Act Won (Things Fall Apart)

And you are all

[Bleek Gilliam]

But we don't even come to see our own, man (Take it from us)

Listen, Freddy, listen, listen

You know if we had to dep'— if we had to depend upon Black people to eat, we would starve to death

I mean, you've been out there, you're on the bandstand, you look out into the audience, what do you see?

You see Japanese, you see, you see West German

You see, you know, Slobbovic, anything, but, except our people, man, it makes no sense

It incenses me that our own people don't realize our own heritage, our own culture, this is our music

[Shadow Henderson]

That's bullshit

[Bleek Gilliam]

Why?

[Shadow Henderson]

That's all bullshit

Everything, everything you just said is bullshit

You complaining about

I'm talking about the audience

That's right

The people don't come because you grandiose motherfuckers don't play shit that they like

If you played the shit that they liked, then the people would come

Simple as that

[Harry Allen]

Inevitably, hip-hop records are treated as though they are disposable

They are not maximized as product even

You know, not to mention as art