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A revolutionary woman can’t have no reactionary man. If he’s not about liberation, if he’s not about struggle, if he ain’t about building a strong Black family, if he ain’t about building a strong Black nation, then he ain’t about nothing.

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Hip Hop can be a very powerful weapon to help expand young people’s political and social consciousness.
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Consicious Help Hip Hop People Politics Powerful Social Weapon Young
The methods of peaceful protests are not capable of being effective, because in reality most people pay little attention to things that are not abrasive.
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Attention Capable Effective Method Peace People Protest Reality
We need to be weapons of mass construction, weapons of mass love. It’s not enough just to change the system. We need to change ourselves.
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Change Construction Love Ourselves System Weapon
People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.
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Growth Oppression People Slave Tolerance
The first part of planning is to believe that you can put that plan into practice.
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Believe Business Planning Practice
Every person that steps up and commits to social change helps solidify the black movement cause. It is not easy for those who fill in the leader role.
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Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.
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This planet is a wonderful place, but a vulnerable place.
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If you’re deaf, dumb, and blind to what’s happening in the world, you’re under no obligation to do anything. But if you know what’s happening and you don’t do anything but sit on your ass, then you’re nothing but a punk.
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Blind Deaf Dumb Obligation World
I can’t do nothin except try to find cloud nine.
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Only the strong go crazy. The weak just go along.
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The first part of planning is to believe that you can put that plan into practice.
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If we are not committed to saving this earth we will be buying designer air filters and gas masks.
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Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is – never let your enemies choose your enemies for you.
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We usually reach success by putting the simple truths that we know into practice.
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Peace is a rare gift. Peace of mind, peaceful sleeps, and peaceful spirits are all luxuries that few rebels can ever afford.
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Afford Gift Luxury Mind Peace Rare Rebel Sleep Spirit

A revolutionary woman can’t have no reactionary man. If he’s not about liberation, if he’s not about struggle, if he ain’t about building a strong Black family, if he ain’t about building a strong Black nation, then he ain’t about nothing.

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A revolutionary woman can’t have no reactionary man. If he’s not about liberation, if he’s not about struggle, if he ain’t about building a strong Black family, if he ain’t about building a strong Black nation, then he ain’t about nothing.

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