Kendrick Lamar Defends President Obama. Says People Need To Uplift Their Own Communities [Video]

 

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Back in August we reported on an interview Kendrick Lamar gave to TruthIsScary.com. During the interview K. Dot said that people were puppets in the political scheme of things and he saw no reason to vote.

 

My vote counts? I don’t do no voting. I will keep it straight up real with you. I don’t believe in none of the sh*t that’s going on in the world,” Kendrick said at the time. “If you talk with me, you'll be talking to me for hours because everything has a contradiction, everything is higher rankings and way beyond us, way beyond people. So basically, do what you do, do good with your people and live your life because what’s going on isn’t really in our hands. If it's not in the president's hands then it's definitely not in yours. When I say the president can’t even control the world, then you definitely know there’s something else that's out there that's really pushing the buttons. They could do whatever they want to do. Been doing it for years, we all puppets. Just play your cards right.”

 

 

The Compton rapper seems to have had a change of heart in the last couple of months. In a new interview with MTV's "Celebs Get Political" series, the 25-year old defended President Obama and said people need to take matters into their own hands if they want to see positive changes.

 

"I think we tend to put it in the hands of higher politics instead of doing for ourselves," Kendrick told MTV. "What made the most angriest, when something don't go right in their world you get people out here that wanna blame Obama. And I think that's corny. I think that's one of our biggest failures as a community... as a generation. Not wanting to go out and do four ourselves and just sit back and wait. And then when it not happen we point the finger. I think we really need to take matters into our own hands. Uplift our own community. Put money back in our own community and show these kids out here something different."

 





 

 

 

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Comment by Mike Dejean on November 5, 2012 at 11:56pm
That's what's up! Love it
Comment by King Piye on November 5, 2012 at 11:54pm
People act like what he said was something new or revolutionary. Marcus Garvey talked about building up one's own community. Booker T Washington talked about it. Malcolm X talked about it. That's a given. Being able to criticize and push elected leadership to be better leaders is the hallmark of democracy.
Comment by thatnigga253 on November 5, 2012 at 1:56pm
"My vote counts? I don’t do no voting. I will keep it straight up real with you. I don’t believe in none of the sh*t that’s going on in the world,” Kendrick said at the time. “If you talk with me, you'll be talking to me for hours because everything has a contradiction, everything is higher rankings and way beyond us, way beyond people. So basically, do what you do, do good with your people and live your life because what’s going on isn’t really in our hands. If it's not in the president's hands then it's definitely not in yours. When I say the president can’t even control the world, then you definitely know there’s something else that's out there that's really pushing the buttons. They could do whatever they want to do. Been doing it for years, we all puppets. Just play your cards right.” - Kendrick Lamar 2 months ago
Comment by The Regular Guy on November 5, 2012 at 7:44am
This Simple Statement Is One Of The Realist Things I've Heard From A Rapper Or Young Entertainer Period. One Day At A Time Show These kids Something Different... Thanks Man
Comment by Ahijah on November 4, 2012 at 7:28pm
Kendrick you preaching to the wrong people these bums wanna sit on there laptops all day or twitter and all that b******* crying that Obama didn't offer them a free handout
Comment by trappa on November 4, 2012 at 6:35pm
true politics is a game
Comment by Christopher Casparro on November 4, 2012 at 5:55pm
People need to change, not the president

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