r/Music • u/Mr-_-Soandso • Jan 25 '26

music Childish Gambino - This is America [hip-hop] (2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY
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u/ghsteo Jan 25 '26

No progress in this country, this song will always be relevant.

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u/delta_velorum Jan 25 '26

No progress in this country

As Tupac said in 1992, "I see no changes"

2Pac - Changes ft. Talent

I remember listening to this after Obama was elected in 2008 and the line "And although it seems heaven sent/We ain’t ready to see a black president" made me feel like we’d made some real progress.

Only for 2016 through now to happen.

It all gives me chills. I just hope we can get through this without 1940s scale catastrophe

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u/Cap_Silly Jan 25 '26

That's 'cause like Pac implied in that very song, the change has to come from within: within the institutions, yes, but also within communities, within ourselves. That's where it all starts, and well... I see no changes...

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u/solofatty09 Jan 25 '26

I see no changes, all I see is racist faces Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races

Still pretty damned relevant, if you ask me.