Don’t get caught up on ‘I’m brown, black, white, red, blue, whatever.’ You gotta ask, what were you called before 1492?
AFRIKA BAMBAATAAPowers that be can’t stay in control if you have everybody in love and in tune with each other and with the planet, and in tune with the electrons and the dark matter that’s moving at the speed of light.
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I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound.
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There are others who are putting things out there or throwing a stick and hiding their hand and keeping things built up in the media.
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If they think that there’s a lot of racism going on then there’s another Hip Hop artist who’s gonna come out and speak their mind.
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It ain’t no joke when you lose your vinyl.
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I don’t care if it’s classical, funk, salsa, reggae, calypso; it’s all dance music.
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How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white.
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You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.
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November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all nationalities, young people, all the political systems and politicians on the planet.
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I always say it’s gonna become universal as we become a galactic union.
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I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records.
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Powers that be can’t stay in control if you have everybody in love and in tune with each other and with the planet, and in tune with the electrons and the dark matter that’s moving at the speed of light.
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A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don’t know what they’re talking about. They just think of the rappers.
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Hip-hop has different elements dealing with music, rap, graffiti art, b-boys (what you call break boys)… and also dealing with culture, and a whole movement dealing with wisdom and understanding, as well as peace unity and fun.
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It could be breakdancing, freestyle dancing or whatever type of dancing that’s happening now in the Black, Hispanic and White community.
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Overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.
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