One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty. H. Rap Brown More Quotes by H. Rap Brown More Quotes From H. Rap Brown Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country. H. Rap Brown blackcountrypeople You cannot legislate an attitude. H. Rap Brown attitude They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class. H. Rap Brown dividesmiddleclass The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black! H. Rap Brown blackdoemen I seek truth over a lie; I seek justice over injustice; I seek righteousness over the rewards of evildoers, and I love Allah more than I love the state. H. Rap Brown rewardsjusticelying Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford. H. Rap Brown luxurystructureclass To be successful in struggle requires remembrance of the Creator and the doing of good deeds. This is important because successful struggle demands that there be a kind of social consciousness. There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. H. Rap Brown goodstruggletogethermen Look at the newborn baby. It struggles to breathe after living in the womb. And yet, growth comes as a result of struggle. Even when we talk about jihad. We need to attach consciousness to struggle. This struggle has to be both individual and collective. H. Rap Brown resultlookgrowthstruggle My name is Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown. I am a devoted servant of Allah, and an unwavering devotee to His cause. For more than 30 years, I have been tormented and persecuted by my enemies for reasons of race and belief. H. Rap Brown allahenemiesnamei-am You see, the poverty program for the last five years have been buy-off programs. H. Rap Brown lastseeyoupoverty We happen to be the vanguard of that revolutionary struggle because we are the most dispossessed. H. Rap Brown happenbecausemoststruggle There is no such thing as a black middle class. H. Rap Brown middle-classmiddleblackclass You've got to stop dividing yourselves. You got to organize. H. Rap Brown gotstopyouorganize Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics. H. Rap Brown yeswithoutpoliticswar The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder. H. Rap Brown goingonlyfreegun The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other. H. Rap Brown blackpoliticstodaypeople So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves. H. Rap Brown mustblackcountrypeople See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy. H. Rap Brown jokeseejusticecountry
