I've always thought he was cringe as a rapper but respect to him no notes on this speech fr
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Cringe? His lyrics woke me up as a teen, to the whole worldwide drug trade and its ties with politics.
In a third-world fascist state, lock the nation With 90% of the wealth in 10% of the population The Central Intelligence Agency takes weight faithfully The finest type of China white and cocaine you'll see Honey I'm home, nevermind why our bank account's suddenly grown It's funny, we're so out of this debt from this money we owe Woulda ya mind if I told you I had two governments overthrown To keep our son enrolled in a private school, and to keep ya tummy swollen C'mon, our fuckin' home was built on the foundation of bloody throats The hungry stolen of they souls, of course this country's runnin' coke I took a stunted oath to hush the one's who know But CIA conducts the flow of these young hustlers who lust for dough
“”Cringe””??
I don't get your comment. All of these things are true: Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins talks about how Halliburton with aid from CIA used to lock in contracts with developing countries that ultimately skewed their power balance into the hands of a very few, who ran brutal regimes often peddling in the drug business, which with much help form the agency exacerbated the crack epidemic in the 80s.
I was agreeing with you lol idk why the first user is calling him cringe when his lyrics are 🔥
I was agreeing with you lol idk why the first user is calling him cringe when his lyrics are 🔥
I dunno, he rhymed "75 years" with "75 years" like 12 times.
JK/LOL- this may be his best recorded free-style.
is that better or worse than famous dex's "hoes mad" x24?
He did attend the same college as Vin Diesel and Lin Manuel Miranda, at least he took his artistic cringe in a different direction.
Lin-Manuel Miranda Was Bullied By Underground Rap Legend Immortal Technique In High School
Sincerity is basically the definition of cringe. It's why cringing-culture is useful for stifling overt messages in art
I don't think that's quite right, although I know it's a common interpretation. For contrast, Boots is sincere but not cringe (at least, he wasn't in his prime some of his new stuff is kind of cringe).
Nah it's right. Boots kicks ass and I like him even more than I like Immortal Technique, but his sincerity would be what gets called cringe by someone who didn't like him
I've got plenty to criticize about Immortal Technique, most frequently using SV as a figure of speech or using slurs, but those are specific criticisms instead of naming a reaction. Cringe is a good word for joking around or manipulating cringers with the shame they're susceptible to, but it doesn't describe anything about a piece of media
please give example of cringe
He did songs other than Dance with the Devil
Yeah, he also did all those songs where he uses the f slur. Such range! What an amazing artists!
If all you want to do is sneer, you've got things figured out, but having reactionary elements doesn't mean he has nothing of value to say and, while his affect has some backwards elements of his culture, what he actually discusses is often radically progressive.
You’re right. I was being an ass. Tbh, the root of it is how much he gets right just makes it so his homophobia hurt more. I shouldn’t use that to take away from his insights though.
I appreciate the self-crit. The homophobia really does suck and I share some disappointment over it. Ironically (?), I have a similar thought on Stalin, who gets pinned with false shit all the time to try to undermine his radical progressivism but -- unlike those false accusations -- was genuinely personally homophobic to a surprising extent. He was more dismissive of gay socialists than he was even of Trots, as far as I can tell.
Now there's players out there, talking bout their holdins
With bugs in they house like they down south with windows open
This line from Peruvian Cocaine lives in my mind forever.
No irony, I truly love it
Come on, it's in his fucking name lol
I think this slaps (general CW, r word)
Great now im gonna be spending today on a Technique binge
It slaps. Cringe is all relative. Why is the Overton Window way over there?
You get up and howl about America and democracy There is no America, there is no democracy We no longer live in a world of nations and ideologies The world is a college of corporations Inexorably determined by the immutable bylaws of business The world is a business And I have chosen you to preach this evangel
[Intro] For all my free market, health care-robbing Stock-stealing, retirement fund fuckin'-with removed Fuck you little credit card-scamming, jewelry-stealing Crack-selling, liquor store-robbing motherfuckers! Shout out to the homies Carnegie, OG Willy Randolph Hearst, Farouk, Rockefeller – the real Rockefeller My main bitch Leona, pour out a little Louis the 13th Scott Rothstein, Jack Abramoff, hold ya head My Rothschild removed: Let's get this money!
[Verse 1] I spend my day pairin' America overseas Pension for the workers, removed please Embezzlement etiquette, private settlement I'm better with confederate rhetoric From my mansion in Connecticut Foreclose, evict hoes out of tenement I twist words like a speech impediment I hope you got good credit, bitch If not, better get a new job with benefits While I play golf with removed I get cheddar with New money buys brand new carats My old money bought your great grandparents You got grills in your mouth, I ain't mad at ya I own every goldmine in South Africa Thanks, baby, you made me a billion Plus I own a building For each one of my children's children; that's the shit Snort coke in the whip, Miss USA suckin' my dick Yeah, what! Fuck the law, ‘cause real jail is for suckas I go to country club prison, you dumb motherfuckers (I am the 1 percent, fuckin' bitch!) You might also like Love Language SZA Notice Me SZA vampire Olivia Rodrigo [Hook] You know my CEO, corporate steeze, please Overthrow governments overseas in a breeze Politicians in my pockets for a few hundred G's So if I'm ever in court, my assets'll never freeze
[Verse 2] I got a job and a house and a bank account When I'm out, I doubt that's something you can say And if not then I'll fake death like Kenneth Lay Make money everyday the world burns on its axis While y'all strugglin' to pay taxes I'm gettin' my money the fastest Memos and faxes, shredded up documents Slush funds through the corrupt continents But they don't want me indicted ‘Cause they don't want my dirty laundry aired when I fight it Don't get my lawyers excited ‘Cause what good is a law if you can't rewrite it? I got CIA traitors, dictators So fuck y'all whistleblowers and haters! (Sheeeiiitt!) I'll invest money from al-Qaeda In the bank 9/11 widows go to later Capitalism's who I pray to, fuck the state of the world Money talks, so what the fuck I need to say to your girl? (I don't pay them to fuck, I pay them to leave!) [Hook 2] You know my CEO, corporate steeze, greed I treat countries like the IMF, down on your knees Real gangstas run the world, fuck what you believe I'll cut down a forest while you removed burnin' some trees I'll get your family murdered for a couple of G's ‘Cause your working class money ain't fuckin' with me You think rappers are rich ‘cause of songs you heard? My labels make the money and haven't rapped a fuckin' word
[Verse 3] Yacht in the ocean, coastin' with the sails out Hey, America, thanks for the bailouts I made off with the Banco Ambrosiano Got away scott-free like El Vaticano Activists act a bitch, get mad at me ‘Cause of my tax-free charity 80 percent to the staff and company And 20 percent to the homeless and hungry The country gotta pay the Fed Reserve Kick back to the banksters—haven't you learned? You protest cops or patrols on the street But I bought city hall, so I own the police Email, Facebook, and the shit you tweet All the phone companies, so I heard you speak And my suggestion is your correction No elections, sex with no affection No invention will benefit the world of man Will exist 'til I've got the money in my hand World Bank interest rate damn rape on the spot But I'm a gangsta, you gon' take my money, like it or not, removed (I got your country in my pocket, motherfucker!) [Hook 3] You know my CEO, masonic steeze, cheese Only little people pay all these taxes and fees Since you were born, we've controlled what you watch and you read And pretty soon we're gonna own the fuckin' air that you breathe I take what I want, fucker, I don't have to say please I convince you that it's good for you, take it and leave You think presidents are a face of a nation? I put 'em all where they are, end of the conversation