The rapper/singer just dropped “Get Up” - which opens with a snippet from a Malcolm X speech on oppression - with the dark video part of Pain’s aim of inspiring others to take a stand an make a difference.
Key lyrics: “As a rich black man living in this country, it’s hard being comfy/ When the hate your people get is coming from the ones amongst me/ Used to call us ‘monkeys’ and ‘slaves’ and we overcame/ Still our work is just beginning, protests look like parades.” rapper speaks openly about Floyd and 99 other black people killed by police on the spoken-word track “Blacklist.” Key lyrics: “Been tired, f–k cardboard signs, we in the field/ It’s the Ku Klux cops, they on a mission/ It’s the Ku Klux cops, got hidden agendas/ It’s the truth, I won’t stop/ Open cases, police already hate me, why not/ Make your rich-a– city look like trash (Look like trash)/ To whoever make the rules, we need answers fast.”
It’s intercut with footage from BLM and anti-police violence protests around the nation. In the epic black-and-white video for the “FTP” clip, YG took to the streets of Hollywood to film during a rally honoring victims of police brutality. Key lyrics: “I can’t breathe/ You’re taking my life from me/ I can’t breathe/ Will anyone fight for me?” The enigmatic Grammy-winning singer debuted the moving new song “I Can’t Breathe” June 10, with a chorus inspired by Floyd’s last plea as a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes. Key lyrics: “When they gon’ stop killin’ n-as, man? Enough is enough/ Why they lock up all the real ones man? Enough is enough/…Man, that s–t ain’t right, I know my rights, enough is enough/ I can’t sit back, let ’em take my life, enough is enough.” The Three Six Mafia MC channeled a lot of “Hella F–kin’ Trauma” for his latest protest-fueled anthem, which he posted on SoundCloud June 7.
Key lyrics: “Cops wanna pull me over, embarrass me/ Abusin’ power, you never knew me thought I was arrogant/ As a juvenile, police pulled they guns like they scared of me.” 1 hit “Rockstar” with references to the recent protests inspired by Floyd’s killing. The rapper dropped a Black Lives Matter remix of his No. Lil Baby Drops Potent Message About Black Lives Matter Protests With 'The Bigger Picture' Video
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