Call and response- Colin Seegars

New slaves- New slaves is a song depicting almost specifically minorities becoming slaves to the fashion industry as well as the automotive industry. he depicts us as a people who continually clamor for things we cant afford and we continually spend our money for things that will give us a feeling of excitement and euphoria for only a few moments until we are on the the next shoe or car.

Jay Z 99 problems- In this song Jay Z talks about police officers profiling young men solely because of their race. He speaks about an issue that has existed since the writing emancipation proclamation and it it still true to this very day.

Lauryn Hill Black Rage- In this song Lauryn Hill describes a very bleak area filled with poverty and beatings. Black rage happens to be a law which permits an African American to make outbursts when one feels racially threatened. Lauryn hill uses this law to create a song about the issues in black culture which hinder us as a race

Hell Talib Kwali- In this song Talib Kwali talks about religion in a very negative light depicting it as unreal because of the fact people get it misconstrued in so many ways by making Muslims hate Christians Christians hating Jews and Jews hating Muslims it doesn't make any sense.

True blues Last poets- The Poets describe the many perils african americans faced throughout all of time from the cotton fields to the ghettos. He talks about how we have suffered the "Blues" since we left the boats.

MOS DEF Mathematics- Mathematics talks about the problems in  Black America we care to much about material possessions instead of bettering ourselves but we also are put into a system which is designed for us to fail we are put into abject poverty which is now being gentrified so as time goes on we will see more african americans on the street.

Nas I can- In this song Nas speaks about the terrible the drug in issue in black america as well as our incentive to yearn for lives of smoking pot and fawning of overpriced jewelry. Nas attempts to teach the black children the error of their was and he teaches them how to be the best group of young people they can be. Nas also talks about how black people have been treated poorly since the beginning of time.