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12724892, I guess that would be true if all African-Americans were gang bangers... Posted by Crash85, Wed Feb-11-15 12:33 PM
> > >This comment to a rolling stone article about the song says it >all: > >He's calling out the African American community for reacting >so voraciously when a white police officer kills a young black >man, yet they go on with their day-to-day gang violence of >black on black crime ("hypocrites"). So yeah...I'd say it's >pretty powerful for those that can digest the lyrics. > >http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kendrick-lamar-takes-on-hypocrisy-on-powerful-new-track-20150210 > >Take away the black power window dressing, it's still a >conservative message.
But they're not... In my opinion, that's who that line applies to... He's addressing something that goes on his city... and many others, but not everyone in the African-American community...
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