michael franti on veganism

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HiCLAS! - Come To The Light

"sick of parodies, this generation is a scary place/
music world steady fell from grace, substance base gone without a trace/
there's no gain in that it's all fruitless, now on i'm too ruthless/
cause i see the light in positivity and negativity is so useless/
i ignite the flame and watch it burning down, relieve the kings i'mma take they crowns/
promote the love like daps and pounds, this that new age disengaging sound/
so be free, from the glorification of materials/
infectious bacterial, corruption from the imperial/
media mis-users, fuck that i gotta feed my mind/
healthy eats then guide the streets and other peeps from that bacon swine/
its time for change gotta use our brains and rearrange the world today/
keep it positive and keep it peaceful, keep the growth alive and never stray away/"  hiclas

The Color of a Movement: Animal Rights and Racism (DxE Open Meeting)

vegan hip hop movement representation at this SOLID event!

Tricia Rose-Hip Hop Futures

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The White Supremacist Infiltration of Rap Music | Black Agenda Report

The White Supremacist Infiltration of Rap Music | Black Agenda Report



"While the Klan media suppresses songs like: 'Malcolm, Garvey, Huey' by Dead Prez, they promote songs like 'Birthday Song' by 2 Chainz featuring Kanye West.


One song ('Malcolm, Garvey, Huey') has lyrics like this: 'I live, I die, I organize, everything I do - revolutionize, I build what's good for the whole damn hood, Study G's like these, really think you should, I study Malcolm Garvey Huey, Malcolm Garvey Huey.'


The other song ('Birthday Song') has lyrics like this: 'When I die, bury me inside the jewelry store When I die, bury me inside the Truey store True to my religion, two of everything I'm too different So when I die, bury me next to 2 bitches.'"

M-1 Talks New Dead Prez Album and Gun Control: ‘We Do Have A Right to Protect Ourselves’

M-1 Talks New Dead Prez Album and Gun Control: ‘We Do Have A Right to Protect Ourselves’



"You brought up “Dirty White Girl,” which has become the most controversial track on the album, and not just because it gives a winking nod to synth-new-wave club music. There’s a line that goes, “Lady liberty wanna get with me, but that bitch ain’t never mean shit to me…” And you use phrases like jungle fever, but in a nod to the evils of cocaine, cigarettes, and even drinking milk. What inspired you to write this song and did you know it would cause such uproar?"



"One thing that’s not new to dead prez is expressing our consciousness about the environment we live in. We’ve always talked about the traps that we face everyday. We’ve made songs like “Window To My Soul” about addiction. Me and stic have talked about our own health battles and challenges. We’ve seen family members go through [substance abuse]. We figure out ways to make it a priority in our community. I commend my partner stic because he has taken that into a specialized campaign into itself. Really, the manifesto behind what created “Dirty White Girl” is our every day lives. We talk about how long it’s been since stic smoked weed or how long it’s been since we’ve both become vegans. A song like that makes sense."