A few months ago, Tim Wise wrote a widely circulated article called,
“Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black ” which challenged America to take a
close look at the hypocrisy of the Right Wing. Now, a Pittsburgh rapper
is accepting his challenge in true Hip Hop form. Jasiri X has released a
video called “What if the Tea Party was Black.” The Hip Hop artist says
that he got the idea when Paradise,a member of the pro-black rap group
X-Clan, forwarded him a copy of Wise’s article. “I saw the article and I
liked the concept,” says the rapper. So Jasiri hit the studio with
producer Cynick Lethal while Paradise grabbed his video camera and they
went on their mission to defeat the Right Wing propaganda machine.LYRICSWhat
if the tea party was blackHolding guns like the Black Panther Party
was backIf Al was Rush Limbaugh and Jesse was Sean HannityAnd
Tavis was Glenn Beck would they harm they familiesIf Sarah Palin was
suddenly Sistah SouljahWould they leave it with the votes or go and
get the soldiersYall know if the tea party was blackThe
government would have been had the army attackWhat if Michael
Baisden was on ya FM dialFor 3 hours every day calling the president
foulWould they say free speech or find evidence howTo charge
him with treason like see he’s Un-American nowWhat if Minister
Farrakhan prayed for the deathOf the commander in chief that he be
laid to restWould they treat it as the gravest threat or never make
an arrestEven today he’s still hated for lessWhat if President
Obama would have lost the electionQuit his job so he could go talk
to the left andBash the government for being off of directionFraught
with deception And told black people they want all of our weaponsAnd
we want our own country and called for secessionWould he be
arrested and tossed in correctionsFor trying to foster aggressionAgainst
the people’s lawful selectionOur questionsWhat if the tea
party was blackHolding guns like the Black Panther Party was backIf
Al was Rush Limbaugh and Jesse was Sean HannityAnd Tavis was Glenn
Beck would they harm they familiesIf Sarah Palin was suddenly Sistah
SouljahWould they leave it with the votes or go and get the
soldiersYall know if the tea party was blackThe government would
have been had the army attackWhat If black people went on
Facebook and made a pageThat for the death if the president elect we
prayedWould the creators be tazed and thrown in a cageWe know
the page wouldn’t have been displayed all these daysWhat if Jeremiah
Wright said that everybody whiteWasn’t a real America would you
feel scared of himIf he had a militia with pictures that depict the
president as HitlerThey would kill and bury thatWaitWhat if
Cynthia McKinney lamented the winning of the new presidentAnd hinted
he wasn’t really a true residentWith no proof or evidenceWould
the media treat it like a huge press eventThey would have attacked
whatever group she representsThey would have called her a kook on
precedent And any network that gave her due preferenceWould be
the laughing stock of the news so our question is What if the
tea party was blackHolding guns like the Black Panther Party was
backIf Al was Rush Limbaugh and Jesse was Sean HannityAnd Tavis
was Glenn Beck would they harm they familiesIf Sarah Palin was
suddenly Sistah SouljahWould they leave it with the votes or go and
get the soldiersYall know if the tea party was blackThe
government would have been had the army attack
