We were coming out of the black community with this thing called rap music, which was basically black men yelling at the top of their lungs about what we liked and what we didn't like. It was disturbing to the status quo. It really shook things up. And those in power didn't know what to make of us, but they knew that we had to be silenced, stopped in any way from expressing our outrage.
Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself. - Chuck D
Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.
- Chuck D
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be! - Chuck D
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be!
Minds are the real estate of the 21st century. - Chuck D
Minds are the real estate of the 21st century.
It's weak to speak and blame somebody else ...When you destroy yourself. - Chuck D
It's weak to speak and blame somebody else ...When you destroy yourself.
Culture is this thing that we can exchange among ourselves as human beings to knock aside our differences and build upon our similarities. Cultural e… - Chuck D
Culture is this thing that we can exchange among ourselves as human beings to knock aside our differences and build upon our similarities. Cultural e…
The best way to boycott is to build your own - Chuck D
The best way to boycott is to build your own
If I can't change the people around me, I change the people around me. - Chuck D
If I can't change the people around me, I change the people around me.
Knowledge, wisdom, and understanding don't come out of the microwave. You got to keep moving forward because the evil doesn't sleep. - Chuck D
Knowledge, wisdom, and understanding don't come out of the microwave. You got to keep moving forward because the evil doesn't sleep.
To live a life you love, you must Love the life you live. - Chuck D
To live a life you love, you must Love the life you live.
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