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“The Ghetto” by Freddie Gibbs

30 Thu Apr 2015

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Freddie Gibbs, The Ghetto

Freddie-Gibbs-10WikiUserLUMPENPROLETARIAT—Fredrick Tipton (born June 14, 1982), better known by his stage name Freddie Gibbs, is a rapper from Gary, Indiana, USA.

Freddie Gibbs rhymes:

“Cans of spam, hand to hand
No deals made, dolla for dolla, gram for gram
Follow me and see just how much a man can stand
Before we go off the deep end
Come in your crib and creep in
Help us get home invaded
The hustlas they gon’ get raided
Eventually, but for now they stay thuggin’ and motivated

“Misguided miseducated
We barely be graduated
And our lack of skills lead to some deadly infatuations
In the ghetto, the barrio, the hood, the slums
Government funds fill my city up with drugs and guns
And I can’t go for being broke so I’mma go on the run
Momma can’t stand the way I live but can’t give up on her son
Even though I know she hear about my habits through the grape vine
Stealin’ the car on Sundays, to hit the state line
Gettin’ drunk and twisted off liquor all through the daytime
Handshakes and gang signs, don’t play with mine”

Notably, reminding us:

“The ghetto ain’t just a place it’s a mentality
Most of us carry with us constantly causing casualties…”

—Messina

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“The Ghetto” by Freddie Gibbs (b. 1982)

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[Image entitled “Freddie-Gibbs-10” by SwaGibbs – Own work. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia; licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.]

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“The Ghetto” (1990) by Too $hort

29 Wed Apr 2015

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319px-Tooshort_(300dpi)WikiUserLUMPENPROLETARIAT—We knew we had to make it out of the ghetto.  What we didn’t know is that the USA’s ghettos were created by the capitalist mode of production.

What we didn’t know is that, once we made it out, we owed it, morally and ethically, to those still trapped in the ghetto (many families trapped for generations), to go back and lend our new skill sets and resources to our neighbours trapped in the ghetto by the institutional structure of the capitalist mode of production.

—Messina

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“The Ghetto” (1990) by Too $hort

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[Image “Tooshort (300dpi)” (of Too $hort at Martin Luther’s Rebel Soul Fest at DNA Lounge in San Francisco, July 2008) by Sehar Sikandar. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia; licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.]

 

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“The Ghetto” (1970) by Donny Hathaway

28 Tue Apr 2015

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Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, Move On Up, The Ghetto

Donny-HathawayWikiUserLUMPENPROLETARIAT—Talkin’ ’bout the fonky, fonky ghetto…  I done lived in the ghettos of California and now I done lived in the ghettos of Kansas City, which JC Nichols made the blueprint for the USA’s ghettos.

We commend those who have survived the world’s ghettos.  And we implore those survivors to help our neighbour’s still trapped in them.  We implore survivors to help our neighbours in the ghettos to transform their ghettos into healthy communities, on terms decided by those who live in the ghettos, through critical and mindful analysis.

—Messina

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“The Ghetto” (1970) by Donny Hathaway (1945-1979)

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The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield (1998) by Curtis Mayfield

  • “Move On Up” (c. 11:37)

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