Street Disciples, Ep 5: We Gon’ Be Alright

Into America

Trymaine Lee, MS NOW

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🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In part five “Street Disciples,” how hip-hop could wield its power in America over the next 50 years. And, a love letter to hip-hop.

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0:00.0	Heads up. This episode contains a profanity.
0:05.0	It's been nearly 40 years since the police killing of Michael Stewart in New York City,
0:19.0	and nearly a decade since another cop killed Michael
0:22.0	Brown Jr. in Ferguson, and just three years since George Floyd was murdered by police in
0:28.4	Minneapolis. Their names, these moments, have been seared into our collective memories.
0:35.5	They've given us a before and an after.
0:39.3	The before feels long gone, but the after, we're still living it.
0:44.3	No shoot!
0:45.3	No shoot!
0:46.3	No shoot!
0:47.3	No peace!
0:49.3	No reason!
0:52.3	No justice!
0:53.3	No justice! No we! no reason no justice
0:54.4	no reason
0:56.8	there's a new rhythm
0:59.9	a new sound
1:01.1	new lyrics to capture
1:02.7	the anger in our fists
1:04.4	and the hope in our open palms
1:07.0	reaching for something more
1:09.3	there are new songs to help us calibrate the world or escape it.
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