The following is an excerpt of the song "Satanic Reverses" by The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, one of the best hip-hop bands to grab a mic and go boom, if you want my opinion. I'm pretty selective with the rap I listen to, but the album Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury is a solid-rocking, hip-hopping, politic-ing, work of art.    (Michael Franti, the lyricist and rapper, went on to form the band Spearhead.) You can buy the CD from Amazon.com if you'd like to try it out yourself.

While we all try to discern between
Our cup of tea and we call obscenity
The house's legislation
ripped the phoney foundation
off what we thought inherent
Sent Joey to the Supreme Court

'Cause he made a statement
they called it desecration
of the symbol that was meant to represent
the freedom of so called choice and dissent
They almost had me believing it
They were bleeding him
He said, "Burn, baby, burn"
'Til the street samurai
said to my face that
any flag that's worth a shit
was woven from fire in the first place

Grab a audio clip if you think it sounds hip.
reverses.mp3 - 87K

Lyrics by Michael Franti
Copyright 1991 Beat Nigs Music (ASCAP)

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