Name: Rebelhood (Goonies)
Duration: P00H02M01S
Description: Circa 2010

Rebelhood (Goonies)

from The Rise of Consciousness: The Lost Tape by Jamii Tata

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Circa 2010

lyrics

Thrust in the rebelhood
Where the shovels are hot
And graves are ready
To add weight to the plot
Down bottom, black bottom
Detroit has to rise to the top
Without an engine block

Skilled labor exists
Unemployment makes us sit
The march on Washington gave folks a fit
Mobilized, organized, solidified as one fist
Each step cracked the pavement
The Poor Peoples' Economic Rights Campaign got next
Ya heard me

I'm an independent
Article 25 got Republicans upset
I don't really give an ish
I vote on the issues
Not the people
Who run the party
Party?
Politics is all about watching
Your words
Bad connotation
Sounds like a lot of fun
And socializing with the birds

A chasing after the wind
After a candidate wins
Here we go again – broken promises
And pipe dreams
But no Mario or Luigi
To clean up all the accidents
Many masochists
Inhabit the oval offices
When disaster hits
They on TV
Stepping up to the challenge
Semi taking the blame
Redirecting the focus
As long as they redirecting the punishment
To someone else
Just a little bit
It falls on one of us
The taxpayers

We don't really even get the message
The context is convoluted
In their process
Process of talking
When they really be walking
A fine line
Between
Saying, "you and I
Gon get it"
We gon fall in a dang pit
Ain't nobody
Gon even listen
If you'll hone your skills
You'll be hearing what I hear
And I wouldn't have to be spitting this track

credits

from The Rise of Consciousness: The Lost Tape, track released May 2, 2016
Vocals - Jamii
Instrumental - Knoxville

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about

Jamii Tata Detroit, Michigan

Jamii Tata (born in Detroit, MI) is a spoken word poet who draws inspiration from the late great Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, Langston Hughes, Malcolm X and Fred Hampton. Intertwining poetry, beatboxing and emceeing he has performed in MI, IL and TX. He sets to release his first official mixtape entitled Justice Journal in February of 2012. (Food) Justice Journal will follow in 2014. ... more