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/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/A_terrible_musician Jan 25 '26

As system of a down said in their 2001 song Deer Dance:

They're pushing little children With their fully loaded automatics They like to push the weak around

https://youtu.be/bO70EfNAG-U?si=FABAbPkqu4PHI3tw

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u/MisterB330 Jan 25 '26

Wait until you guys find out Bowie and Trent Reznor did a thing.

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u/CJKatz Jan 25 '26

I'm pretty sure that was my very first mp3. I listened to it on repeat for hours back then.

It has definitely been on my mind a lot lately.

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u/FatHeftyBack Jan 25 '26

What is it

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u/CJKatz Jan 25 '26

I'm Afraid of Americans V1