats keepin’ you from helpin’ n***** out?” The lyrics dedicated to police brutality include “Thou shalt not kill, but police still lettin’ off on n***** in the Ville, clamin’ that he reached for a gun… now somebody’s son is layin’ breathless.” Overall J Cole speaks his honest truth on his issues within the political system revolving around police violence and how in order to change, revolutions must happen inside of each
They take on the approach discussed in lecture and Spence’s article Policing Class, where hip hop artists fight back to this law enforcement injustice with rage and fighting violence with violent lyrics themselves. Relating to Spence’s article, proving that police violence is not just seen within race but your class as well. The song relates to other course themes discussed in lecture 8, such as with N.W.A. and gang culture. Proven with the lyrics “crooked officer, i wanna put your ass in a coffin, sir, cause you done fucked with n***** like myself for too long, it’s time to grab my motherfucking nine and get it on.” They also touch on themes discussed in our first lectures on segregation within the city, and how racist society divides the races on skin colour alone, as they rap “Do I have to move to River Oaks, and bleach my fucking skin so I can look like these white folks? Just to get some assistance, because the brutality in my neighbourhood is gettin’ persistent”. Geto Boys’ song finally relates to the theme and connection of Black youth trying to take back their city through hip hop while making the discrimination and violence by law enfacement officers known to …show more content…
He touches on law enforcement violence not just towards black citizens put other racialized marginalized youth as well, by calling out president Obama, who should be supporting Black lives, as a Black man himself. This theme is also seen in our course reading Hip Hop and Global Protest, by Fernandes; with the reflection on American politics and the role of the US’s first Black President Obama. This is seen with lines such as “raised my hand and asked a man a question, does he see the struggle of his bothers in oppression? Whats keepin’ you from helpin’ n***** out?” The lyrics dedicated to police brutality include “Thou shalt not kill, but police still lettin’ off on n***** in the Ville, clamin’ that he reached for a gun… now somebody’s son is layin’ breathless.” Overall J Cole speaks his honest truth on his issues within the political system revolving around police violence and how in order to change, revolutions must happen inside of each