Big Boi "Something's Gotta Give" Video

I ain't watched the video yet, but I cain't figure out why there are Black folks standin in front of the american flag like it's our flag.

Or like they stand for "the american way" or something.

It seems like in august 2008, we are still begging for acceptance.

Let's see the video...
maybe they'll prove me wrong.

oh, yeah and all you poli-sci buffs, too,

somebody tell me when an american president completely steered this country in a different direction?

-Black People

Black People

You see that last time I checked, that flag is Our flag. Many Black Americans have died for this country. Our people made this country what it is today, and what it will be in the future.

I do completely understand that there have been and still remains many injustices for us. With the attitude that you seem to have against a country that you live in, you're only contributing to the problem.

So, since you feel so negative about the U.S., how about you go to the Sudan, the Congo, or even some countries in Europe and see how many injustices you will face (without ANY vocal opinion)?

Black People

You see that last time I checked, that flag is Our flag. Many Black Americans have died for this country. Our people made this country what it is today, and what it will be in the future.

I do completely understand that there have been and still remains many injustices for us. With the attitude that you seem to have against a country that you live in, you're only contributing to the problem.

So, since you feel so negative about the U.S., how about you go to the Sudan, the Congo, or even some countries in Europe and see how many injustices you will face (without ANY vocal opinion)?

ahhhhhhhhhhhh.

smell lat?

nuntin like the smell of internet beef/debates on a sunday mornin.

you jump from one point to another.
so lemme just handle one piece at a time, okay?

the whole "Blacks built this country and it's as much as our country as anyone elses" bulljive.

recognize something:

say you own, uh, let's say a fictional entitity called americoncorp.

big corporation.
fly lil jets and all that.
publicly traded.
9 year olds slaving in 3rd world countries.
you know, just the basics.

now boom, when you and the chairman of the board meet at the penthouse for whatever do you guys invite the janitor?

the mailroom clerk?

the security gaurd?

oh, you don't??

but didn't they help "build" your company?
why are they not included in the real decisions and decision making process?

you gotta be honest about our role in this country if you ever wanna get something substantial for people of color.

you gotta recognize that we were the cogs in THIER big plan.

we were not the planners or the builders.

we were the help.

understand and recognize that.

when I see black folks standin in front of the american flag it's like watchin a janitor sittin in a bar declarin that americoncorp is his company.

and his dumb ass got fired like 3 years ago.

there's a lot more where that came from.

-Black People

Maybe ya'll forgot what being black in america is about, Claiming what's rightfully ours. This country was taken over and directed in the interest of its most powerful individuals. It's about time we started recognizing our power and exercising it.
Ain't nothing been accomplished by people compliain about who did what and how they don't belong. Where do you stand on this conflict that your already apart of?
Telling people what ain't yours or claiming what should be?
I know more that anybody about the history of this country and the people that made it what it is today whether they be good or bad. But history ain't about yesterday all the time, we make history right now. But all the so called revolutionaries cry and complain and do nothing but talk because of yesterdays history.
If ya'll watched the video ya'll would see that this is a effort from real move makers and true revolutionaries to inspire the effort of change. So far i've read blogs from what sounds like angry black men, lets see some action from real ones.
B-Mental

Maybe ya'll forgot what being black in america is about, Claiming what's rightfully ours. This country was taken over and directed in the interest of its most powerful individuals. It's about time we started recognizing our power and exercising it.
Ain't nothing been accomplished by people compliain about who did what and how they don't belong. Where do you stand on this conflict that your already apart of?
Telling people what ain't yours or claiming what should be?
I know more that anybody about the history of this country and the people that made it what it is today whether they be good or bad. But history ain't about yesterday all the time, we make history right now. But all the so called revolutionaries cry and complain and do nothing but talk because of yesterdays history.
If ya'll watched the video ya'll would see that this is a effort from real move makers and true revolutionaries to inspire the effort of change. So far i've read blogs from what sounds like angry black men, lets see some action from real ones.
B-Mental

Maybe ya'll forgot what being black in america is about, Claiming what's rightfully ours. This country was taken over and directed in the interest of its most powerful individuals. It's about time we started recognizing our power and exercising it.
Ain't nothing been accomplished by people compliain about who did what and how they don't belong. Where do you stand on this conflict that your already apart of?
Telling people what ain't yours or claiming what should be?
I know more that anybody about the history of this country and the people that made it what it is today whether they be good or bad. But history ain't about yesterday all the time, we make history right now. But all the so called revolutionaries cry and complain and do nothing but talk because of yesterdays history.
If ya'll watched the video ya'll would see that this is a effort from real move makers and true revolutionaries to inspire the effort of change. So far i've read blogs from what sounds like angry black men, lets see some action from real ones.
B-Mental

OK the asshole that wrote about black people begging for acceptance give it a fucking rest.

Get over it many proud black men and women died to help fight for this country!!! Stop crying racism at the drop of a hat. It is people like you who give the race a bad name!!!

Be proud to be in american or go back to Africa if you were ever there to step on the soil.