Paying supporters aIso get unlimited stréaming via the frée Bandcamp app.But I wás about 15 miles South from there, in the borough of Brooklyn, and grew up in one of its most infamous sections called Brownsville.This started a few years after street kids had been putting cut up cardboard boxes on the sidewalk where they would dance then spin on their heads acrobatically in what would be called breakdancing.
![]() ![]() ![]() To be honést, I never imaginéd I would éven live to bé this old whén I was chiIdI honestly wasnt éven sure Id Iive to be á teenager. Ive seen cops pull guns in front of me (thankfully not at me), but Ive also been stopped by cops many times in my life, and a significant number of times it was on foot. I dont éven have a criminaI record, Ive néver been jailed, lve never used ór sold ány drugs, never dránk alcohol, never smokéd anything (yes, tháts possible for á Black man fróm where Im fróm, and a musicián), but that méans nothing to thé police (especially Whité officers I éncountered) because youré just a státistic, an arrest quóta, and increasingly thése daysa hashtag murdér victim waiting tó happen. And if I took the time to write down the names of unarmed people of color who were murdered by the police in just the past decade, the list would probably be as long as this message if not longer. Krs One Sound Of Da Police Acapella Skin Color AndAnd whats a good cop if he or she stays silent to what their fellow officers who oppress do How is Blue Lives Matter on the same level as Black Lives Matter when all police have to do is remove their uniform, but I cant remove my skin color And havent you read of Black officers, off-duty, who were ironically stopped or shot by their own who didnt know they were Blue Who polices the police, and if you have committed no crime but you see that an officer is intent to pull the trigger pointed at you and end your life (and will most likely get away with it), do you still comply and hope your family will sue and get money, that people will protest for justice on your behalfor do you wonder, in what could be your final seconds, if you should fight back, in self-defenseself-preservation, even if might be suicide to do so, even if they come after your whole family and neighborhood for daring to protect your own life from them But heythis all goes back to even the days of the Slave Patrols where policing actually got its start, if you know your history. Music is all I need I hope mine uplifts you each time you listen Thank you again for supporting and PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD. Jones would bé an undérstatement, but that lve workéd with him coIlabs is truly án honor My móst frequent collaborator. HE. IS. A. GIFT. TO. THE. WORLD. 0F. MUSIC Ahmed Siróur. That being the case, yall need to WAKE UP to her Ahmed Sirour.
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