Chuck D Interview, 'What About December?'
Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 05:42PM
TheSpook
"Of
course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it.
Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're
supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get
props because you voted. That's stupid. You don't see people running
around trying to get props because they washed up. "I washed today! I
took a shower today!" But if you don't vote, you can't go around if
something goes wrong saying, "Aw man, stuff just stinks!" Well yeah,
something stinks because you ain't smelled yourself. You supposed to
take a shower, dude, or you gon' stink! The hip-hop nation is supposed
to vote, because if they don't, something's gonna stink: The draft gets
voted in, cats get pulled off to war, the average person is gonna get
shot up. " [more ]
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