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songs about social injustice all this talk going on got me thinking
what are the greatest songs about race, class, or gender relations what voices stand out strongest thoughts | |
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Ol’ man River
We Shall Overcome (P.Seeger ver) Get Up Stand Up Woman is the Nigger of the World Working Class Hero Southern Man Fortunate Son Niggers are Scared of Revolution Fight the Power (the P.E Remake) Strange Fruit Subterranean Homesick Blues Born in the U.S.A Freedom | |
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Justice - The Pop Group
 That's all I can think of now.NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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"Fight The Power," PE or Isley Brothers, take your pick
The first LP side of What's Goin' On "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," Gil Scott-Heron "A Change Is Gonna Come," Sam Cooke "Strange Fruit," Billie Holliday "The Message," Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five "Harvest For The World," The Isley Brothers "Choice of Colors," "We're a Winner," "Keep On Pushing," The Impressions Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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I dont like songs about social injustice much anymore. I went through a faze of rebelling. But fuck it.
In small does, angry social shit is fine. But most the time, i couldn't give a fuck | |
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NWF said: Justice - The Pop Group
That's all I can think of now.how bout Depeche Mode - People are People - race Pet Shop Boys - West End girls - class | |
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namepeace said: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," Gil Scott-Heron "The Message," Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five  good ones | |
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CSN(Y) - Four Dead in Ohio  | |
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Open Letter (To A Landlord)  | |
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lilgish said: Open Letter (To A Landlord)
Let's Add: Dear Mr. Man-Prince Fight The Power -Public Enemy Earth Song-Micheal Jackson [Edited 9/7/05 15:19pm] | |
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MadameS said: lilgish said: Open Letter (To A Landlord)
Let's Add: Dear Mr. Man-Prince Fight The Power -Public Enemy Earth Song-Micheal Jackson [Edited 9/7/05 15:19pm] My mate use to think a line from "earth song" was- "i use to dream, i use to glance beyond the stars now i dont know where we are, ,bartholomew we drifted far" How lame, yet misquoted lyrics always crack me up. | |
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Neneh Cherry - The Next Generation | |
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Who stole the soul- P.E.
You have'nt done nothing-Stevie Wonder Killing in the name of...Rage againest the machine Fight the fight- Living Colour Hurricane-Bob Dylan | |
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lilgish said: Open Letter (To A Landlord)
Good one! | |
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lovedad43 said: You have'nt done nothing-Stevie Wonder  | |
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Mississippi Goddamn - Nina Simone
"I ain't about to be nonviolent, honey!"  "London, i've adopted a name that has no pronounciation.... is that cool with you?"
"YEAH!!!" "Yeah, well then fuck those other fools!" | |
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Living for the City - Stevie Wonder
When he goes all crazy at the end "London, i've adopted a name that has no pronounciation.... is that cool with you?"
"YEAH!!!" "Yeah, well then fuck those other fools!" | |
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Lauryn Hill - Mystery Of Iniquity | |
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Not sure if it counts or not since I haven't listened to it in a while, but I've heard Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone described as being a song about class divisions... "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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Across the lines
Who would dare to go Under the bridge Over the tracks That seperates whites from blacks Choose sides Or run for your life Tonight the riots begin On the back streets of America They kill the dream of America Little black girl gets assaulted Ain't no reason why Newspaper prints the story And racist tempers fly Next day it starts a riot Knives and guns are drawn Two black boys get killed One white boy goes blind Little black girl gets assaulted No one know her name Lots of people hurt and angry She's the one to blame Last night I heard the screaming Loud voices behind the wall Another sleepless night for me It won't do no good to call The police Always come late If they come at all And when they arrive They say they can't interfere With domestic affairs Between a man and his wife And as they walk out the door The tears well up in her eyes Last night I heard the screaming Then a silence that chilled my soul I prayed that I was dreaming When I saw the ambulance in the road And the policeman said 'I'm here to keep the peace Will the crowd disperse I think we all could use some sleep' Why do the babies starve When there's enough food to feed the world Why when there're so many of us Are there people still alone Why are the missiles called peace keepers When they're aimed to kill Why is a woman still not safe When she's in her home Love is hate War is peace No is yes And we're all free But somebody's gonna have to answer The time is coming soon Amidst all these questions and contradictions There're some who seek the truth But somebody's gonna have to answer The time is coming soon When the blind remove their blinders And the speechless speak the truth just about any song from this masterpiece -->  | |
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Cinnamon Girl - Prince
Luka - Susana Vega Fast Car - Tracy Chapman Love Is Blind - Eve Today Was a Good Day - Ice Cube Just off the Top of my head.... Now whose flat top rules in '89? - Big Daddy Kane | |
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"gun" & "madison avenue" by gil scott-heron.
two of my jams. "brother man nowadays livin' in the ghetto 
where the danger sho' nuff real well if he's out late at night and he's got his head on right i lay you 9to 5 brother walkin' with steel" | |
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lilgish said: namepeace said: "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," Gil Scott-Heron "The Message," Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five good onesIndeed, indeed.  Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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