Kanye West is on to something……
He knows how to spark controversy and last night was NO EXCEPTION! Kanye premiered the video for his new track titled, “New Slaves” on 66 buildings in 6 countries around the world including USA, Canada, France, UK, Germany & Australia.
“New Slaves” is a powerful and meaningful track! The new track gives allot of insight on how slavery is NOT non-existent as most people like to think…but explains it has evolved in the world today! Kanye gives his take on ‘modern day slavery’ — artists becoming slaves to corporations for the almighty dollar, people becoming slaves to materialistic things and weak-minded individuals becoming slaves to what society has deemed acceptable versus treading their own lane.
He also references the CCA, an organization that manages over 60 private prisons, teaming up with the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) which makes for no coincidence that black men are the most incarcerated group in America.
Global Grind’s Michael Skolnik says of the lyrics, “Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) owns the most amount of private prisons in USA. There are more black men in prison, jail, on probation or parole now than there were slaves in 1850.”
This is what music is….a true art and freedom to express yourself and talk about the social issues that we face today!! We need more tracks like this that spark controversy and get people to thinking.
Do you think this song will effect his sales on the charts?!
Leave us your comments below and check out footage of Kanye’s video being projected off of the 5th Avenue Prada store and the lyrics below:
Lyrics courtesy of Rap Genius
My Momma was raised in an era when,
Clean water was only served to the fairer skin.
Doin clothes you would have thought I had help
I wouldn’t be satisfied unless I picked the cotton myself.
You see its broke n-gga racing
That’s that don’t touch anything in the store
Like this rich n-gga racing
That’s that come here please buy more
What you want a Bentley, fur coat and diamond chain?
All you blacks want all the same things
Used to only be n-ggas now everybody play me
Spending everything on that Alexander Wang
New Slaves
[Hook x2]
You see it’s leaders and it’s followers
But I’d rather be a dick than a swallower
[Verse 2]
I throw these Maybach keys
I wear my heart on my sleeve
I know that we the new slaves
I see the blood on the leaves
I see the blood on the leaves
I see the blood on the leaves
I know that we the new slaves
I see the blood on the leaves
They throwing hate at me
Want me to stay at ease
F-ck you and your corporation
Y’all n-ggas can’t control me
I know that we the new slaves
I know that we the new slaves
I’m about to wild the f-ck out
I’m going Bobby Boucher
I know that p-ssy ain’t free
You n-ggas p-ssy, ain’t me
Y’all throwing contracts at me
You know that n-ggas can’t read
Throw on some Maybach keys
F-ck it, c’est la vie
I know that we the new slaves
Y’all n-ggas can’t f-ck with me
Y’all n-ggas can’t f-ck with Ye
Y’all n-ggas can’t f-ck with Ye
I’ll move my family out the country
So you can’t see where I stay
So go and grab the reporters
So I can smash their recorders
Say that Confucius was some bullsh-t like the New World Order
Meanwhile the DEA
Teamed up with the CCA
They tryna lock n-ggas up
They tryna make new slaves
See that’s that private owned prison
Get your piece today
Prolly all in the Hamptons
Braggin’ ’bout their maid
F-ck you and your Hampton house
I’ll f-ck your Hampton spouse
Came on her Hampton blouse
And in her Hampton mouth
Y’all ’bout to turn sh-t up
I’m ’bout to tear sh-t down
I’m ’bout to air sh-t out
Now what the f-ck they gon’ say now?
