FruitOfTheVale
Superstar
It's been a long week 
I recorded this a week or so before the events of this week but the topic is the same, I dedicated this to Oscar Grant. I was in high school in Oakland at the time of Oscar Grant's death and remember the aftermath of his death very vividly including the riots. It was far from the first time an unarmed black man had been killed by law enforcement in Oakland but it was the first that it was all captured on tape... The anger in Oakland - and especially in/around Fruitvale which is where I lived - was something I'll never forget.
A year after that happened, another rapper from East Oakland named Young Gully dropped a dedication tape to Oscar Grant called Grant Station. I played the fukk out of that tape that year... It was largely slept on even though he was buzzing locally off of a tape he dropped in the same time period (Definition of Gas) but to this day I consider it to be one of the best social justice statements in Hip Hop. When I came up with the concept for this song I immediately thought of getting him on the song. I didHe came through... Although his verse reflects the current events more because he wrote it this week it takes me back to when I used to listen to Grant Station.
At the end of the day though the same bullshyt going on in Tulsa and Charlotte done happened here in Oakland many times as it has all throughout Amerikkka. This is from the heart, the atmosphere in this country is making it harder to breathe every day but I was able to get it off my chest. Let me know if y'all feel this.
I recorded this a week or so before the events of this week but the topic is the same, I dedicated this to Oscar Grant. I was in high school in Oakland at the time of Oscar Grant's death and remember the aftermath of his death very vividly including the riots. It was far from the first time an unarmed black man had been killed by law enforcement in Oakland but it was the first that it was all captured on tape... The anger in Oakland - and especially in/around Fruitvale which is where I lived - was something I'll never forget.A year after that happened, another rapper from East Oakland named Young Gully dropped a dedication tape to Oscar Grant called Grant Station. I played the fukk out of that tape that year... It was largely slept on even though he was buzzing locally off of a tape he dropped in the same time period (Definition of Gas) but to this day I consider it to be one of the best social justice statements in Hip Hop. When I came up with the concept for this song I immediately thought of getting him on the song. I did
He came through... Although his verse reflects the current events more because he wrote it this week it takes me back to when I used to listen to Grant Station.At the end of the day though the same bullshyt going on in Tulsa and Charlotte done happened here in Oakland many times as it has all throughout Amerikkka. This is from the heart, the atmosphere in this country is making it harder to breathe every day but I was able to get it off my chest. Let me know if y'all feel this.
Bout to check this out after I get through this Mick Jenkins
I appreciate that you listened bruh
