Speaker 0 00:00:00 And stuff. This is really angry. Like, don't you think you said enough? Huh? Well that's freaking tough cause I'm being loud and the people are not playing with you now. Yeah. You can burn a whole thing down. Yes. Yeah. I don't care if you are uncomfortable. We can burn a whole thing down. You can burn a whole thing down. Couldn't care about another zone. You can burn a whole thing down. Burn down. Y'all don't really care about a brother until we burn our whole thing down. Burn down, down. Yeah. We about to go to work. Yeah, we about to let it
Speaker 1 00:00:32 Burn. No, come on. The Youngs what I'm focused on. I'm so old. Then go then. I ain't know you was talking about Pokemon, huh? But I'm more like me and nerdy next to a burndown system with a candle of gas and a handful of matches and know we ain't miss some famous, not my mission ladies be so here watching all the leaders leading banking Nona Minions. But we taught you enough to take us and we give into survivors city liars, making black people compliant. Coon Rapids. Who are you asking? I'm proof crew. Survive the boomba trick, bro. Ethics got me laughing at your message. And in Black Lives Matter, you would not get so defensive. We got cops and deeds and robberies and gas light us. We are not the same. We on the scene, we pass typing cuz y'all don't care about us. And we ain't come to ask. We just mind our business in and people be so sucking mad. So pass the gun and mask and pass the athe. Nu Y'all can really kill us for anything. Y'all just bend the laws the same performance art, the same performative saving the racist head of normative. You can burn,
Speaker 0 00:01:31 Burn the the
Speaker 1 00:01:31 Whole thing
Speaker 0 00:01:32 Down. Yeah, you can burn it all. I don't care if y'all uncomfortable. We can burn whole thing down. You can burn it, burn it, burn it down. Couldn't care about it. Not zone. You can burn a down. Y'all don't really care, brother. Until we burn our down. Yeah, we, yeah, we
Speaker 3 00:02:20 Views from the ground, views from the damn, the damn ground views from the ground, from views,
Speaker 1 00:02:24 From the damn
Speaker 3 00:02:25 Ground views from the ground views from the damn ground. And that's on that, on that, on that. All right.
Speaker 4 00:02:32 All right. Um, hello everyone. My name is Jalen. I use she, her pronouns. Happy to be here.
Speaker 1 00:02:37 What's
Speaker 5 00:02:38 Up y'all? My name is Brandon. I use he, him pronouns.
Speaker 3 00:02:41 And my name is DJ and I use they, him pronouns.
Speaker 6 00:02:46 And my name is, oh, you wanna say? Okay,
Speaker 4 00:02:49 <laugh>.
Speaker 6 00:02:49 Introducing my name is James. I use he him pronouns and I'm an intern here and everything. Um, and they just wanted to have me on the show for a little bit, so, yeah.
Speaker 3 00:02:57 Yeah. So, um, this week we're gonna start off, this is, uh, James, Ross Glover. And um, how about you go ahead and tell them how old you are?
Speaker 6 00:03:08 Well, I'm 13. I mean, no, I'm 14. No, sorry, my birthday was a little before this, so I'm 14 now. You
Speaker 4 00:03:14 14 <laugh> belated birthday.
Speaker 3 00:03:16 Yes. And your, your birthday was actually last Friday on the, on the 24th. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. So happy belated birthday.
Speaker 6 00:03:24 Thank you. Thank you.
Speaker 3 00:03:26 Birthday. Yes.
Speaker 4 00:03:27 Happy to celebrate. Exciting.
Speaker 6 00:03:32 Can't
Speaker 3 00:03:32 Say that with me. Um, yeah, and it's just great to have you on. Um, a lot of people, um, might not know, but James is actually, um, views from the ground intern, so, and he's, um, that's
Speaker 4 00:03:47 How official we are, y'all. We got interns,
Speaker 3 00:03:49 <laugh>, and so, and, and, and James has really been doing a lot of amazing work with our social media, getting us a Facebook page and an Instagram uploading on tos on the daily and just getting a lot of views. Um, so if you definitely type in views from the ground on any of those platforms, uh, we'll show up and you'll be able to see. Um, James. And so, so this is your se uh, this is your seventh show with us. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. So have you liked being view on views from the ground?
Speaker 6 00:04:19 I like
Speaker 4 00:04:19 It. Sorry,
Speaker 6 00:04:21 <laugh>. I like it a lot. I think it's definitely a learning experience. And also, well, I know you and I, well, I knew Brandon for a little bit, but I didn't know Jalen, but know, um, lemme get to the actual point here. It's fine, <laugh>. But, um, I think it's really nice just, you know, meeting new people, just talking with friends, you know, when you usually get an internship, it's all like, you know, just random people you don't know, but you know, you get experience and then you get to chill with your friends for a little bit and you go, I think that think's pretty cool. Sweet.
Speaker 3 00:04:48 All right, Dan, well, thank you so much. Um, I extremely appreciate you being our intern, and we're so lucky to have you. And thanks for coming on and saying hi to everyone. So <laugh>. So, all right, with that, we're gonna be moving on to the weekly news, so,
Speaker 4 00:05:07 Yeah. Um, so I'm gonna talk about getting that official opinion dropped from the Supreme Court. Um, they ruled in a decision, uh, six justices voting, um, to overturn Roe v Wade, and then three dissenting with one concurring. Uh, one of the justices Justice, uh, Breyer, uh, just retired today, or is retiring tomorrow, today or tomorrow. Um, and then they will be replaced. Um, but there is still a conservative majority. Um, there was, I mean, we had talked about this a bit before with the leak. And the leak. The official opinion wasn't very different from the leak at all. Um, Judd or Justice Clarence Thomas had a concurring opinion after that was kind of what folks, folks are talking about of how, like we can't, they, well, my interpretation, uh, they're not gonna stop at Roe and they need to evaluate other things, um, that have been ruled on and overturned things like gay marriage. Um, um, and wow, what am I blanking? What's another one?
Speaker 3 00:06:17 Contraceptions.
Speaker 4 00:06:18 Yes. Yeah.
Speaker 3 00:06:19 And also they wanted to get rid of the sodomy
Speaker 4 00:06:22 Laws. Yes. That was the one. Yes. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Um, so that was, I mean, the initial reaction Friday, uh, democratic, the students for a Democratic society, SDS had a very large march, very, very large March in response. Um, and they started, uh, just around the corner from us. Um, and they, and we marched to, um, the courthouse and there were, um, just a lot of good energy, um, I mean, but good angry energy. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, I was very angry. I even had to say a few words for a little bit. Mm-hmm.
Speaker 5 00:06:57 <affirmative>, somebody gave a, a, a halfway decent speech, halfway decent means amazing speech. Uh, Jalen was on the mic, uh, speaking her a little piece. And it was, it was beautiful to hear. Um, and yeah, I think somebody just posted a video of it. I think Georgia Ford might've just posted a video of it onto Instagram, I believe. Um,
Speaker 4 00:07:15 I'm not on Instagram. I wouldn't
Speaker 5 00:07:17 Know. Yeah. Uh, Georgia Ford or Black Press one of the two, uh, go check their social media pages for Jaylen's speech.
Speaker 4 00:07:23 Yeah, that one.
Speaker 3 00:07:25 Yeah, it was a great speech too.
Speaker 4 00:07:27 Thanks.
Speaker 3 00:07:27 Thanks. That was absolutely phenomenal. Yeah. And I was so excited that Jaylen honored the crowd, my actually speaking her, her truth. So
Speaker 4 00:07:38 Yeah, it was, um, and I spoke about this on the radio of how it was just frustrating, um, that I, I was mad at everybody that day mad that we let Trump or, you know, folks let Trump get to power and how there's been, you know, doesn't really matter, the political affiliation, just this ignorance to fascism. And we see its effects, uh, today with the mass shootings and electing these judges. And with he, the hearing, the January 6th hearing, we are just seeing all these things, and it's just also going to fall on the black backs of people who are already dis disproportionately affected by it. Um, so I have, um, I mean, that day was just a lot. We marched to the courthouse. Um, and then folks, um, I think we met another march, but I think maybe we missed the other March <laugh>. Um, but it was just a good showing of like community anger.
Speaker 4 00:08:32 And, um, I, when verdicts are verdicts, when things like that come out and you just feel the community's anger and energy being together is one of the best things and one of my favorite parts of protesting. Um, but with that, um, I mean, just talking, reiterating things I talked about, about how this is about bodily autonomy, um, and how everyone, everyone needs to be involved with this and with Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion, um, of how this isn't, you know, this isn't the end. Um, I just really urge folks to get involved wherever it makes sense and be supportive, however it makes sense, uh, to you.
Speaker 5 00:09:12 Yeah. Did y'all see that, um, g o p Senator who, um, quoted like the decision in Clarence Thomas's whatever, and said, now we gotta do, um, Plessy versus Ferguson and, uh, and Brown versus Board of Education next, literally a, a sitting like Republican senator was talking about, well, now let's, uh, uh, resegregate please is what he's talking about, right? So when we talk about these things and how, uh, we're going the wrong direction and how, like they're not stopping their, um, it's crazy to see that someone would just outright saying, yes. Let's, let's, let's
Speaker 4 00:09:49 Segregate. The G O P had their platform. They're trying to succeed. I'm not surprised actually, bro,
Speaker 5 00:09:53 When, whenever talk about, whenever we talk about the G O P, literally that stands for the grand old party. You sound racist. Like, it's, it's just, it's obvious that's, y'all don't like me or people who look like me. Um, but Clarence Thomas, uh, black man married to a white woman. Um, I believe that in 19, what Love experience, 1960, whatever that was, uh, when interracial marriage was legalized, right? I don't think he wants to go that far, but loving to
Speaker 4 00:10:20 Opinion.
Speaker 5 00:10:21 Yeah. People are saying it, Mike. And then, then, then what's he gonna say?
Speaker 4 00:10:25 I mean, he ain't say nothing. So <laugh> Yeah,
Speaker 5 00:10:26 It's fine as
Speaker 4 00:10:27 Long as he is all the court <laugh> stays on the court. Um, so then continuing on, um, so another thing that happened is the Community Safety work group, um, l I don't know, gave a report, a press conference, and released their report, um, with that outlines its recommendations for improving public safety in the city. Uh, the group who's co-chaired by, uh, attorney and civil rights activist, Naima Levy Armstrong, and, um, Plymouth Congressional Church leader, Reverend Dr. Dwayne Davis, um, released a report, uh, and it was like 30 pages, so you guys can read it pretty simply. Loud bullet points. So nothing pretty layman, I guess is I what I would say. Um, in the re the recommendations, uh, include increasing oversight, um, with, at, with the establishment of a new leadership position, uh, with the focus on coordination of community safety related functions within the city.
Speaker 4 00:11:30 This person, um, kind of sounds like the go-between of making sure that like M p D, um, different entities like nps, um, community groups are all like working together in cohesion and not so separate. Um, and then a new first in class recruitment program and training procedures that builds a, a pipeline of future candidates who live in Minneapolis. Um, it sounds like they're wanting, um, to get like a national certified, uh, standard of training and having those folks come in to train and doing away with the warrior style. And, um, you know, having kind of training within is what's happening right now. So going away from that and outsourcing, um, strengthening discipline and accountability, uh, and expanding violence prevention plan, or perf, excuse me, violence prevention programs in behavioral crisis response. I will say I am so tired of press conferences, y'all. I had to watch the whole thing.
Speaker 4 00:12:36 It was an hour. Oh man. It just bo Okay. One thing that bothers me so much is you can never hear the questions that are being asked, and then their answers don't tell you the question that's being asked. So it's just like, it was a lot. Um, I don't know. Uh, this work group was contentious to start though. Like, um, what was their, sorry. Sheila who ran for mayor was on the group, and she dropped due to the lack of transparency. Um, chief Arradondo or former Chief Arradondo was on, uh, the group, but we know he retired and, you know, living his best life in Brazil or wherever. Um, and, uh, <laugh> and, sorry, um, it's just been pretty quiet. Uh, they had a community listening session a couple weeks ago, and they do list that in the report. Um, and it is, I don't know what to say about it because as someone, uh, who does not trust the mayor, who does not trust government myself, um, these recommendations, I, they're not bad, but I can kind of see like, they're kind of similar to the human rights report. They're identifying that there is a problem, they're identifying that something can be done about it, and I just feel like it's a bit obscure of how that's going to be executed. Um, but also this work group is there to give recommendations. So not surprised about that.
Speaker 3 00:14:05 All right then. Well, thank you so much, um, for the report back, uh, this week. What that, um, being said, what we're gonna actually have next is we're gonna have, um, our nerdy spotlight, um, which is Juice, Lord. Um, also want to give a super special shout out to Nerdy who, um, just got married last week,
Speaker 4 00:14:30 Congratulations.
Speaker 3 00:14:31 And currently on his honeymoon. So, so, yeah, it was super exciting here. So, let's see right here. So Juice. Lord, are you there?
Speaker 7 00:14:47 Yeah. Yo. Yo.
Speaker 3 00:14:49 <laugh>. Yeah. So, yep,
Speaker 8 00:14:50 I'm here.
Speaker 3 00:14:51 Yo, what's good brother? Welcome to Views From the Ground. Views From the Damn Ground. So, uhoh,
Speaker 8 00:14:59 <laugh>, say it again. One more time.
Speaker 3 00:15:01 Again. One more time. Views from the ground. Views from the damn ground. So <laugh>.
Speaker 8 00:15:08 So yo,
Speaker 3 00:15:09 So yeah. Um, so I really wanted to, um, we got to listen to a lot of your music over the, the, the month here, and we really enjoyed it and was able to jive with it, <laugh>. And so I really just wanted to know like, what got you into music?
Speaker 8 00:15:28 Oh, man. Uh, when I'm giving y'all a long run around taking up all the time, man. Uh, definitely my inspiration, uh, NAS, um, Ken Lamar, j Cole, and just all the great, um, on top of that, uh, is its, I'm, it is just really a step up for me just, and, uh, poetry at Tru speak with Tiffany Ti Jones. Mm-hmm. <affirmative> in, um, in, uh, penumbra Theater, which has Sarah Bellamy and, you know, uh, and just, you know, just learning just about the culture that hip hop in and just, you know, getting, starting to freestyle and stuff at school. Mm-hmm. <affirmative> ninth grade and Oh man, just gradually, man, you know, and seeing Ho Live was like the, the the cherry on top, you know? And cause I was already, uh, you know, um, in the poultry and just loving rap and, uh, just seeing Ho Live in 2015, I was really like, alright, this is, this is what performance is what I want to do. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, you know, um, and sports was kind of like, you know, fading away. So I would say combination, all of those, man. And just year, the just growing and growing shit, you know, I'll forget play basketball,
Speaker 8 00:16:46 So, you know, I mean, so, um, yeah, man, that's, that's what, that's what, uh, got me into it for sure. Combination of thing. Mm-hmm.
Speaker 3 00:16:59 <affirmative>. Yeah. And definitely shout out to Tis Jones. Um, does a lot of great work here in the Twin Cities around poetry. So, um,
Speaker 8 00:17:08 You know.
Speaker 3 00:17:08 Yeah. Um, so what made you really take music more serious?
Speaker 8 00:17:14 Uh, what made me take music more serious? Uh, man, just getting, getting good at it, man. It's like, you know, you guys are doing journalism, you know, I I'm sure you guys reached a point, I mean, got to a point where you like, man, I really, I really like this, you know what I mean? Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, and that's, that's, that's really, you know, what it was. And just trialing error, getting better, doing it with my friends, my homies, and, you know, it's just, it's really simple. But, um, man, just, I don't know, just as, as I got better and learned more about hip hop, you know, rap music aside, music is just one element with some hip hop man. But just the overall culture, how it was brought up and how it was created and, um, just, just everything, man. Just black, black excellence, man. And, uh, that's, I mean, that's what made me take it seriously, just as a whole, just culture and coaching and just going, getting, getting more skill, learning more and, uh, make songs getting better, uh, coming up with good hugs and mm-hmm. <affirmative>, you know, just, you know. Yeah. Man, <laugh> trial and error, man. Better.
Speaker 5 00:18:22 So my next question based off of that is, uh, when was like that turning point where you're like, no, I'm actually, I'm actually kind of cold at this. You know, like, where you're like, hold on. Oh man, hold on. I ain't just doing this. Like, I'm doing this for real. Like, that was actually mad decent. When, when did that happen? Anything that comes to your mind? Man,
Speaker 8 00:18:41 Man, I would say, uh, well, uh, I would say, man, truly where I would say that Tough <laugh>, um, it's, it's two things. My first show was in, um, my first show was in New York. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, like my first, like, like live, like when I'm performing set, it was in 2015, uh, uh, over in Flatbush, in Brooklyn. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Um, man, when I, when I got love from there, like, cause like you can perform in New York and plays like that, like you could perform anywhere. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, man, I just really took that with me, that motivation, that love I got out there and man, I, you know, the next thing you know, uh, senior Dish Day, um, uh, instead of, instead of me doing, going to the, uh, what's that lake? What's that lake that used to be called in
Speaker 5 00:19:32 Uptown or Bode Maka, though?
Speaker 8 00:19:36 Uh, the, the one that, the one that everybody used to go to. Um,
Speaker 5 00:19:41 I can't think of. Yeah, I think it's Bode Maka, the one that used to be Lake Calhoun. That one.
Speaker 8 00:19:45 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That one. Yep. It's called some, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, uh, instead of going there, I went to, uh, I went to Fifth Element for, uh, sway, uh, sway in the morning, you know? Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, uh, sound Set Weekend. I went, I went to Sway in the Morning. And uh, you know, that's, you know, and I was like, uh, another start, you know? And, um, from there, really this year, gra this year yearly, gradually, man, but I, I would say my first video, that's when I'm like, okay, my first music video growth in 20, I got interviewed three Peter Parker, and then next thing you know, 20, starting to get a lot of different shows getting booked for shows, shows mm-hmm. <affirmative>, and then to Sound Set mm-hmm. When I went to Sound set and all that, and I think, not sound set, but uh, uh, what's, what's it called, um, south by Southwest. Mm-hmm. When I went there, that's when I was like, oh yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm really doing something. I'm out here performing. And, you know, everything's been just really gradual, man. Just different steps and different, you know, just, uh, trials and, you know, tribulations and just really building confidence as you go, you know? Gotcha.
Speaker 8 00:21:02 Yeah.
Speaker 3 00:21:03 So, um, you talked about how activism played, uh, picked part of your life for a while, and can you tell me how that, um, being an activist has influenced your music?
Speaker 8 00:21:15 Um, man, just, um, like, man, it's influenced a lot, but I mean, like, even before, you know, I got into it and, and, you know, game that, I guess I wouldn't call it a, a activism, a label. Well, for, I think for some people it's a label because like, some people are truly in it. What I've seen, I don't know if, if, if I'm wrong, let me know. <laugh>, a lot of people are in it for, for the right reasons and because they truly wanna see, you know, uh, our people get out of this, you know, dark, cold that we, that we've, you know, just been put in by, by America. And, um, some people do it for the look, you know what I'm saying? And I mm-hmm. <affirmative>, you know, and, uh, as a kid I remember studying, um, so during truth and just different heroes and just being passionate, you know, um, just about, you know, my people and it was just about history and, and things like that.
Speaker 8 00:22:11 And when, when I heard about Trayvon Martin, when I was like in I, uh, around Penumbra theater and all of that, and, uh, that's, that's when, you know, I realized like, yo, some, cause I think I was at a basketball tournament when I found out about that, and just a lot of us were just kind of all like, yo, this really happened. You know, like, cause I think a lot of people in my generation were kind, you know, kind of blinded from that real reality, like it was always happening, I guess, but mm-hmm. <affirmative> not on that level. And I think that was the starting then. Obviously you have different names and different people, you know, that, that we, that we try, that we honor, you know, uh, passing away due to, you know, police brutality and, uh, this man just being able to analyze where I come from, uh, uh, and just, you know, having a family and cousins and relatives that, uh, that have been heavily invested in this neighborhood where I'm from, with the St.
Speaker 8 00:23:12 Paul, uh, Rhondo neighborhood and mm-hmm. <affirmative>, uh, I, I think all of that plays, it's one thing on the, on the police brutality, but another, just on just this culture and just, you know, uh, just, you know, speak, speaking my peace the best way I can and trying my best to just do right by people, man, and mm-hmm. <affirmative> that, that's kind, so all, all of it, you know, um, just makes my music better. Cause it, it's, it is raw, it's me. I'm not, it's not forcing anything. Like, I've had people try to get me on songs of theirs and like, yeah, man, we're gonna talk about like, fam are you really trying to get your peace off or are you just doing it? Cause you've seen people do records about police brutality. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Cause I get tired of making those records, bro. You know, cause it is real stuff we're going through.
Speaker 8 00:24:03 Like, you know, when, uh, Philando Pascale passed away just for, like, I had songs that, that were already written, but I didn't put it out because it's not about putting, putting out a, a song or we got many of those. Honestly, we shouldn't even need them records, honestly. You know, honestly, we still need those records. We still need to, you know, do what we, you know, are doing. But it's like, you know, you know, it's, it's art. And, and Simon said, you know, don't reflect the, then, you know, in a sense, like, you dis I just try my best to, you know, um, put my best foot forward man, and, and speak my peace for those, for those that don't, I can't, you know mm-hmm. <affirmative> and, uh, and I still try to have fun with it too, make different records and all that, but overall, just as a person, man, you know, uh, it just, it just in me man, my peoples and all that, you know, everybody don't have that foundation of just realness or rawness or, you know, honor and, you know, I, luckily I come from that, so mm-hmm. <affirmative>, it, it just, um, it's more natural. So I'm not gonna get on a, a beat that's, uh, some West Coast party having fun and talk about not some people stuff, man. And I'm just very intentional and um, cause it's a real, real experience, you know, you go through it, you know?
Speaker 5 00:25:34 Um, that's like a beautiful point, um, that like being genuine with it, cuz I mean, me and my art sometimes, like, it's, it's a hard balance while being an artist and an activist. Um, yeah, I guess, I mean, you kind of talked about it already, how you, you can do be both at the same time. You can be like separate at the same time, but also, um, together, um, like, and do them together at the same time. Um, when you do write a song that is like much more conscious and much more heavy. Yeah. Would you say that's, you like trying to, uh, uh, like how do I put this? Do you have like this feeling of like, you just don't have any other way to put it? Like, is it the music that like, kind of gets those thoughts and feelings, like a way to come out, you know, like, is is that like what you use that music for that like, you hear the beat and you're like, yeah, this is the story I gotta tell on that. Like, kind of talk about your process about Yeah, yeah. Go ahead. Go go into that process a little bit,
Speaker 8 00:26:43 Bit. I guess what anything I, I, I let the beat tell me what to say, you know? Cause that's why like, you know, you know, music is, is all fre, it's all frequency. Mm-hmm. <affirmative> and energy. That's why you have these songs. You have songs that, that are super sad and vibration wise, the next thing you know, you got, you know, rappers talking about drug doing drugs or, you know, uh mm-hmm. <affirmative> suicide is a real thing, you know? And some people really are experiencing stuff and, uh, these different thoughts and different emotions and some people are not. But you can listen, like, like, hey, we go to say we're going to fu a funeral in there. We someone starts playing, uh, um, to the end of the road, or Mama, you know, or something like that. Like mm-hmm. <affirmative> frequency. And it will make you feel like that, you know? Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, I'm, I'm just very intentional. And, and if it, if, if it me to talk about something that's super personal, super deep that just has to come out like that, it's all, it's all a fame, you know? Mm-hmm. <affirmative> like, yeah, like, and then you got obviously where you hear eight, eight, you might wanna get on some, you know, <laugh>
Speaker 5 00:27:55 Talk, y'all talk a little bit.
Speaker 8 00:27:57 Yeah. Talk, talk crazy. But, but yeah, man, I, I would say like, you know, I, I'm trying to get out this phrase of conscious rap. Oh, conscious rap because everyone's conscious is just, who do you choose to be conscious about, bro, you know? Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, I think I said, uh,
Speaker 5 00:28:16 Go ahead.
Speaker 8 00:28:18 I think I said, uh, I think I said one of my, I'm, don't call me a conscious rapper, I'm a conscious man. Your favorite rapper as well, but in the room full of executive seven, whenever, man, we war, man war. You know, I'm saying,
Speaker 5 00:28:36 You said, I think I said something like, <laugh>, you know, you said that, come on.
Speaker 8 00:28:41 No, no, for real. I haven't wrapped that song in a while. That's why I, to kind of think about it. But, uh, like, yeah, man, I, I gotta look at myself just as a, as a, as a well, well verse thought, thoughtful person. So, I mean, I just think, you know, y'all are all a contest, but I guess ain't a lot of people are blind or I think oblivious is what, you know, to, to a lot of things that, that go on. Cause there's so much that goes on. So like, you can't blame everybody and even Kenneth Mar album about, you know, I am not your savior saying mm-hmm. <affirmative>, you know, these people are not, you know, these people are giving you fuel to, you know, try to get back to save yourself. The ones around, you know, it's like, it's, uh, it's interesting.
Speaker 5 00:29:34 Yes.
Speaker 8 00:29:35 Interesting thing, man. But overall, yeah, I let the beat talk about, uh, when I feel like I'm talking about it too much, I try to get different production or mm-hmm. <affirmative> different things. So like, far as, so far as, um, collectively with my music or whatever, I'm working on a project. I don't, I don't wanna make it all. I don't wanna have all songs. I don't wanna have all songs, uh, that are, that, I don't know. I wanna have a nice balance, but I mean, if, if it's really I'm in that mode or mm-hmm. <affirmative> or if someone is in a mode like Kim Lamar making a butterfly mm-hmm. <affirmative>, that's just what it is.
Speaker 3 00:30:11 Yeah. Well, you know, I appreciate you coming on to the show Juice. Lord, I appreciate you, um, providing music for the whole hunt. It's just been a great experience. Appreciate that. And this conversation has been amazing. So,
Speaker 5 00:30:24 And before you go, if you could just tell us one last time where people can find you, uh, uh, pro names of projects just real quick before we go for our listeners.
Speaker 8 00:30:35 Okay, man. Um, man, you can find me on Instagram at Hammerton Juice. Uh, you can find my album Spread Love that I dropped last year. I dropped the, I dropped the EP with my brother HP called, uh, don't Be Stupid, drop the EP at the end of the year. I have a EP called Six for Six, and then I have my first ep, five for five, and I got of phones on SoundCloud and YouTube, different videos in different things like that. And, uh, yeah, man, uh, got got a lot of, got a lot of things coming work on a project right now. And, uh, yeah, man, we're just, just working, man. So shout, I'm actually, uh, I don't know if he said this, but yeah, I'm on, I'm, I'm part of some things he got working on.
Speaker 3 00:31:20 All right, now
Speaker 8 00:31:22 I'm excited. Excited for bro. And,
Speaker 5 00:31:24 Uh, yeah. And we, looking forward,
Speaker 8 00:31:26 Congratulations to him.
Speaker 5 00:31:27 We looking forward to seeing congratulations. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>, we looking forward to seeing everything that you got coming out. We appreciate you for, uh, stopping in with us today.
Speaker 3 00:31:35 All right, well, we'll talk to you.
Speaker 8 00:31:36 I
Speaker 3 00:31:37 Appreciate it. Yep. Well, um, with that, we're gonna take a quick break here.
Speaker 8 00:31:41 All
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Speaker 5 00:33:04 Uh, welcome back to Views from the Ground, views
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Speaker 5 00:33:07 Ground. Uh, and this week, ladies and gentlemen, we got a treat here in the, uh, uh, in the studio. Um, you've heard her poetry all month, and we have here, here for an interview. So I will let our poet of the month go ahead and introduce themself.
Speaker 12 00:33:22 Hey, y'all, my name is Jia Jamma. I use she her pronouns. I'm a poet and organizer from Minneapolis.
Speaker 5 00:33:30 Yeah. So, uh, we're just gonna, you know, kind of kick back, relax, have a little conversation, uh, let y'all get to know Jia a little bit. Um, so first questions first, uh, Daria, how did you start getting into art?
Speaker 12 00:33:46 Yeah, so I was really into writing when I was younger, around third grade, fourth grade. I started writing a lot of short stories and during that time, I started taking writing classes at the Laf Literary Center in downtown Minneapolis. And when I entered middle school, I took a poetry class. And that was kind of the moment where it clicked for me, where I was like, oh, this is my thing. I really like poetry. So I started writing a lot more consistently in like, understanding what poetry was around eighth grade.
Speaker 5 00:34:18 Got you. Yeah, because I remember when I first met you, that was like over two years ago now, so you were like 16 and I believe right around that age. And I had like, just kind of started getting into writing and like writing publicly and stuff. And I see you, you have like a poetry Instagram, and in the, in the buyer you're talking about, uh, taking commissions for poetry. I'm like, oh, she really do this. Like, she, she making money. She, yeah. Um, but, uh, like when did you, when was the first time where you like, not even just enjoyed doing the, the writing and stuff? When were you like, okay, I'm actually like, good at this, like, this is like something I know I should be doing because that was kind of cold. Like when was like something that comes to your mind, like of a time that happened like that?
Speaker 12 00:35:02 Yeah, so I grew up in North Minneapolis, and I think it was right before I started eighth grade, we had our neighborhood night out in August, I think I was 13. And so everybody was kind of doing, it was a talent show and everybody was performing. And I ended up performing a piece that I wrote a couple months back just about being black and being black in Minneapolis and Northside. And I won the talent show. And it was like, it was like one of like the craziest moments of like, wow, people are really messing with the things that I'm writing. Like, I can actually do something with it.
Speaker 5 00:35:37 You still got the trophy?
Speaker 12 00:35:39 I don't, it's somewhere <laugh>.
Speaker 5 00:35:43 Um, let's see. So a lot of, I mean, even you said like that first piece you won with was talking about being black in Minneapolis and black in Minnesota, black in the us. Um, I guess first question is, has your, your writing, like, is that how it started talking about like, uh, uh, your black experience, um, were you writing and that was just something that you felt was heavy to you, so you added that, incorporated it in, um, and like you continue to come up with this like, revolutionary art. Like what does, uh, uh, why do you do that, I guess, and like, what does that do for you and what does that do for people?
Speaker 12 00:36:21 Yes. In your opinion. So for the longest time, I didn't even think about revolutionary art or, you know, being like leftist theory and leftist politics and things like that, <laugh>. But I grew up in a really, I went to a private school up until eighth grade, and so I was surrounded by people who weren't thinking about the world, weren't thinking about the issues that were going on. And when I was in seventh grade, Donald Trump was elected and I was kind of like, oh, wow. Not a single person in my class is like thinking about this. Nobody really cares about the things going on. And so that was kind of the moment where it started, where I was like, why are these things happening? Why aren't people paying attention? And so my art kind of took that and I took it as kind of a way to be like, well, if other people aren't gonna talk about it, I'm gonna write about it.
Speaker 12 00:37:12 And yeah, I mean, as I've gotten older, I've learned a lot more. And I think that art, one of the reasons that I write is because revolutionary art is so important, right? Like PE people don't really, I think it's a lot harder to meet people where they're at, right? People don't really understand, oh, what is socialism? Like what is this? What is leftist politics and things like that. But when you're performing, right, like when you're using arts, when you're painting, people are a lot quicker to be like, let me sit down, let me listen to this. And so, yeah, I've kind of seen that as my avenue of getting to people.
Speaker 5 00:37:45 Got you. Um, what was like, or, or let's say this, like what is like your, you've written so many pieces, what is like your baby, like the piece where you're like, man, I love, I've never not loved that piece. Every time I go back I'm like, man, I really wrote that. Like, that will always hold a little bit of like a bit extra tight to my heart. If you have any that come to mind.
Speaker 12 00:38:10 Yeah. So the first spoken word piece that was like big that I ever performed was at the Minnesota Youth Climate strike in 2019. And I mean, for a backstory, um, I'm a climate justice organizer and our group, Minnesota Youth for Climate Justice, we're doing a lot of the climate strikes in 2019 and 2020. And that was like the biggest strike we had ever organized, and I was the opener of it. And it took me so long to write that piece that I didn't even finish it until like a day or two beforehand, which, you know, made me anxious. I was so scared to perform in some, in front of a bunch of people, but it was a call and response piece. So the piece was called My People, and I was having the crowd respond back, stay strong, and it's probably one of my favorite pieces ever, just because of like how much it meant to me and how much it meant to have other people responding back. Mm-hmm.
Speaker 5 00:39:09 <affirmative>. Um, and to talk a little bit more about the climate justice part of everything. So you talked about being black in Minnesota, talked about going to a private school, talked about Donald Trump and, and those types of politics. Uh, when did like climate become so heavy on your mind and in your heart?
Speaker 12 00:39:28 Yeah, so as I mentioned, um, I grew up in North Minneapolis and I lived in Heritage Park until I was 16. And yeah, as a freshman in high school, I started seeing a lot of white kids my age thinking about climate, thinking about the bond bo boundary waters. And I was kind of curious as to, you know, there was this huge emphasis on nature and the trees and the water, but there wasn't an emphasis on people mm-hmm. <affirmative>. And so the first ever climate meeting that I went to, I remember somebody asked me what my climate story was, and I kind of looked at them like, I don't have a climate story. What are you talking about, <laugh>? And so then we started talking about my upbringing, my neighborhood where I lived by, and I started realizing, wow, I live in a neighborhood where there's a bunch of pollution coming from these factories. I live right next to her. You know, we have incinerators burning trash and we call this renewable energy when we know that it was hurting our community. So yeah, freshman year, that was kind of the moment where I was like, wow, so many people are thinking about plants and trees and water and all those things are important, but nobody's thinking about the people. And that started getting me to be like, what can I do to fight for my people?
Speaker 5 00:40:44 Hmm. That's, uh, that is very beautiful. Um, that's like a cool thing to see, like that transition and the way you described it. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Um, so next, you've done so many things with art you've performed, you've done like commissions, you have your Instagram. Like what, what's something artistically that you haven't done yet that you still wish to do sometime in the near future, distant future? Wherever,
Speaker 12 00:41:09 I mean, a couple things. <laugh>, um, go ahead. Let me hear it. But
Speaker 5 00:41:12 <laugh>,
Speaker 12 00:41:13 <laugh>, I've been trying to switch up my flow a lot. I mean, like doing spoken word poetry, it gets kind of hard, right? I also, a lot of my poems don't really have rhyming words. I don't really have like a beat to it. And I've always been interested in like, rap and kind of just changing the flow of my words. So that's something that I really want to kind of go into and like understand more and like maybe incorporate some beats.
Speaker 5 00:41:38 You gonna be on SoundCloud?
Speaker 12 00:41:39 Maybe <laugh> <laugh>,
Speaker 5 00:41:41 I'm the player. We're all the best star.
Speaker 12 00:41:43 True, yeah. <laugh>. So something like that. And I mean, for the longest time I've been trying to work on a bug and like, you've been inspiring me and I've been like, yo, I really need to actually finish this <laugh>. So it's been on the back burner for some time and we have a name and a title and like the freaking cover, it's just not done. So that's one of like my hopes for the near future to get that out. Gotcha.
Speaker 5 00:42:08 What, what will, uh, a done book look like to you? Like how do you think you'll know when it's done?
Speaker 12 00:42:14 Yeah, I think right now the thing that I've been struggling with is a lot of the poems that I've, that I have right now are from things that I've written when I was younger, like a year or two ago. And I think that my artistic approach has kind of changed. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. So I've been struggling with like, I really like these poems, but I don't know if it sounds like me anymore. And thinking about like how to edit it and stuff. So yeah, that's kind of where I'm at. But I think I also see this as like, this'll be my baby. Like this is like the first mm-hmm. <affirmative> and I don't see it as the last of poetry books to come hopefully. So I kind of just want it to be like a short 30 poems kind of book. Mm-hmm. <affirmative> book that's kind of a, I don't know, like a testament to 16 through 18 kind of thing. Mm-hmm.
Speaker 5 00:43:01 <affirmative>. Yeah. Got you. Um, and you are headed off to college this summer or this fall, um, headed out east. Uh, what are you, tell us where you're going and what you're planning on studying and if you have all that figured out yet.
Speaker 12 00:43:16 I would love to say I have it figured out. <laugh>, like I really would love to, but I'm going to Emerson College in Boston, which I'm really excited about to be in a big city. Um, and yeah, I'm planning on studying political communication and environmental science, which is very true to what I've been talking about. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Um, but yeah, I guess I'm not really sure what I wanna do with it. Maybe policy, maybe law, but we'll just see where time takes us.
Speaker 5 00:43:43 Got you. And I'm sure the art will continue to be made even of course, even sometimes you might, you know, skip a study session cuz you got this artistic idea. I know how it goes. Mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Um, so I got, uh, a difficult question. It's a two-parter. Um, you can decide which one you want to answer first. What is your favorite thing and what is your least favorite thing about being an artist? Ooh, I know it's difficult.
Speaker 12 00:44:09 Okay. I was thinking about the least favorite thing. Um, and I think my least favorite thing about being an artist is kind of the expectations around it. You know, like it feels good to have your work being validated by other people, but kind of this expectation that you'll always deliver at your best. Mm-hmm. <affirmative> is really daunting, you know, cuz I'm always like, I'm glad that everybody thinks that my work is good, but this expectation that, oh, you're performing at this place and it has to be top tier is like, it kind of always makes me go backwards and makes me kind of rethink how I'm writing. So I don't really love that aspect mm-hmm. <affirmative>. Um, but I think my favorite thing about being an artist is being able to connect with people. Like, it's so cool to be in a crowd and see people, um, engaging and really like loving the things that you're saying.
Speaker 5 00:45:02 Yeah. That is, uh, yeah. It's, it's super cool. It's, it's, it's very like, uh, what's the word I'm looking for? Like, you make yourself vulnerable. Mm-hmm. <affirmative> as an artist, right? So like, you're, you're basically giving yourself away to be criticized in one way or another. Hopefully loved, I mean, that's what we all want. Um, but, uh, like, yes, thank you for coming here and, uh, talking with us about your artistic journey. Um, time flies when we're having good conversation. I know that that went by pretty quick, but, um, can you, before you go, uh, tell us where people can find you, your work, um, uh, and yeah. Projects that you're have coming up, stuff like that.
Speaker 12 00:45:44 Yeah. So you can find all my work on my Instagram. My a is jewelry's journal, that's j u w a R i A and then journal Jus Journal. And that's where you can find me in all of my upcoming work.
Speaker 5 00:45:59 Got you. And also this Friday, um, I'm actually hosting an event titled The Art of Liberation. Um, it is an artist showcase, uh, amongst, um, many other things. We'll have a gallery with some artists there selling their prints and displaying their work, but Eria will be on stage performing some spoken word for us. Um, that is Friday, doors open at five 30. Get there early. Uh, I know that's not gonna happen, but I'm gonna say it anyway. If, if you can, um, <laugh>. Uh, so yeah, doors open at five 30. Um, our our main host DJ will also be performing. Um, they are trying their hand at, uh, some spoken word stuff, uh, <laugh>, so you don't wanna miss that. I will also be performing as well, but that's the least important part. It's all these local artists coming together. So yes, Friday, that's at the Capri Theater Doors at five 30, that's 20 20, 27 West Broadway Avenue. And thank you again to, uh, aria for coming in and talking to us today.
Speaker 3 00:47:03 Yep. And with that we'll be taking a quick break real fast.
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Speaker 3 00:47:44 All right, welcome back to Views from the Ground. Views from the Damn Ground. So what, um, this is our last segment of the day. We def we like to take voices, uh, people who show up to protest all the time that are out there, um, nonstop, and just like be able to give them a voice and, you know, elevate their voice and hear why they feel it's important to show up. With that, we will be introducing Tifa.
Speaker 14 00:48:11 Hi. Thanks for having me. Welcome. You have any cuss on here?
Speaker 3 00:48:14 Huh?
Speaker 14 00:48:15 Oh, I was like, I heard you guys when I was like, okay,
Speaker 3 00:48:18 That's
Speaker 14 00:48:18 Different. But yeah, thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
Speaker 3 00:48:21 Yeah. So, um, so, so tell us how, like how did you get into the movement?
Speaker 14 00:48:26 Yeah, so back in May, 2020 when George Floyd, um, was murdered by the Minneapolis Police Department, uh, my significant other and my brother immediately were like, we have to go out. And I, being myself and kind of being fearful and just knowing how things were, my biggest fear was that something would happen to them and then they would die in the street by themselves and just have no one around them that cared about them. Um, so that's kind of why I was like, well, I have to go out because the last thing I want is for my boyfriend or my brother to just, I mean, you guys were all there. It was pretty rough those first few weeks and it's still rough now. Um, but just making sure that there was someone out there with them. Um, so I decided to go out with them and just kind of learn and be able to engage and just kind of see what the other perspectives were in Minneapolis. And I think we're all just kind of tired of being killed and being brutalized. So decided that now if there's no better time to do it than now and try to try to start making changes in things.
Speaker 3 00:49:25 Yeah. And so, uh, so what I see you show up to a lot of protests and over the last, you know, two years, what keeps you making you show up? Like what, what is inspiring you to keep coming out?
Speaker 14 00:49:40 I think that there are so many endless stories out here and there are just so many different perspectives. Um, I come from a place where I have my perspective. I grew up in the south suburbs of the city, so I didn't grow up in the city, so I don't always have the best gauge. Um, and being able to learn different stories and learn different perspectives, I think is the only way that people will have different changes in opinions and learn how to care for one another. Um, you listen to the families and there are so many families in Minnesota and you hear about how long their cases have been going on or how long their cases have been closed and how they're wanting to open them. I think that's what motivates me and just kind of drives me to keep going because there's just so many different things to continue to learn. It's not over, it wasn't over with Chauvin, it wasn't over with Potter, and there's just so many different cases that still aren't being talked about, um, at different issues. I mean, there's always gonna be someone that's gonna be in need.
Speaker 3 00:50:31 Yes. And so you are a woman of many hats, um, in, in the movement and outside the movement. And so tell us more about what you do for the movement. Like what are things that you do for the movement to help contribute?
Speaker 14 00:50:45 Sure. So I would say I'm definitely more so an activist in a sense where I'll go to the marches, I'll show up to events, I'll go things to support families. Um, couple years ago, not too long after George Floyd and my best friend and I actually started a podcast, um, called Cupcakes at a Funeral. Um, just to kind of put our perspective out there, my best friend is a gay Mung man, and I am a black and southeast Asian woman who grew up with like a Muslim culture as well. So we're both just kind of minorities within our communities, um, and decided that our perspectives might be slightly different than everybody else out there. And being able to share that and just be able to put that in the world and say, maybe it's just a conversation that you're gonna start with your friends. Maybe it's something that you talk about with your parents, and it's just about things that are like, um, current events going on in the cities, but also just things that aren't being addressed in our community, whether it's mental health, sex education, things like that, that benefit the, um, communities of color.
Speaker 3 00:51:46 Yeah. So, um, and where can we find, um, cupcakes under funerals?
Speaker 14 00:51:50 Yeah, so cupcakes at a funeral. We're on all streaming platforms, Spotify, apple Podcasts, um, anywhere that you can find us. We're on Instagram just at cupcakes at a funeral. Um, we've been going for about two years. We're still growing, still kind of learning and trying to do certain things, and we're about to actually relaunch our third season probably in the next couple weeks.
Speaker 3 00:52:12 All right. So, so, so tell us about some of the solutions that you feel like we can do, um, locally Yeah. Here for the, for Black Liberation.
Speaker 14 00:52:25 For sure. So I think it starts with, um, community, I think gaining perspectives and listening to each other, but it's also getting those that are in the activist community to pursue different things, whether it's education and becoming a city council member or becoming a lawyer, becoming teachers, becoming doctors, um, and just kind of having the support at all fronts. I think we see a lot of people who look like us at like entry level and doing things, but you don't see our faces all the time in higher positions or positions of power. So I think it's really kind of getting into that structured community and taking it down from the inside, if that makes sense. Yeah. Um, and just kind of educating each other and uplifting each other, giving, um, empowering the voices of the youth and making sure that they're heard and they're encouraged to carry on and see what they wanna do with their lives.
Speaker 3 00:53:15 Yes. I, I know, um, mental health is, is a big thing for you. Um, you are a voice of reason for a lot of people in the movement try to be when it comes to taking care of one's cells. Tell us a little bit more about
Speaker 14 00:53:28 That. Yeah, so I would say my biggest downfall, mental health wise was the day that we all found out that the police that killed Breonna Taylor was not gonna be convicted. And I remember coming home and just sitting in my car and just like ugly crying and like sobbing and just being like, I'm never gonna have kids. I can't, I'm not gonna live a happy life and all these things. And it clicked where I was like, I need to go to therapy because that's not helpful and that's not me trying to embrace and living my best life. Um, and making sure to take care of myself. I'm a big person where I'll say that in order to take care of others, you have to take care of yourself. Um, and I think that that's really important. And I know with the activist community, a lot of people feel the fomo or they feel like they need to show up to everything.
Speaker 14 00:54:13 Um, and it's all valid. There's power in numbers, but it's not all up to one person. Um, so just making sure that people are taking care of themselves, taking the breaks. I think I took a break for maybe five, six months, usually with the winter. Yeah. And I, and I commend you for that, and all the other people who are addressing mental health and addressing any issues that they've been having before, um, and making sure that they're taking care of themselves because it's gonna be a marathon. I don't think we wanna keep doing this until our sixties and seventies and having to be in the streets, but if that's what it takes, then that longevity has to be there. So you're not just beating up your mental the whole time.
Speaker 3 00:54:48 Yes. And can you, um, so, so your partner, um, does a lot of marshaling and for people who don't know, marshaling are the people who help shut down the streets and make sure everyone's safe. Um, PIRs against racial,
Speaker 14 00:55:01 Um, police brutality against
Speaker 3 00:55:03 Police brutality. Yes. Yeah. And so, um, how, how does that feel to, um, because I know, so when you are taking these breaks, right? Sometimes your, your, um, partner is still out there in the streets, you know, doing this dangerous work. And how does that affect you? Um,
Speaker 14 00:55:21 Um, I think it's, it's not so different than me being worried in general. Um, mm-hmm. <affirmative>, my brother lived in St. Paul when Philando was killed. Um, my brother lived in uptown when Winston was killed. So it's like, I'm always worried about, um, when people are out and just kind of worried about my loved ones. Um, but it does definitely take a toll when I'm like getting a call and was like, oh, so-and-so is in jail. And I'm like, okay, well like, let me try to go drive around Brooklyn Center, try to see if they're gonna drop people off in random places. And the anxiety definitely builds, but it's also just kind of having to sit down and have hard, those, it's hard conversations to be like, listen, I know that you're doing this and I commend you. I have to have that understanding to say this is probably gonna continue to happen. Um, but just trying to remind myself that it is all for good purpose. Um, thankfully no serious charges have been dealt or had to have consequences so far. Um, but it is difficult. But I wouldn't say anything that's more than just me regularly being worried about like my loved ones, whether it's my brother, my significant other, they're my parents or things like that.
Speaker 3 00:56:27 Yeah. Well, with that being said, I appreciate you coming on the show. Uh, and all the work that you do with your podcast cup kicks out a funeral. Thank you. And just in general, supporting people and just being your amazing self. So
Speaker 14 00:56:42 Thank you. Thanks for having me. I appreciate
Speaker 3 00:56:44 It. Yeah. So with that being said, um, I do wanna remind people, um, that, um, Brandon, your show is
Speaker 5 00:56:53 There. Is this Friday, July 1st, doors open at five 30. It is a free show. So, uh, come stop by. There will be a lot of black artists and their black art, uh, uh, yeah, titled The Art of Liberation. So sharing their most liberating pieces of art with the people, whether that be drawing, painting, photography, digital art, uh, spoken word, music, singing, rapping, all of that. So could be real cool.
Speaker 3 00:57:19 All right then. And with that, we are gonna be outta here for this week. So I just want to thank all the guests, um, that came on today and spoke. I want to thank Brandon and Jalen, um, for doing y'all segments. And this has just been amazing. And so with that, I will see y'all next month. So, views from the ground. Views
Speaker 5 00:57:42 From the damn ground. I was about to say it
Speaker 3 00:57:44 Before,
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Speaker 15 00:59:15 It's my philosophy. The white law monopoly makes democracy, democracy, and a capitalist economy. It's no democracy. I demand to return to my sovereignty. No apology, independence, autonomy. No need to mommy me. I could run my own country. If you could just stop bombing me, gimme my lamb back, gimme my gold back, my heritage, my birthright. You outright stole that. Organize, organize, organize. Do what? Wait. With all the lights. The lights, all the lies. They come in with the act of the black and the 45. In between the protests we protest and r yes, we are the organized, organized two away with all the lies. All the lies. All the lies. They come in with the teargas, blacks. And 45 in between the protests we protest and r.
