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Track 1 of the album by Hakim Jamal: 'Not Too Busy To Hate.'

In the wake of George Floyd, can the optimism about Civil Rights be sustained in what is now a massively more inconsiderate and divided society even than in the early days of the struggle? I guess history will prove this point or otherwise.

The video features the attack upon Alex Wilson by a mob of white supremacists in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1957.

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So broken, so damn broken
So broken, so damn broken
So broken, so damn broken
So broken, so damn broken

Looking ‘round this world that’s yours and mine / seems that
We’ve all taken / a step back in time
There’ve been revolutions / in the past / so what
Makes you think / that this one’s gonna last? / this world is…

So broken…
(What it is)
(Yes it is)
(And you didn’t see it coming)

We’re buying satellites / to send to space
To improve communication / with the whole human race
But just one thought seems / out of place –
Whatever happened / to talkin’ face to face? / you see it’s…

So broken…
(What it is)
(Yes it is)
(And there ain’t nothin’ you can do about it)

The election / of the first black President
Seems like somethin’ / that just came and went
Now they’re fighting / in the streets
Brothers and sisters sayin’ ‘fuck the police’ / everything is…

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from Not Too Busy To Hate, released July 9, 2020

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Hakim Jamal Manchester, UK

The music created by Paul Ashley Wheatcroft is inspired by 70s artists such as Gil Scott-Heron, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. English musician Paul signed for Big Life/Polygram and is published by Universal Music.His new incarnation is a collective called The Mint 400. ... more

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