That's why say "fuck"
That's why we make hip-hop
We don't care about your badge, baton or Glock
Your mind's in shock, fucking cop stop
Remember that times passes and never stops in the clock
For me, hip-hop is a tool for transformation
A culture that has some life principles
And some these are unity, love and respect
But specially, having fun, to fill the need
to defend happiness
There's a quote by DJ Grandmaster Caz
It says that hip-hop did not invent anything
The hip-hop re-invented everything
Thinking for yourself is an expensive luxury
For them it's not convenient that you leave the herd
They win more if they keep us ignorant
Keep the people poor, more power for the state
Hip-hop is a universal culture
That starts from a context of marginalization poverty and criminalization
That's a very specific context from 1970's New York City That starts from a context of marginalization poverty and criminalization
That's a very specific context from 1970's New York City
But that's similar to other problems in other places
Like exploitation, lack of housing, the lack of opportunities
Let's use the phrase "The Personal is Political" as a starting point
Because even if we think our actions are personal
They are going to affect our family and our close friends Because even if we think our actions are personal
They are going to affect our family and our close friends
And in the community and the society that we are part of
No matter what the content there's a political context from where it comes from
Becuase there's a need to reclaim our history
And even though it may not seem like "real" activism
There is an intention to survive a reality of violence
Queen and Master of the chaos I inhabit
Sometimes a tyrant, sometimes outlaw
The best battle, is with myself
I'm self government, my flag is anarchist
Let's remember that a lot of art is elitist
That it sometimes comes and it's valued in certain places
But hip-hop allows that from from the streets
from the ghettoes, from marginality
These voices can be created
There's a bunch of indigenous communities that are rapping in their language
There's mural art that's intersecting with graffiti
and the old scriptures
Now we see a meeting between past cultures
And newer cultures But what hip-hop allows
It's the you can incorporate into the current reality
Something that was being lost
Haters are always going to exist
But the need to do it It's what's going to motivate us
You also have to be very observant of your reality
Stop and look at what's going on
Listen and open your ears to hear what's going on around you
Becuase using words comes with responsibility
And if you are going to use them you have to be honest as to who you are and where you are coming from
And it adds value to your community