Trivia fact Spike Lee directed this video while he was a student at NYU's School of the Arts. He submitted it to Sugar Hill Records but the label refused to release it. After Sugar Hill went out of business, the video leaked and was played on MTV
Once upon a time, rappers actually tried to deliver a positive message to the people in the ghetto, tried to help them out and steer them AWAY from decadent lifestyles instead of toward them.
Now, all rappers do is celebrate decadence, violence, obscene wealth, materialism, misogyny, and general chaos and lawlessness. What the hell happened?
Wow, I never knew this song was so serious. I just loved it for it's beat and flow, but very dramatic video. A nice reflection of that situation and to just wake up.