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[TheIt348]

He wrote this song for his brother in Iraq.

[Terrekon]

"They say 'talk is cheap', but war is expensive. So my speech is free and words are my weapons."

"we're at critical mass- between a heavenly future and one hell of a past."

[Westphal93]

@defluxatory I'm not denying that minorities are victimized, nothing I have said indicates that I believe that they aren't victimized, there is political tension there, much of which I agree with. But minorities are not the majority in the armed forces and if they are there, they chose to be there and that is all fact. Saying 'white masters' is racist as well, much of people in power are white, true. But there are many poor people that are white as well, it's not fair to put us all in one group.

[Westphal93]

@defluxatory The author is Filipino, not black. And according to the DoD in 2008 70% or more of all recruits (across the board, Army, Air Force, etc.) were white. I'm not trying to get into an argument about it but get what I'm trying to say correct. Saying the Brown bodies fight for their white puppet masters would be racist, I don't know how else you could put it, my family has done nothing wrong towards anybody based on their race, so how am I "White Master." We have a all-volunteer military

[defluxatory]

@Westphal93 By that same token, I can hand you anecdotal evidence that while I was in basic training, there were only three or four white people including myself in a platoon of over ninety. If you analyze this song correctly and look at the overall feeling of the political atmosphere, you will find that this song is 100% spot on; it was relevant in 2004 and it is still relevant today. One would have to be pretty blind to deny that the poor and minorities are still victimized today.

[defluxatory]

@Westphal93 The author is black so obviously he will be relating more to non-white races and ethnicities and although the line may be hyperbolic (derp, it's art; art should, by definition, maintain an exterior of hyperbole in order to effective communicate a message), there really isn't enough factual evidence to stand up and say, "That's wrong!" The DoD stopped releasing real demographic information a long time ago and fact or truth doesn't mean you saying, "But I only saw white people!".

[defluxatory]

@Westphal93 You realize you just disputed a creative metaphor with an anecdotal tale of confirmation bias, right? After some critical thinking and taking in account a lot of the context of their other works, I believe this passage is conveying the contempt for the political ruling class enacting false flag operations and blatant falsehoods to encourage those under them to commit to their bidding; the poor, in particular,minorities are often the victims of such.

[Westphal93]

Don't get me wrong I still liked the song, I just don't agree with some of it though.

[Westphal93]

"Minorities comprise the majority."

"The lies rely on brown bodies to fight for white puppet masters."

I'm sorry I like Blue Scholars, but I just cannot agree with that any less, idk where he got his facts but that's a lie. Every single person including me on the future soldier program where my recruiting station is, are all white. Now, I'm not trying to discredit anyone or any group but the majority of people in the military (in all branches) are white and by a far majority.

[Kochiyama137]

Why does Seattle get all the good artists...

[RowJoe47]

@alphasold13r GTFO.