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People use what they heard in the media , and that ’ s how they come at me , and then you know we gotta clash .
You ain ’ t read the papers about these ‘ skinheads ’ tryna blow up Black churches . Why ? They see me as the enemy , just like y ’ all do .
And when I first got into jail , what they did to me , it didn ’ t blow up all in the news . They didn ’ t see me when my eye busted , my hair busted … You don ’ t see those pictures . You see pictures of Tupac comin ’ out of jail , in cuffs . You don ’ t see pictures of the police standing over me beatin ’ my brains out – you don ’ t see that . But I see that .
What are some things you find wrong in society right now ? There are so many things wrong in society right now , man . I mean , I am angry . I ’ m extremely angry , confused … Um , a lot of the times I was standin ’ in court , I couldn ’ t defend myself . It wasn ’ t that the things they were sayin ’ to me were beyond my comprehension , or , um , the things that I was gonna say was gonna help me with my case . But because , it was like I was being exiled , you know , from society .
All I ever wanted to do was to make me , and everybody around me , feel more comfortable about where we were , you know what I ’ m sayin ’? About the places where we stay . Like , this is our home base – let ’ s build and be happy about where we come from . Instead of just assimilating and tryna get a pass key to where they [ the Whites ] at .
Not to say that everything should be separate , but we gotta find pride in ourselves , know what I ’ m sayin ’. And once you get the pride , in about 2 seconds later , that ’ s where the anger comes , from being held like that [ in exile ] for so long , and to be made to go through those changes – you get mad . The problems that we have , it don ’ t just come from a White man , it comes from society .
What advice do you have for the younger generation of Blacks in America ? I want them to start doing politics , instead of just passively listening about politics .
Be outspoken – be somebody , instead of try to make money off somebody . Learn from your mistakes in order to come back stronger , and ultimately , always put thought into what you do . That ’ s it .
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