 The first guy up brought here brought with the help of the Institute of the black world hip-hop artist from Pittsburgh Jiziri acts come on up So what's the state of the black world when the hood raised black boys and black girls? Before you pass judgment on us. Just see reacts gonna give you something to discuss See these streets will talk to you if you understand the language corners become famous the more blood They stain with the marmure was painted with shells hit the pavement. We need three Jesus to come and save this We need Moses Abraham and David all 12 disciples to wash away the blood on that hand and help the rifle because life's so hard He like whoever show they face tonight is getting robbed when your home is a grave the streets is amazed So many cats blaze and saw to see through the haze and crime page way more than minimum wage And plus the lead from the game to take a swim in your waves loosen your brains leave boss boss You're fain like you got your hair cut with some raggedy blaze the truth is we know better off than we were slaves Malcolm X And Dr. King probably spending their graves It's gotta be the last days. I can't take no more and these kids they don't haul them shake no more They in the kitchen cooking up cakes galore kicking down doors like everybody face the floor and they got guns They will make you shaking contort and they don't shoot ball They shoot 38 for sport getting trials as adults when they can't sit the court Getting sent to state prison getting raped on law What did we do to deserve this condition where we can't even function with our herb in our system and every here We take from the split blurs a vision in the next day just means another murder victim in the summer Just means we're going to get dumb a coroner's putting bodies under covers and in between sheets like the Izzy brothers He told his mother that he loved the hood, but the hood will never love you She was the state of the black world when the hood raised black boys and black girls Before you pass judgment on us to Syriac's gonna give you something to discuss Thank you Thank you. Thank you. So so for me and for us, you know, I come from a place Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania We have the poorest black community in the country even though we were labeled America's most livable city We have youth unemployment rates of 90 percent We have a community where it's easier much easier to get a gun and get a job So for us drug policy reform for us ending the war on drugs is a matter of life and death So I asked you as a hip-hop artist I would ask that you use us and you help use culture hip-hop has been the strongest voice Here and across the world in legalizing drugs So use us to help push this policy forward use us in organizations like the Institute of the black world to help push This agenda forward because if we don't do it It's a minute really for us our lives our state in our community. So I thank you for having me My name is just Siri X. It's one hood. Peace