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Three faces like his, the rest another story The Game (Ft. 2 Chainz, Curren$y, Diddy, DJ Khaled, Fabolous, King Pharaoh, Problem, Rick Ross, Swizz Beatz, TGT, Wale & Yo Gotti) – Don't Shoot
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Darren Wilson (the police officer who murdered Michael Brown), is facing a jury that is 75% white, made up of one black man, two black women, six white men, and three white women
This lopsided jury makes it unlikely that justice will be served in such a racially heated case
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While the people are peacefully protesting and praying for the loss of Michael Brown, police are brandishing their weapons and treating the crowds as if they were rioting
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Michael Brown had surrendered and put his hands in the sky, but was still left dead on the road after Officer Darren Wilson murdered him
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This is a reference to Martin Luther King Jr.’s legendary speech from his March on Washington, which included the famous lines:
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“Driving while black” is a phrase used to African Americans getting racially profiled and pulled over by the police for no real reason other than their skin color.
Jay Z most famously outlined this scenario in 99 Problems:
“Son do you know why I’m stopping you for”
Cause I’m young and I’m black and my hat’s real low
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This line line has a double meaning centered around the phrase “holy ghost”:
- His Rolls Royce Ghost getting shot and littered with bullet holes
- Dying and becoming a ghost after being shot, alluding to seeing the Holy Ghost (of the Christian Trinity) in heaven.
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The police response to the peaceful protest of the people of Ferguson has been unnecessarily forceful, with innocent people being tear gassed, journalists being threatened with guns, and even tank-like Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, or MRAPs rolling down the streets
My only question is, what we doing for the loss
Of Mike Brown? The Game (Ft. 2 Chainz, Curren$y, Diddy, DJ Khaled, Fabolous, King Pharaoh, Problem, Rick Ross, Swizz Beatz, TGT, Wale & Yo Gotti) – Don't Shoot
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Fab is calling out the recent public infatuation with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which has been done by seemingly every celebrity from Bill Gates to Katy Perry to Cristiano Ronaldo.
Though the Ice Bucket challenge is for a great cause, Fabo questions whether it should be drawing attention away from the situation in Ferguson, Missouri caused by the shooting of 18 year-old Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson.
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Historically, the middle and upper economic classes have looked down upon the lower class inner city residents due to high unemployment and murder rates in their slums of the cities despite not having an understanding of the hardships that come along with living in these areas.
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