Slavery was a choice, Kanye really?
The definition of choice is “An act of choosing between two or more possibilities.” When they kidnapped us from Africa and put us into those ships we were never asked if we wanted to
Only options we had left were death or do what they tell you to do
And death from an economical standpoint is not the best option because it means loss of an asset, so what you do is embed fear
The fear of going against the tyranny oppressing you
And you do that by setting examples, the most famous of which was the whip, and you’re telling it was our choice to be on the receiving end of that tip? Kanye really? And fear was just step on, because to completely control us they had to strip us of our humanity
And they did that by twisting how we saw reality
Took away our religion and forced us to adhere to theirs
Systematically enforcing this idea that our skin defines our worth
Light close, dark far, they did this to the point that we found ourselves in a country without knowing who we are
Do you know how easy it is to manipulate a group who isn’t aware of itself, and we tried to run away from the torture and rape
But the police would catch us and bring us back to the same place
Hang a pregnant woman from a tree cut open her belly and stomp on the baby that fell from her, tell me Kanye was that her choice?
Those willie lynch letters were more effective that you seem to know
DISTRUST IS STRONGER THAN TRUST AND ENVY STRONGER THAN ADULATION, RESPECT OR ADMIRATION, that’s what they etched into the souls of slaves, with slave owners having a mindstate saying it is NECESSARY THAT YOUR SLAVES TRUST AND DEPEND ON US. THEY MUST LOVE, RESPECT AND TRUST ONLY US. They spent years refining that idea to the point it still rings true today
We had our manhood cut off for being with the wrong woman
We had our teeth broke in for trying to eat at the wrong place
We hung from trees for walking into the wrong city
No tools for self sustainability, no wealth let alone money
No place to run home to, trained to distrust everything around you
