Action | Hope In Exile

Man to man – Dorian Electra (2018) d1353

By Peter / October 6, 2020 / 2010s, Action, Encouragement, Equity, Hope, Slider

Man to man (man to man), hand to hand (hand to hand)One on one (one on one), friend to friend (friend to friend)Are you man enough to soften up? (soften up)Are you tough enough to open up? (brave enough, open up)Man to manYou gotta let me in

Cleo and 12 problems – Rapsody (2020) d1352

By Peter / October 5, 2020 / 2020s, Action, Anger, Cognitive & Emotional Dissonance, Encouragement, Hope, Justice, Resistance, Slider

We have to be the revolution

Howl at the moon – Indigo Girls (2020) d1351

By Peter / October 4, 2020 / 2020s, Action, Consolation, Encouragement, Equity, Hope, Resistance, Slider

It’ll cost you, but not enough to bring you downThat’s been my lesson, ever since you drove me roundBe a fighter, like the elders who have cried“Oh mercy, we will not satisfied, ’til we are freeTo howl at the moon, one and all

What if we all stopped paying taxes – Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (2004) d1345

By Peter / September 28, 2020 / 2000s, Action, Cognitive & Emotional Dissonance, Equity, Hope, Resistance, Slider

They can’t take nothing from usThat we ain’t ready to giveWell, how can we talk about the price of gasWhen they’re stealin’ our brothers and sisters rights to live?

Fight the power – Public Enemy f. Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, Jahi, YG & QuestLove (2020) d1342

By Peter / September 25, 2020 / 2020s, Action, Anger, Cognitive & Emotional Dissonance, Encouragement, Equity, Good Video, History, Hope, News, Resistance, Slider

You love Black Panther but not Fred HamptonWord to the Howards and the Aggies and the HamptonsThey book us, won’t book us, I’m BookerT. Washington, George killed, for twentyThink about it (Think), that’s two thousand penniesThe value of black life the cost of goin’ to Wendy’sFor a four-quarter burger, ended in murderFight for Breonna and […]

Turntables – Janelle Monáe (2020) d1341

By Peter / September 24, 2020 / 2020s, Action, Cognitive & Emotional Dissonance, Education, Encouragement, Hope, Justice, Resistance, Slider

Hands dirtyMind cleanA different visionWith a new dreamWe kicking out the old regime

This man – Robert Cray Band – (2020) d1340

By Peter / September 23, 2020 / 2020s, Action, Anger, Encouragement, Good Video, Hope, Justice, Resistance, Slider

Who is this man in our house?Who is this man?Better get him outWe’ve got a problemHe’s gotta goHe don’t leaveCan’t live here no moreIf we wanna save our homeWe need to get him out

A message – Tyler Childers (2020) d1339

By Peter / September 22, 2020 / 2020s, Action, Cognitive & Emotional Dissonance, Despair, Encouragement, Good Video, Resistance, Slider, Spoken Word

“If we wouldn’t stand for it, why would we expect another group of Americans to stand for it? Why would we stand silent, or worse, get in the way of it being rectified?”