munch on this: mental self defensive fitness
Last week Ohsokool sent me some music to listen to in preparation for our next Sugatreats show, Monday, July 20, 2009 July 27, 2009. We are doing a special on Spike Lee’s movie, Do The Right Thing. I’m super excited because DTRT is one of my favorite movies ever. Ever. I used to watch this movie on the phone with my friend Niles after school - at least 3x per week (”Ayo Sal, how come you aint got no brothers on the wall?”) . Anyway, I was listening to the soundtrack and got to Public Enemy’s Fight the Power song. I think I liked it back in ‘89, but boy do I love it now.
I think I got stuck on stupid when Chuck D said, “let’s get down to business, mental self defensive fitness” … in order to fight the powers that be. Get ya mind right and exercise it so we can get what we want and what we need. (Go Chuck!) And if that ain’t no truer today, then I don’t know what is. President Obama just said to a crowded room of NAACP supporters: “There is no stronger weapon against inequality and no better path to opportunity than an education.” C’mon people, let’s get down to business.