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  • I have nothing but respect for our young people
    And what they're doing.
    My thing is, we adults did not stand strong
    And on our square
    To bring our young people through this process.
    I know, I was the young person
    That had to fend for himself in the streets of New York.
    I know what happened, with our young people
    I say, "Look I ain't mad at you", know no matter what I hear
    I know that you are moving through a process
    Because they are attempting to destroy the community
    So they're using you.

    They are buying you out.
    But we as adults, get to buy them back.
    I'm ready to compete with anybody for our young people's minds.
    And what we have to is change the paradigm of how we're interacting with them
    Deal with them from a heartfelt place where they can understand.
    You see because whether you realize it or not
    It's you they're shooting in the streets.
    You, young brothers, they're the ones that are being shot.
    So with this entertainment or with this music
    Maybe I don't like what I hear
    Maybe that I don't like some of the words I hear
    Maybe that I don't like the direction
    But I think they're doing a pretty good job
    Considering that we, as men, the adult men
    Did not cover that when we should've covered that
    And protected them when we should've protected them
    And brought them up that so when we see an artist
    Acting in a most inappropriate way

    "Where is the father in this?",
    "Where is that male mentor that can be there?"
    We, as black men
    Must take on the responsibility as the honorable Elijah Muhammad told Malcolm
    Is that a nation is only as strong as its weakest family.
    And we have got to create nations
    We have to create relationships
    Between the African man and the African woman
    That creates a viable nation
  • [00:05.40]I have nothing but respect for our young people
    [00:06.91]And what they're doing.
    [00:08.13]My thing is, we adults did not stand strong
    [00:11.35]And on our square
    [00:12.83]To bring our young people through this process.
    [00:14.74]I know, I was the young person
    [00:16.13]That had to fend for himself in the streets of New York.
    [00:19.11]I know what happened, with our young people
    [00:21.52]I say, "Look I ain't mad at you", know no matter what I hear
    [00:24.62]I know that you are moving through a process
    [00:27.54]Because they are attempting to destroy the community
    [00:30.35]So they're using you.
    [00:31.80]
    [00:32.26]They are buying you out.
    [00:33.69]But we as adults, get to buy them back.
    [00:37.47]I'm ready to compete with anybody for our young people's minds.
    [00:41.25]And what we have to is change the paradigm of how we're interacting with them
    [00:45.17]Deal with them from a heartfelt place where they can understand.
    [00:47.84]You see because whether you realize it or not
    [00:49.92]It's you they're shooting in the streets.
    [00:51.48]You, young brothers, they're the ones that are being shot.
    [00:54.20]So with this entertainment or with this music
    [00:56.72]Maybe I don't like what I hear
    [00:58.58]Maybe that I don't like some of the words I hear
    [01:00.09]Maybe that I don't like the direction
    [01:01.55]But I think they're doing a pretty good job
    [01:03.01]Considering that we, as men, the adult men
    [01:05.63]Did not cover that when we should've covered that
    [01:07.75]And protected them when we should've protected them
    [01:09.92]And brought them up that so when we see an artist
    [01:12.59]Acting in a most inappropriate way
    [01:14.10]
    [01:14.41]"Where is the father in this?",
    [01:16.27]"Where is that male mentor that can be there?"
    [01:18.95] We, as black men
    [01:20.06]Must take on the responsibility as the honorable Elijah Muhammad told Malcolm
    [01:24.59]Is that a nation is only as strong as its weakest family.
    [01:28.26]And we have got to create nations
    [01:30.58]We have to create relationships
    [01:33.19]Between the African man and the African woman
    [01:35.47]That creates a viable nation