BLACK RAGE

By S-Dot for The S-Dot Files

Being called "angry" when you're Black is oftentimes meant as a condescending stereotype which is intended to lull the militant, misbehaving individual back into submissive control. This is communication a tactic which is used frequently whenever a Black man, woman or children simply refuses to accept an unacceptable condition or their mistreatment passively.

Sound familiar?

While listening to the new unreleased gem by Lauryn Hill "Black Rage" and transcribing its lyrics, I thought long and hard about those who try to silence our voices with threats of physical and socio-economic violence. The barrage of taunts and leering looks of disdain that come when Black people simply want to love Black people...

Being introspective...makes you a sad n*gg*. Expressing indignation...makes you a mad n*gg*. Fighting against injustice...makes you a bad n*gg*. It seems the world wants and expects you to be a glad n*gg*. It's enough to inspire...Black Rage!!!

((( sDOTtv ))) now playing Lauryn Hill “Black Rage (Live)”

BLACK RAGE by LAURYN HILL

I simply remember all these kinds of things

And then I don’t fear so bad…

Black rage is founded on two-thirds a person

Rapings and beatings and suffering that worsens

Black human packages tied up in strings

Black rage is founded on these kinds of things

Black rage is founded on blatant denial

Squeezed economics, subsistent survival

Deafening silence and social control

Black rage is found on wounds in the soul

So when the dogs bite

And when the beatings

And when I’m feeling sad

I simply remember all these kinds of things and then I don’t “fear” so bad

Black rage is founded who fed us self-hatred

Lies and abuse while we waited and waited

Spiritual treason

This grid and it's cages

Black rage was founded on these kinds of things

Black rage is founded on dreaming and draining

Threatening your freedom

To stop your complaining

Poisoning your water

While they say it's raining

Then call you mad

For complaining, complaining

Black rage is founded on blocking the truth

Old time bureaucracy

Drugging the youth

Murder and crime

Compromise and distortion

Sacrifice, sacrifice

Who makes the fortune?

Greed, falsely called progress

Such human contortion

Black rage is founded on these kinds of things

So when the dog bites

And when the ceilings

And I’m feeling mad

I simply remember all these kinds of things

And then I don’t fear so bad

Free enterprise

Is it myth or illusion

Forcing you back into purposed confusion

Black human trafficking

Or blood transfusion

Black rage is founded on these kinds of things

Victims of violence

Both psyche and body

Life out of context IS living ungodly

Politics, politics

Greed falsely called wealth

Black rage is founded on denying of self

Black human packages

Tied and subsistence

Having to justify your very existence

Try if you must

But you can’t have my soul

Black rage is founded (made by) on ungodly control

So when the dog bites

And the beatings

And I’m feeling so sad

I simply remember all these kinds of things

And then I don’t feel so bad

So when the dog bites

And when the ceilings

And I’m feeling mad

I simply remember all these kinds of things

And then I don’t fear so bad