- struggle of living in the ghetto
- He is still powerful
- he is a smart rapper
- he knows a lot of specific facts about america
- people are underpaid in general in america / economy is not fair
Talib Kweli - Hell
- song about religion
- sounds like he's questioning it
- how do you know where you go after you die
- real muslims aren't violent
- doing the work of satan trying to do gods work
- ghetto=hell
Lauryn Hill - motives and thoughts on Def Jam Poetry
- social delusion
- people are being robbed
- the government is controlling us
- blind leading the blind
- people don't know the truth
- pleasure is designed to distract you from what you're supposed to do
Tupac - Changes
- conflicted with suicide
- cops killing blacks
- welfare is how many are living
- government has pit the poor against each other
- people are racist. Everyone
- people don't want to hear the truth
- we need to change everything about ourselves
- some people have to commit crimes to survive
N.W.A - Express Yourself
- Be yourself
- Don't do what you see everyone around you doing that you know is bad
- Don't conform to society
- people don't want to hear the truth
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