"We're not thugs just for the sake of being thugs. Nobody does that where we grew up in N___, duh! The poverty line, we don't pass it. So I enter The mask and the gloves because we don't feel the love We don't commit crime for the sake of committing crimes We move parts because we're not okay. . is locked up in prison. You know what that could do to a N___ mind? I'm thinking about my money, you won't give me 40 acres and a mule! 'got my Glock 40 now, I'm cool Jay-ZImagine waking up every morning hungry, except instead of heading to your local fast food joint, you can't even afford a dollar hamburger from McDonald's. . Imagine falling asleep to the sound of gunshots rather than the sound of crickets. These conditions are like the middle of a war zone or a third world country, but instead, this is the environment. in which many black high school students live. Rap lyrics may not be the formal type of quote to open a newspaper; however, in order to properly represent the voices of young black men, this is entirely appropriate. The fact is that they are angry and extremely resentful towards white people because of the treatment of their slave ancestors. Seeing white people succeed while they struggle in America's slums is not fair to the African American community. Despite numerous appeals from black support groups like the NAACP, their proposals for fair and equal treatment seemingly fell on deaf ears in these students' worlds. As a result, many of them turned to crime. The rate at which black men are trapped in the prison system is alarming. Today, African Americans represent 62% of our young African American male inmates. We would probably never have believed that they were doing so well until they were made aware of the conditions that our fellow Americans have to go through on a daily basis. This is shocking and unacceptable. We have paid our debt to those we have harmed. Why not improve our relations with the minorities who need it most? The black race is a proud race, and they are not always looking for handouts. Dignity is the goal of this solution. They are a strong people and should be treated as such. Booker T. Washington said, “I have learned that success is measured not so much by the position one has reached in life as by the obstacles one has had to overcome in trying to succeed. » Regarding the obstacles that the African American race has overcome, why not help them overcome their greatest obstacle of opportunity ??