“We cannot continually barricade ourselves under some falsified idea of race, because our idea of blackness and race is simply reactionary. Africans didnt walk around Africa being black and proud, they walked around proud.” IdeasBlackWalksRaceProudBlacknessReactionariesBarricades Author:Saul Williams
“When I wake up in the morning, the first things that I see are the clouds. They're right there. I look out my window now and there's always, always a black bird of some sort on the ledge there. Usually I wake up and look at the birds.” FirstsLooksBlackMorningBirdWindowWake UpCloudsLedges Author:Saul Williams
“I remember back in the day when Chuck D called hip-hop the "black people's CNN." Well now, hip-hop is more like Fox News. It's biased, and highly suspect.” PeopleWellsRememberBlackNewsHip HopHipsHopsSuspectsBlack PeopleFoxesChuckBiasedCnnFox NewsBack In The Day Author:Saul Williams
“Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.” LooksIdeasAbleBlackInfluenceEventsCriticismCurrentsRapRapperAspireGhettoEsotericCurrent EventsOld IdeasContainmentBlack Ghetto Author:Saul Williams
