Welcome to Musical Moondays, a semi-random community series for sharing melodious creations of our choosing, which may or may not relate to our personal lives and/or society.
Tonight's episode focuses on social justice and equality for all, specifically the treatment of black people after Hurricane Katrina. I'm choosing a catchy mashup that brings me right back to 2005, when Bush was strumming on a country singer's guitar and cutting John McCain's birthday cake instead of mobilizing all federal forces to the aid of the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
There was a live televised Concert for Hurricane Relief, which had some very beautiful and touching performances. I remember feeling tense the whole time though, because everyone was panicking that there was no federal response and you could see the suffering. Kanye West, one of the hosts of the program, was visibly perturbed and finally came out and said on live TV in front of the whole United States:
I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family, it says, 'They're looting.' You see a white family, it says, 'They're looking for food.' And, you know, it's been five days [waiting for federal help] because most of the people are black. And even for me to complain about it, I would be a hypocrite because I've tried to turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before even giving a donation, so now I'm calling my business manager right now to see what is the biggest amount I can give, and just to imagine if I was down there, and those are my people down there. So anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help—with the way America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off, as slow as possible. I mean, the Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already realize a lot of people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way—and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us!
Mike Myers, his co-host, continued on script, but Kanye West went on to say, "George Bush doesn't care about black people".
What follows is the original video of what Kanye said, and then a protest song mash-up using Kanye's "Gold Digger" song as the beat and his controversial quote as the inspiration for the lyrics.
I ain't saying he's a goldigger,
but he ain't messing with no broke niggas
I ain't saying he a goldigger,
but he ain't messing with no broke niggas
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
Hurricane came through, fucked us up round here
Government acting like it's bad luck down here
All I know is that you better bring some trucks round here
Wonder why I got my middle finger up round here
People lives on the line you declining to help
Since you taking so much time we surviving ourself
Just me and my pets, and my kids, and my spouse, trapped
In my own house looking for a way out (pause)
Five days in this motherfucking attic
Can't use the cellphone I keep getting static
Dying 'cause they lying instead of telling us the truth
Other day the helicopters got my neighbors off the roof (off the roof)
Screwed 'cause they say they coming back for us too
That was three days ago, I don't see no rescue
See a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
Since God made the path that I'm trying to walk through
Swam to the store, tryin' to look for food
Corner store's kinda flooded so I broke my way through
I got what I could but before I got through
News say the police shot a black man trying to loot
(Who!?) Don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like 'em
I ain't saying he a goldigger,
but he ain't fucking with no broke niggas
I ain't saying he a goldigger,
but he ain't checking for no broke niggas
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
Five damn days, five long days
And at the end of the fifth he walking in like "Hey!"
Chilling on his vacation sitting patiently
Them black folks gotta hope, gotta wait and see
If FEMA really comes through in an emergency
But nobody seem to have a sense of urgency
Now the mayor's been reduced to crying
I guess Bush said, "Nigga's been used to dying!"
He said, "I know it looks bad, just have to wait"
Forgetting folks who too broke to evacuate
Niggas starving and they dying of thirst
I bet he had to go and check on them refineries first
Making a killing off the price of gas
He would have been up in Conneticut twice as fast
After all that we've been through nothing's changed
You can call Red Cross but the fact remains that...
George Bush ain't a goldigger,
but he ain't fucking with no broke niggas
George Bush ain't a goldigger,
but he ain't fucking with no broke niggas
Come down Bush, c'mon come down
Come down Bush, c'mon come down
Come down Bush, c'mon come down
Come down Bush, c'mon come down
George Bush ain't a goldigger (Hmmn)
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
George Bush don't like black people
Come down George, c'mon come down
Come down George, c'mon come down
Come down George, c'mon come down
Come down George, c'mon come down
(Fade out)
The Legendary K.O. - George Bush Don't Like Black People (Lyrics Source)
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