- Harlem Renaissance
- Immortal Technique
- The 3rd World
- Immortal Technique - Harlem Renaissance
- "Let me welcome both of you
- uh, to the show this morning to talk about what I consider
- to be a very very important topic, uh, the Harlem Renaissance
- But before we get into that..."
- Immortal Technique:
- Yeah, Harlem once was red line district rated (uhh)
- Designated ghetto like the yellow star of David
- And you wonder why, people don't own they homes (why?)
- Cause the racist bank wouldn't fuckin mortgage a loan
- Harlem once was red line district rated (uhh)
- Designated ghetto like the yellow star of David
- And you wonder why, people don't own they homes (why?)
- Cause the racist bank wouldn't fuckin mortgage a loan {WAKE UP!}
- Harlem once was red line district rated (uhh)
- Designated ghetto like the yellow star of David
- And you wonder why, people don't own they homes (why?)
- Cause the racist bank wouldn't fuckin mortgage a loan
- Until after the invasion of, gentrification
- Eminent domain intimidation, that's not negotiation
- And it's frustratin to look at, every day
- Like watchin a porno, on 56-K
- Biohazard labs instead of store rooms
- What's next motherfucker, projects as dorm rooms?
- You ain't fool nobody in this community duke
- With your little fake Manhattanville community group
- Ivy league, real estate firms are corrupt
- I lay siege to your castle like the Moors in Europe
- They treat street vendors like criminal riff-raff
- While politicians get the corporate kickbacks (snakes)
- Chorus: Immortal Technique
- Harlem Renaissance, a revolution betrayed
- Modern day slaves thinkin that the ghetto is saved
- 'Til they start deportin people off the property
- Ethnically cleansin the hood, economically
- They wanna kill the real Harlem Renaissance
- Tryin to put the Virgin Mary through a early menopause
- The savior is a metaphor for how we set it off
- Guerrilla war against the re-zoning predators
- Immortal Technique:
- When I speak about Harlem, I speak to the world
- The little Afghan boy, and the Bosnian girl
- The African in Sudan, the people of Kurdistan
- The third world American, indigenous man
- Palestinians, Washington Heights, Dominicans
- Displaced New Orleans citizens
- Beachfront Brazilian favelas that you livin in
- The hood is prime real estate, they want back in again (fuck outta here)
- I didn't write this to talk shit, I say it because
- some of y'all forgot what the Harlem Renaissance was
- We had revolution, music and artisans
- But the movement was still fucked up like Parkinson's
- Cause while we were givin birth to the culture we love
- Prejudice, kept our own people out of the club
- Only colored celebrities in the party (fake nigga!)
- And left us a legacy of false superiority
- W.E.B. Du Bois versus Marcus Garvey
- And we ended up, sellin out to everybody
- The Dutch {?} and the John Gotti's
- Banksters, modern day gangsters, immobile army
- They wanna move us all out the N.Y.C.
- Like they did to the Jews with the Alhambra decree
- So support your own businesses and do the knowledge
- Cause the real Harlem Renaissance is economic (yeah)
- Chorus: Immortal Technique
- Harlem Renaissance, a revolution betrayed
- Modern day slaves thinkin that the ghetto is saved
- 'Til they start deportin people off the property
- Ethnically cleansin the hood, economically
- They wanna kill the real Harlem Renaissance
- Tryin to put the Virgin Mary through a early menopause
- The savior is a metaphor for how we set it off
- Guerrilla war against the re-zoning predators
- {"Green Lantern... The Evil Genius!"}
- "When they were saying it is the renaissance, of Harlem
- they didn't mean, that we had stake in that
- They meant to say that they could make money out of us"
- "They are coming in with all kind of prejudices
- In Brooklyn they're doing the same thing
- In, um, Queens they're doing the same thing; the Bronx
- There's hardly any place which is affordable
- I mean these people are putting up condominiums
- which start from a million dollars
- How many people in this community make that kind of money?
- How many people have that kind of money?"
- "People of Harlem, they are the natural allies of the oppressed people
- of the world, whether the struggle is in Panama, in Africa, Cuba"
- "We spend money with the wrong people
- We are looking for love, with people who don't love us
- What's wrong with us loving each other
- and making sure that we are protected?"
- End
- Immortal Technique - Harlem Renaissance
- [ti:Harlem Renaissance]
- [ar:Immortal Technique]
- [al:The 3rd World]
- [00:00.02]Immortal Technique - Harlem Renaissance
- [00:00.52]
- [00:02.87]"Let me welcome both of you
- [00:03.47]uh, to the show this morning to talk about what I consider
- [00:05.63]to be a very very important topic, uh, the Harlem Renaissance
- [00:08.71]But before we get into that..."
- [00:10.21]
- [00:10.62]Immortal Technique:
- [00:11.07]Yeah, Harlem once was red line district rated (uhh)
- [00:13.25]Designated ghetto like the yellow star of David
- [00:15.73]And you wonder why, people don't own they homes (why?)
- [00:18.53]Cause the racist bank wouldn't fuckin mortgage a loan
- [00:20.90]Harlem once was red line district rated (uhh)
- [00:23.91]Designated ghetto like the yellow star of David
- [00:26.32]And you wonder why, people don't own they homes (why?)
- [00:28.91]Cause the racist bank wouldn't fuckin mortgage a loan {WAKE UP!}
- [00:31.51]
- [00:31.99]Harlem once was red line district rated (uhh)
- [00:34.43]Designated ghetto like the yellow star of David
- [00:36.92]And you wonder why, people don't own they homes (why?)
- [00:39.70]Cause the racist bank wouldn't fuckin mortgage a loan
- [00:42.09]Until after the invasion of, gentrification
- [00:44.91]Eminent domain intimidation, that's not negotiation
- [00:47.71]And it's frustratin to look at, every day
- [00:50.52]Like watchin a porno, on 56-K
- [00:53.25]Biohazard labs instead of store rooms
- [00:55.75]What's next motherfucker, projects as dorm rooms?
- [00:58.39]You ain't fool nobody in this community duke
- [01:01.17]With your little fake Manhattanville community group
- [01:03.91]Ivy league, real estate firms are corrupt
- [01:06.59]I lay siege to your castle like the Moors in Europe
- [01:09.13]They treat street vendors like criminal riff-raff
- [01:11.52]While politicians get the corporate kickbacks (snakes)
- [01:14.14]
- [01:14.64]Chorus: Immortal Technique
- [01:15.16]Harlem Renaissance, a revolution betrayed
- [01:17.03]Modern day slaves thinkin that the ghetto is saved
- [01:19.57]'Til they start deportin people off the property
- [01:22.07]Ethnically cleansin the hood, economically
- [01:24.65]They wanna kill the real Harlem Renaissance
- [01:27.31]Tryin to put the Virgin Mary through a early menopause
- [01:29.71]The savior is a metaphor for how we set it off
- [01:32.56]Guerrilla war against the re-zoning predators
- [01:35.15]
- [01:35.60]Immortal Technique:
- [01:36.15]When I speak about Harlem, I speak to the world
- [01:38.06]The little Afghan boy, and the Bosnian girl
- [01:40.70]The African in Sudan, the people of Kurdistan
- [01:43.27]The third world American, indigenous man
- [01:46.07]Palestinians, Washington Heights, Dominicans
- [01:49.17]Displaced New Orleans citizens
- [01:50.80]Beachfront Brazilian favelas that you livin in
- [01:53.51]The hood is prime real estate, they want back in again (fuck outta here)
- [01:56.99]I didn't write this to talk shit, I say it because
- [01:59.23]some of y'all forgot what the Harlem Renaissance was
- [02:01.95]We had revolution, music and artisans
- [02:04.33]But the movement was still fucked up like Parkinson's
- [02:06.89]Cause while we were givin birth to the culture we love
- [02:09.65]Prejudice, kept our own people out of the club
- [02:12.31]Only colored celebrities in the party (fake nigga!)
- [02:15.28]And left us a legacy of false superiority
- [02:17.36]W.E.B. Du Bois versus Marcus Garvey
- [02:20.23]And we ended up, sellin out to everybody
- [02:22.51]The Dutch {?} and the John Gotti's
- [02:25.27]Banksters, modern day gangsters, immobile army
- [02:28.13]They wanna move us all out the N.Y.C.
- [02:30.23]Like they did to the Jews with the Alhambra decree
- [02:33.10]So support your own businesses and do the knowledge
- [02:35.80]Cause the real Harlem Renaissance is economic (yeah)
- [02:38.58]
- [02:39.08]Chorus: Immortal Technique
- [02:39.61]Harlem Renaissance, a revolution betrayed
- [02:41.48]Modern day slaves thinkin that the ghetto is saved
- [02:44.05]'Til they start deportin people off the property
- [02:46.58]Ethnically cleansin the hood, economically
- [02:49.14]They wanna kill the real Harlem Renaissance
- [02:52.08]Tryin to put the Virgin Mary through a early menopause
- [02:54.64]The savior is a metaphor for how we set it off
- [02:57.12]Guerrilla war against the re-zoning predators
- [02:59.82]
- [03:00.51]{"Green Lantern... The Evil Genius!"}
- [03:01.40]
- [03:02.12]"When they were saying it is the renaissance, of Harlem
- [03:05.11]they didn't mean, that we had stake in that
- [03:09.22]They meant to say that they could make money out of us"
- [03:13.56]
- [03:15.00]"They are coming in with all kind of prejudices
- [03:17.74]In Brooklyn they're doing the same thing
- [03:20.28]In, um, Queens they're doing the same thing; the Bronx
- [03:24.79]There's hardly any place which is affordable
- [03:28.28]I mean these people are putting up condominiums
- [03:30.72]which start from a million dollars
- [03:32.43]How many people in this community make that kind of money?
- [03:36.71]How many people have that kind of money?"
- [03:39.49]
- [03:40.37]"People of Harlem, they are the natural allies of the oppressed people
- [03:46.06]of the world, whether the struggle is in Panama, in Africa, Cuba"
- [03:52.63]
- [03:53.59]"We spend money with the wrong people
- [03:55.91]We are looking for love, with people who don't love us
- [03:58.99]What's wrong with us loving each other
- [04:01.28]and making sure that we are protected?"
- [04:02.97]
- [04:03.55]End
- [04:04.01]
- [04:04.02]Immortal Technique - Harlem Renaissance
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