Two of Ghana’s biggest rap stars, Sarkodie and M.anifest, have teamed up to release a new track Brown Paper Bag which addresses the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests across the world.
The song released on Thursday explores acts of omission and commission of Africans, African Americans and their leaderships which has contributed to the systematic racism black people face today.
“We are free…but we are not free totally, we are still in the matrix, slavery is in stages, we are currently in stage six,” Sarkodie said in his opening lines.
The rapper was passionate about the fact that although slavery ended and the black man was believed to be free, they are still suffering from the remnants of slavery.
For Sarkodie, Freedom really means being able to control all aspects of your life including finances, making your own decision and many others adding that “we gotta push to be free before is too late.”
“We have a choice but we can’t breathe” he said using the famous words uttered by of Eric Garner, George Floyd, Anton Black, Javier Ambler and Derrick Scottand who died at the hands of the police in the US.
Source: Joynews
