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No Place For Minorities

from Inspired: By True Events by adVerSity

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I'm born and raised in Arizona and I love my home state, but I can't ignore the fact that its involved in a lot of racially motivated discussions. Dating back to recognizing Martin Luther King day as a holiday and more recently with the SB1070 bill, Arizona is constantly in national news for all the wrong reasons. I was driving down the street one day listening to a talk radio show that originates from Arizona and I heard a conversation about why the Fore Fathers had every right to recognize slaves as only 3/5ths of a man. As he went on explaining why I got filled with all types of emotions. Only in Arizona could someone get away with a statement like that and it not cause a problem. I was pissed and headed right to the studio to vent.

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Hook:
I love my city but not the ones in charge
Say they here to help, but they really frauds, my god
No more ignoring thee
Fact, Arizona's no place for minorities

Verse One:
Arizona's natives put ya hands up
It's time to fight back, time to stand up
A generation lost in this nation
And my homestate overrun by racist
See they hate this, reoccurring statement
But we gotta address it, face it
It's ugly truth that needs a facelift
These city streets aint bittersweet but tasteless
Chicano's pulled over asked for papers
But don't talk back, they'll taze ya
Pull you out an mace ya, all over ya brown skin playa
But us blacks got it just as bad, don't wear the wrong color, you get the gang tag
Find you in ya local Circle K, Slammer Mag
Hot damn, when did it get this bad

Hook:
I love my city but not the ones in charge
Say they here to help, but they really frauds, my god
Ain't no more ignoring me
Arizona's no place for minorities

Verse Two:
Sheriff Joe likes his inmates in pink underwear
He has this hatred deep down, must be unaware
Why he hates us for our skin color?
If we all God's Children, wouldn't that make us brothers?
Just the thought probably make'em sick
Thinking he the real native American so he put up tents
Serve rotten food, and spoiled milk
But some of these cats in jail realer then these politics
Jan Brewer passed SB1070, We've been criticized heavily
That aint my thought process, see I come from the projects
Where a dollar and a dream is all you got in this market
Sitting on the park bench, readin the news of dead bodies in the desert, blamed on illegals, but they found no evidence of this, what is wrong with these people
I shall see no, hear no, speak no evil

Hook:
I love my city but not the ones in charge
Say they here to help, but they really frauds, my god
Ain't no more ignoring me
Arizona's no place for minorities

Verse Three:
This goes out to the nation, media outlets and radio stations, local and national publications, what's with these political statements,
I thank Barack for the hope he instilled in my heart, but shed some light on this, man we still in the dark
He paved the way for us too, like Noah's Ark
Now the Tea Party steady trying to tear him apart
They try to bring it back to the Founding Fathers
So I can be 3/5's of a man and make it even harder
I got nowhere near as bad as my ancestors
But racism alive, can you feel the pressure
Glenn Beck said Barack looking for reparations
I won't even dignfey that with a statement
Hear him spew hate everyday on ****
Guess the jokes on us minorites, hardy har...

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from Inspired: By True Events, released November 8, 2011
Produced by AT Dubb

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adVerSity Phoenix, Arizona

adVerSity is an underground Hip-Hop artist from South Phoenix, Arizona, an audio engineer and founder of Phx Rising Records, LLC. His goal is to produce creative works to inspire and connect with people who have walked down similar paths in life.
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