The Truth Is That In This Country You Here You're More Likely To Be Harassed, Hurt, Or Killed If You're A Minister Speaking About Progress For Black People Than If You Are A Sure Enough Revolutionary.

-Gil Scott-Heron

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Gil Scott-Heron

The Truth Is That In This Country You Here You're More Likely To Be Harassed, Hurt, Or Killed If You're A Minister Speaking About Progress For Black People Than If You Are A Sure Enough Revolutionary.

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Country

Hurt

People

Paul Robeson Once Said That The Artist Has The Responsibility To Either Help Liberate The Community Or Further Oppress It. And I Think That When Eldridge Cleaver Wrote It Down It Was Interpreted As His, But There's A History Of People Saying Things Of That Nature And Meaning It. And What I Do Is In That Tradition, In That Mode.

Responsibility

Artist

Thinking