So what is the solution? Clearly, Obama is not. He's appointing the old guard from the Bush and Clinton administrations, while flip-flopping on important issues like: ending the war, putting an end to secret torture camps, and ending the Cuba embargo. Some of the top Obama flip-flips are listed on the Washington Post. Not to mention that change.gov was calling for private youth brigades for an environmental stazi, the likes of which has never been seen in history.
If anyone has enough cred to challenge Obama's leadership, Kris would be that man. He's sold tens of millions of albums, and remains a true voice from the streets. Raised up in the Bronx, he got his GED and produced his first album while living at a Franklin Avenue Armory Shelter. KRS-One is the streets, but he doesn't talk dirt and slang like typical big label rappers, as his message is deeper: a political and revolutionary message for the oppressed everyman.
Known by some as "The Teacha," Kris is not afraid to go to public demonstrations about 9/11 Truth, doing public benefits for first responders, and fight street crime by giving a message to the people that violence is wrong and trash-talking isn't the way to achieve fame. Having lost his rap co-founder to murder, Kris has felt the heavy burden of wanting to help rid his country of this problem of gang wars and tragic death. Clearly, he is a prime example of success from rags to riches, who, without help of the major labels, has established a respectable presence in the rap and mixtape scene.
In an editorial written for AllHipHop.com, KRS-One states: "Sony, RCA or BMG, Universal, the radio stations, Clear Channel, Viacom with BET and MTV, those are our oppressors, those are the people that we're trying to overcome in hiphop everyday, this is a daily thing." Kris Parker knows that racial division and segregation only further hate and harm in society, and his solution is to unite under cause and purpose, not color. As the late, great Martin Luther King Jr. once stated, "Judge a man not by the color of his skin but the content of his character."
Have we been so trite, so low to vote for the first Afro-American president purely on the basis that he is black? Let's face it, most of his voters were white, as the Afro-American population of America is roughly 12%. For the most part, a lot of the white Obama voters were just against the lame duck McCain, who on death's doorstep already couldn't get even most of the hardliner war supporters out to vote. And there is a sense of guilt endowed on the white population, that makes us feel we should vote for Obama, purely on his color. But is that what Mr. King called for? No! Why didn't you vote in Cynthia McKinney, an honest, non-internationalist, patriotic congresswoman? Obama is nothing more than a one-term state senator, with very little behind his belt except false promises and serious citizenship issues.
I encourage you, the questioning reader, to listen to Alex Jones Friday Show that featured KRS-One as a guest. On it, Kris pours out his heart to the audience and encourages people to stand up for the right kind of change, the change that we all want.
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