- No matter what we do,
no matter how long that we project all the wrongs
that we've done in life,
at the end of the day we're all God's kids.
And when you got kids, you're sacred.
George Floyd was a sacred man
and one of God's favorites obviously,
as he's looking down shining,
probably cooling with guard right now.
Me and Harry Freud, we've been working on this project,
called Freud Department.
And so Harry,
we need to cook something up
that represents the sign of the times.
We need to do our part
as far as using our platform
to let our voices be heard in more ways than one.
And as the people are mobilizing,
as artists we need to mobilize too,
because our voice is very powerful.
And he was like,
I got something for it,
played that beat automatically
like he had it in a tuck waiting for this special day.
If you follow my music
or follow the history of my art,
I kind of always speak out about injustice.
I kind of always speak about the pain
that we go through from the options that we have,
from coming up in the hood
and things like that.
So I'm just furthering my narrative
and now that everybody is mobilizing at one force,
it just feels good.
I mean, it makes me wanna scream louder.
And I couldn't let the opportunity pass
without me voicing my opinion
on what's going on with my peoples,
with our peoples,
with all of us.
Kaep' took a knee,
but I think it's time to take a stand.
He took a stand by taking a knee 100%
but it's definitely time for us
to really stand up for what we believe in.
We can't achieve what we believe in by kneeling down,
we got to stand up and go for it
and go get it.
We gotta mobilize.
That crooked cop
put his knee on the neck of a sacred man.
It's sad to see that George Floyd had to be a martyr
for such a greater cause.
And it hurts more to know
that his daughter won't grow up without her father
but I do believe that her father will live on forever.
His legacy, his memories,
what he's done for us as a whole,
us as a people.
He has a real legacy to carry.
We still searching for equal rights
in this racist land
that all started when Columbus docked here
to take the land.
They painted the story,
you know, very eloquently to the kids
and story of the pilgrims
and things like that.
And they made it seem
like they made friends with the Indians
and things like that.
And as you get older,
you start to learn more about your history
or your roots
and you understand it wasn't so.
And I'm not a history teacher,
but from the facts of history.
I don't think Columbus came here to strike a deal
and rent some property.
They came here to kind of rape and pillage,
and that's what they did.
And you know,
there's no future without knowing your history
and you always got to kind of put your people up on game.
And for the millennials and the newer generation,
I don't know if they understand the history
like we once did.
I mean, when we were going to school,
it was a little bit different,
I do believe the curriculum
and things like that.
So it's like to highlight on history.
History is always good.
With the spirit of the Haitians,
we take the power or the land back.
This 40 got so much power, man.
I think you should stand back.
Haiti was probably the only country
to fight their oppressors
and take the land back to,
for their own freedom.
And still to this day Haiti is its own entity.
I didn't learn that
through me having so many Haitian friends
and honorary Haitians. And you know what I mean,
so Sac Pa Se all my Haitians.
But I've learned a lot of history
by having a lot of Haitian friends.
And that was one of the most compelling things
that I learned about Haitians.
And you can see that in the people
and how much integrity they have in everything they do,
especially those that came from Haiti
and moved to America.
And how they take opportunity a little bit more
than we take opportunity.
Because they wasn't given nothing at all,
they had to take back everything.
And I cherish all my Haitian friends
and all my Haitian people.
I mean that dearly.
And they know how to cook their ass off.
Their rice with the fish,
the fried snapper
and things like that you dig.
But, you know, it's a whole another story, man.
Shout out to all my Haitians.
Every time you try to dig our way out,
we sink in like a sand trap.
We need more than reparations.
Man, why can't you understand that?
I mean reparations is the least we could get.
They should be happy we're not saying we want revenge.
I mean and I only think with reparations,
we're gonna get back what's owed.
We're all kingdoms.
We'll take that for now,
you know what I mean.
It's a little bit more than 40 acres
and a mule they owe us.
But, you know, we'll take that at the least.
We spell America with three Ks.
We'll show you mass hysteria
like loading up three Ks,
they've been burning presses down on CNN
for the past three days.
That's for every time they see that murder
on social media replays.
When you see the George Floyd tragedy happen over and over
in front of your face,
on your Instagram,
on every feed and things like that,
it just makes you just wanna go crazy.
And I think that's what it did
to the thousands and thousands of people
that protested across the country
and across the world for that matter.
The President tweeted and said,
"when the looting starts",
his exact quote is,
"that's when the shooting starts."
We'll tell that motherfucker,
we already started looting.
If shit get any worse,
we're gonna be ready to start shooting.
Usually presidents are very eloquent
and disciplined in the manner they speak
when it comes to speaking to their people
and they show compassion for the country, above all,
no matter what's going on.
Because that's who they are,
they are the number one guy in this country,
and you know what I mean,
but this is a whole another situation
when it comes to our President that we have now.
And just the tweet itself,
when he said the looting and the shooting,
it just is so striking.
The looting was evident.
That already started happening at that point,
and I don't think that we're gonna tolerate
too much more of them inflicting pain on us
and get any worse.
I do believe we're gonna protect ourselves.
As I pray to the soul of Malcolm and Martin.
Martin Jr. would be happy
for all the troops that was marching.
I guess you could say they both got different ideals,
but trying to achieve the same goal
and as to see the black man flourish
just as much as any other race.
One wanted to do about peace
and the other would do it by any means necessary.
I think we need a little bit both at this time.
And for the fires that they set,
I know it has to feel good
for them to see that the fuel is still lit
as they see so many young individuals
and so many individuals of different color mobilizing
and all marching for one cause.
And was the cause that they've been marching for,
for so many years.
As we look on TV,
It seems like the revolution is starting.
What happened to you saying,
the revolution won't be televised.
I love Chuck D
but we're in a whole new ever truck.
The revolution will be televised.
On the same day they let the rockets shoot to the Martians,
I seen a Somalian girl with a handful of tear gas.
And 2020,
not even half of the year passed.
Elon Musk's rocket was chewing to the Martians at that time.
And it was
No shout out at that,
it just goes to show that,
even in the midst of what we feel is so important,
a world issue,
the world still moves on. We've been going through a lot
since the beginning of the year starting with this COVID
and that spiraling into just madness.
And in the midst of all the madness,
we go through the whole George Floyd tragedy.
And that puts a rage in us
that I haven't seen in all the years of my life.
And we've been riding,
we've been marching.
We've been doing it for so many years,
but this is much different
and I do believe everybody can feel it.
Like, this is way different.
We've been fighting COVID
and everybody gotta wear masks.
So let's all bow our head
'cause we're gonna need some more prayers at mass.
It's a little airy
I'll be able to go inside the bank
with a red bandana over my face
and nobody get nervous to go withdraw money like this.
This is this crazy, man.
But I do encourage everybody to keep wearing a mask
'cause this is a serious thing,
like, this is a for real thing.
And I want my people to pay attention.
And I ain't trying to hate on nobody's operation
and handle your scandal and all of that.
But be safe while you're doing it.
Play the rules at least.
I see is nobody wear a mask anymore.
Like this shit is not for real, man.
At least keep a mask on, man.
You know, I mean like,
I don't know.
I don't know what, I'ma stay away from the bullshit
until it all gets better.
I'm part owner of a marijuana brand doing pretty good.
I was actually in the Forbes.
Forbes magazine, a Forbes article earlier today came out,
pretty big for a kid from Harlem,
that owns a marijuana brand to be in the Forbes.
So you know.