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Author: 8beats (Page 4 of 6)

20. Ice Cube: “Cold Places”

West-coast rapper Ice Cube spits out condemnation against two heartbreakingly revelatory events in my home state of Louisiana, events that had exposed the ugly stain of racism that still pervades through contemporary America.

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Lyrical sample: “Watchin Katrina, is worser than Ike & Tina/See New Orleans get bitchslapped by FEMA/Louisiana got racist-ass politics/Free the Jena Six (nigga free the jenna six)/Your honor, Osama, Obama/Even, yo’ momma, ain’t fuckin with my comments.”

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