Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays – Esthero & Goodie Mob – “The World I Know [Country Livin’ Version]”

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Big Gipp, Blue Lines, Breath From Another, Cee Lo, Cee-Lo Green, Esthero, Goodie Mob, Hip-Hop Quotable Wednesdays, Key Yemaya Walker, Slam, T-Mo

Remix from the 1998 film Slam. The original was used in the movie, the remix appeared on the soundtrack. I think that hearing the the small portion of the song in the movie led to me purchasing one of the best albums ever made Esthero’s “Breath From Another.”

[Esthero]
The world I know.. is a world too slow
Don’t move fast enough.. keep your head low
The world I know.. is a world much too slow!
Can’t move fast enough chi-ild
You better stay on the low child!

[T-Mo]
Uhh, my eyes are a glare
Uhh, I’m lookin up at this world from a stare
and really don’t know which way I’ma turn
I could get burned upon contact
I’m makin a bad decision, to get my pockets fattened one day
Support the very thang, that supported me, my family
Gave me love, yes we struggle, and some do hustle
And forced to fly knuckle, for a better future in this game
Do yours thang, get yours cheese, and work to be free

Blue Lines Blog: This Day In American History – Born W. E. B. Du Bois

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Blue Lines, Blue Lines Blog, Key Yemaya Walker, This Day In American History, W. E. B. Du Bois

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an intellectual leader in the United States as sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Biographer David Levering Lewis wrote, “In the course of his long, turbulent career, W. E. B. Du Bois attempted virtually every possible solution to the problem of twentieth-century racism—scholarship, propaganda, integration, national self-determination, human rights, cultural and economic separatism, politics, international communism, expatriation, third world solidarity.”

The manuscript Blue Lines is the fictional coming of age narrative of a young California woman Key Yemaya Walker, and her 2 year growing journey through school, love, and life period piece, written by Kenneth Suffern, Jr., taking place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between the years of 1997 – 1998. Loosely based on true events, and experiences during that time, told through the eyes and voice of the main female protagonist, a freshman first attending the school.