Its Friday baby! Time for Old School Friday. This week’s theme is political songs and how timely. My picks for the week are:
KRS-One “Sound of Da Police” — Whoop! Whoop! One of my favorite jams off of the “Return of the Boom Bap” cd. “Sound of Da Police” and “Black Cop” were contstantly playing on my boom box back in the day. And with the recent Sean Bell murder and mockery of a trial, this song is still relevant today, unfortunately.
Tupac “Changes” — RIP Tupac! Amazing how over a decade later lyrics like “there’s war in the streets and war in the Middle East” are still relevant. However, I hope there is no truth to the lyric “we ain’t ready to see a black president”. I often wonder what role Pac would play in hip-hop today and in this Presidential election.
Marvin Gaye “Inner City Blues” — Classic Marvin Gaye and again the words still resonate today.
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