Found Object: "The Day the N*ggaz Took Over"

In 1992, hip hop artist Dr Dre released a song titled, “The Day the Niggaz Took Over” which was a way of expressing anger toward the law enforcement. He begins by stating that if individuals are not ‘down’ for African Americans and for people in Africa, then they need to move out the way. He is demanding a change and asking for people to rally together in order to make the change, but only if they are willing to risk everything. He also states that blacks cannot love the system due to the fact that there has been a feud between them since the beginning. Another statement in the song says, “What they told us today, in other words, you're still a slave. No matter how much money you got, you still ain't shit” which shows a problem with the way most cops view black people. As black people, we are not viewed the same as the superior race we are bundled into one category which makes the superior race feel threatened. This has always been a problem within the United States that is constantly addressed with the continuous misfortune of police brutality. While happening too often, the topic of police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement is always reviving the idea of change, yet nothing is being done on the legal/political end in order to change it. This song’s anger toward the police and feeling of disconnection and hatred toward one another is still alive today. It has been over 20 years since the song was released, yet we are still fighting for the correct justice as black individuals.

 Some highlights from the song include the following:

If you ain't down for the Africans here in the United States, period point blank.
If you ain't down for the ones that suffer in South Africa
From apartheid and shit. Damn it you need to
Step your punk ass to the side and let us brothers and us Africans step in
And start putting some funk in that ass

They wonder where me bailing and don't really understand
The reason why me take me law in me own hand
Me not out for peace and me not Rodney King
Me gun goes click, me gun goes bang
Them riot in Compton and them riot in Long Beach
Them riot in they Lakers and don't really wanna see
Niggas start to loot and police start to shoot

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      -Brooke Ferguson