Hip-Hop’s Open Letter to the Class of ‘09

Nothing but realness in this speech! A sample:

Congratulations, not just saying it just to say it, but meaning it with all of my heart and soul because very few in this world expected you to make it this far! While you, your family and friends have been waiting patiently for this day for 13 plus years, there have been certain others; people in positions of power that have been anticipating your fall, just like how many of your fellow classmates didn’t make it to see this day for a variety of reasons.

When tragedy befalls the innocent and/or the powerless it brings to us much pain. This contains a deeper and harder meaning when we realize and consider that our communities disproportionately suffer from great ailments in comparison to the White majority. These ailments include poverty, police brutality, incarceration, street violence, domestic violence and overall, in the immortal coinage of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, “Mis-education,” which is yet another form of violence and truly most determines our condition today as Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, Pacific Islanders and generally peoples of color.

Everybody got to read this here!