Call and response

Kayne West - New Slaves 

• In the snippet if the song he sets the down that his mom came up she was denied different things because she was black 
• all the black who want to succeed they end up wanting the same thing that everybody else wants 
• 'But they wasn't satisfied unless I picked the cotton myself
• This song has to deal with social conscious and movement towards justice 

Jay-z - 99 problems 

• This song deal with social conscious because he is expressing that he is not given the same respect as a white man 

Lauren Hill - Black Rage 

• this song deals with the minority community because she is saying that it wasn't her fault that she couldn't have the things that those kids could have 

• "Squeezed economics, subsistence survival, Deafening silence and social control"

Talib Kweli - Hell  "I found out that heaven and hell are right here on earth" The theme of this is trying to find meaning.. the right meaning between all different version of God because for a young boy coming up in the ghetto it is hard to decipher the 2. "Looking for God but ended up doing the work of satan" 

The Last Blue True Blues - I couldn't hear clearly but I believe he is saying he sings the blues no matter what goes on in his life . 

I sang the blues in church on Sunday  slaving on Monday  misused on Tuesday  abused on Wednesday, accused on Thursday, fried alive on Friday, and died on Saturday.

Most Def Mathematics - He is going hard talking about the important on the minority community and movement towards justice / education 

Nas Iknow I can - "nothing comes easy it comes with practice" Nas is looking for a movement towards justice and betterment for the youth and that they should want for themselves rather then do what they see on tv and no need to go into clubs with a fake idea because some man will take advantage of that.