Lupe Fiasco Explains Why MLK Was Assassinated, Do You Agree?

[The Realist Perspective]

Lupe is an idiot.

 

[Monsanto]

MLK was killed for advocating for the equal distribution of wealth and (quasi)reparations for Black people....



Lupe needs to STFU.​

Took the 2nd page to get to this explanation. It just means we don't take the time to really evaluate one of the most fundamental eras in black history.

 

[Rozay Oro]

Lupe is too intelligent to constantly use the term “nikka.” shyt is corny.

dis nikka right here

 

[Phantom Dreamer]

I was a little confused on what he was trying to say during that “f*kk king” portion.

I had to listen to it a few times, and then listen to the actual song, and after reading the replies, I think I heard something different.

What I think he was saying is that people got upset when he included the “f*kk king” in his lyrics. But what he was doing was holding up a mirror, saying that King was advocating for extreme non-violence against our “enemies” i.e white people, yet we had black people in our community who were simultaneously killing other black people with no abandon. He was saying that people got upset because he said “f*kk king” but that’s really what they were doing with their actions, killing other blacks people, and not taking serious his call to extreme non-violence, even against our enemies.

When you listen to the lyrics of the song, I think it becomes more apparent. He’s rapping from the position of black people who are more concerned with materialism, capitalism, drugs, and killing other blacks people, all actions that were the anti-thesis of what King stood for. He was saying that we are the ones who are saying “f*kk King”.

After listening to that portion of the video and listening to the lyrics, I think he actually supports Kings non-violent approach but is saying that many black people actually don’t.

Here is the song.

this is what i took from it too. sounded pretty straight-forward for someone like

 

[Billie Jean]

Why did he become like this? Was he always like this?

 

[invalid]

this is what i took from it too. sounded pretty straight-forward for someone like

And to add to this, I don’t think he was saying that King was “literally” killed because of convincing people not to go to Vietnam, but in general, that his non-violent ideas were so radical that they were a threat to the status quo, and even more, had the potential to disrupt global affairs.

 

[Billy Ocean]

Why did he become like this? Was he always like this?

A pseudo intellectual, smart-dumb nikka? Yea, he always been like that. His corny ass raps are the same way.

 

[Lonj]

I was a little confused on what he was trying to say during that “f*kk king” portion.

I had to listen to it a few times, and then listen to the actual song, and after reading the replies, I think I heard something different.

What I think he was saying is that people got upset when he included the “f*kk king” in his lyrics. But what he was doing was holding up a mirror, saying that King was advocating for extreme non-violence against our “enemies” i.e white people, yet we had black people in our community who were simultaneously killing other black people with no abandon. He was saying that people got upset because he said “f*kk king” but that’s really what they were doing with their actions, killing other blacks people, and not taking serious his call to extreme non-violence, even against our enemies.

When you listen to the lyrics of the song, I think it becomes more apparent. He’s rapping from the position of black people who are more concerned with materialism, capitalism, drugs, and killing other blacks people, all actions that were the anti-thesis of what King stood for. He was saying that we are the ones who are saying “f*kk King”.

After listening to that portion of the video and listening to the lyrics, I think he actually supports Kings non-violent approach but is saying that many black people actually don’t.

Here is the song.



I could be wrong though so I’m interested in other people’s take.

Edit: Here are the lyrics -

Bridge: Lupe Fiasco and (Big KRIT)]
nikka, we ain't lost
This the bytch I'm a boss generation
(For the lost generation)
nikka, we ain't lost
This is xans got me nodding off generation
(For the lost generation)
nikka, we ain't lost
This the puttin' candy in my cough generation
(For the lost generation)
nikka, we ain't lost
You can find me jumping off the porch generation
(For the lost generation)

Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]
For that, KRIT, let's kill these nikkas
You got skills to help build these killers (Killers)
Take the murder rate even higher (Higher)
And take a nikka bytch in the process
Turn the whole thing into a contest
My nikka fukk this mic
We should be fukking with MIC
Military industrial complex
And we can get rich, nikka, fukk showing love
They ain't listening to us
They ain't playing this bytch in the club
So let's get paid, turn these motherfukkers into slaves
School is for lames, man, these nikkas join gangs
fukk Martin Luther King, nikka, fukk change
fukk peace, I want a chain
With Jesus on the end of that bytch like blam!
fukk peace, I want a plane
Fill that bytch with cocaine
And make these bytches move their booties
And help these nikkas make their movies
Talk these nikkas into their graves
And talk these hoes out their Coogies

Nice breakdown. It'll be glossed over in this thread though.

Smart dumb nikka shyt and a perfect example of why he’s become so insufferable. We had a draft during Vietnam. The only people who were escaping it were rich white dudes (like Trump) and Ali. Speaking of Ali, he did way more to galvanize anti-Vietnam sentiments and wasn’t assassinated. Hell they only sat him down for a few years and then he went back to boxing like nothing happened.

MLK was killed for stirring black resentment and being a powerful black leader. Same with Malcolm X, same with the Panthers etc. Once those poor people campaign marches in the south got violent it was obvious King was gonna get taken out.

Ali as influential as he was, wasn't MLK. MLK commanded a respect among black people that we haven't seen again since his passing.

 

[Phantom Dreamer]

And to add to this, I don’t think he was saying that King was “literally” killed because of convincing people not to go to Vietnam, but in general, that his non-violent ideas were so radical that they were a threat to the status quo, and even more, had the potential to disrupt global affairs.

i stopped paying attention when he got to that Vietnam bullshyt, but i agree with the rest of that statement.

 

[get these nets]

I was a little confused on what he was trying to say during that “f*kk king” portion.

I had to listen to it a few times, and then listen to the actual song, and after reading the replies, I think I heard something different.

What I think he was saying is that people got upset when he included the “f*kk king” in his lyrics. But what he was doing was holding up a mirror, saying that King was advocating for extreme non-violence against our “enemies” i.e white people, yet we had black people in our community who were simultaneously killing other black people with no abandon. He was saying that people got upset because he said “f*kk king” but that’s really what they were doing with their actions, killing other blacks people, and not taking serious his call to extreme non-violence, even against our enemies.

When you listen to the lyrics of the song, I think it becomes more apparent. He’s rapping from the position of black people who are more concerned with materialism, capitalism, drugs, and killing other blacks people, all actions that were the anti-thesis of what King stood for. He was saying that we are the ones who are saying “f*kk King”.

After listening to that portion of the video and listening to the lyrics, I think he actually supports Kings non-violent approach but is saying that many black people actually don’t.

Here is the song.



I could be wrong though so I’m interested in other people’s take.

Edit: Here are the lyrics -

Bridge: Lupe Fiasco and (Big KRIT)]
nikka, we ain't lost
This the bytch I'm a boss generation
(For the lost generation)
nikka, we ain't lost
This is xans got me nodding off generation
(For the lost generation)
nikka, we ain't lost
This the puttin' candy in my cough generation
(For the lost generation)
nikka, we ain't lost
You can find me jumping off the porch generation
(For the lost generation)

Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]
For that, KRIT, let's kill these nikkas
You got skills to help build these killers (Killers)
Take the murder rate even higher (Higher)
And take a nikka bytch in the process
Turn the whole thing into a contest
My nikka fukk this mic
We should be fukking with MIC
Military industrial complex
And we can get rich, nikka, fukk showing love
They ain't listening to us
They ain't playing this bytch in the club
So let's get paid, turn these motherfukkers into slaves
School is for lames, man, these nikkas join gangs
fukk Martin Luther King, nikka, fukk change
fukk peace, I want a chain
With Jesus on the end of that bytch like blam!
fukk peace, I want a plane
Fill that bytch with cocaine
And make these bytches move their booties
And help these nikkas make their movies
Talk these nikkas into their graves
And talk these hoes out their Coogies

Thanks for the correction. Was going by his words in the interview.

Disagree with the rest of his takes, but now I understand the lyrics/song that was referenced.

 

[Reflected]

Now play this:

 

[Kendom]

Smart dumb nikka shyt and a perfect example of why he’s become so insufferable. We had a draft during Vietnam. The only people who were escaping it were rich white dudes (like Trump) and Ali. Speaking of Ali, he did way more to galvanize anti-Vietnam sentiments and wasn’t assassinated. Hell they only sat him down for a few years and then he went back to boxing like nothing happened.

MLK was killed for stirring black resentment and being a powerful black leader. Same with Malcolm X, same with the Panthers etc. Once those poor people campaign marches in the south got violent it was obvious King was gonna get taken out.

I thought it was an interesting theory at first but this just destroyed it. People need to stop trying so hard to be contrarians

 

[Reflected]

Smart dumb nikka shyt and a perfect example of why he’s become so insufferable. We had a draft during Vietnam. The only people who were escaping it were rich white dudes (like Trump) and Ali. Speaking of Ali, he did way more to galvanize anti-Vietnam sentiments and wasn’t assassinated. Hell they only sat him down for a few years and then he went back to boxing like nothing happened.

MLK was killed for stirring black resentment and being a powerful black leader. Same with Malcolm X, same with the Panthers etc. Once those poor people campaign marches in the south got violent it was obvious King was gonna get taken out.

The only proper answer.

 

[MikelArteta]

I hate people who talk slick about mlk jr

 

[the cool]

Lupe definitely post on the Coli


Whats good Lupe (if you readin this)

He used to post on sohh