Dave East – Don’t Shoot
Dave East is like a window into growing up in New York while black. This Harlem MC is Asking us, “We ain’t safe where we live, this America ain’t it?” the sentiment is one of many lines that hold truth to power, “I guess with this hoodie i’m a murder, i’m just tryin to buy my mom furniture.” echo’s the double standards by state sanctioned oppression, that does so in under the guise of “freedom” and “law and order,” while marginalizing further a marginalized people.