Puna: ʻŌlelo Hoʻomaopopo
Ua loaʻa iā George "Perry" Floyd ka pōʻino i lilo i hōʻailona i ka wā i pepehi ʻia ai ʻo ia e kahi mākaʻi Minnesota ma hope o ka hopu ʻia ʻana no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hāʻawi i kahi bila kālā he iwakālua kālā hoʻopunipuni (ʻaʻole maʻamau ka hewa nui, a ʻaʻole maopopo ʻo Mr. Floyd. ua ʻike). ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu, inā e hopu ʻia ʻo ia, ʻaʻole i hoʻopaʻa lima wale ʻia ʻo ia a hoʻokomo ʻia ma hope o kahi kaʻa makai. No ke aha ʻo ia ma ka honua me ke kuli ma kona ʻāʻī no ka aneane ʻeiwa mau minuke? Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka luna kuleana, hopu ʻia a hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka pepehi kanaka degere ʻelua, a ʻo nā luna ʻē aʻe ʻekolu me ia i komo ʻole, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia a hopu ʻia.
Ua nalowale ʻo Mr. Floyd i kāna hana ma Malaki ma muli o ka laka coronavirus hou. ʻO ia a me kona ʻohana i ka makahiki 2018 wale nō (ʻo kekahi mau hōʻike ʻo 2014) hele mai i ke kūkulu ʻākau mai Houston, kahi i ulu ai ʻo ia, no ka paʻakikī o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hana.
I nā makahiki 1990 a me nā zero mua, He hana haʻahaʻa ko Mr. Floyd ma ke ʻano hip-hop ma Houston. I loko o kona mau makahiki he 30 ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kēlā ʻoihana mele, ua hāʻule ʻo ia i loko o ka hewa liʻiliʻi a ua hana ʻo ia i ʻelima mau makahiki i loko o ka hale paʻahao. I kona puka ʻana i waho, huli ʻo ia i ka hoʻomana a komo pū me Resurrection Houston, kahi ʻoihana Kalikiano kūloko. I kona komo ʻana i kona mau makahiki he 40, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia i kona ola a neʻe i ke kūlanakauhale hou, a hiki i ka Coronavirus Depression ʻaʻohe pilikia hou me ke kānāwai. Ma Minnesota ua hana mua ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kaʻa kaʻa a laila loaʻa iā ia kahi hana ma ke ʻano he bouncer ma Conga Latin Bistro ma Minneapolis, ka hana a ka coronavirus laka i hoʻonele ai iā ia ma Malaki. Ua ʻōlelo kona ʻohana a me kona mau hoaaloha i kona ʻoluʻolu a me kona kōkua.
I loko naʻe o ke kaniʻuhū ʻana aʻe o ka ʻeha o ka ʻāina iā ia, akā naʻe, ma waho aʻe o kāna mau ʻōlelo hope e pepehi ʻia ana ʻo ia, ʻaʻole i haʻi nui mai kā mākou kīwī iā mākou ma ke ʻano he kanaka. A no laila, hele au e ʻimi i kāna mele. Ua paʻi ʻo ia iā Big Floyd a i ʻole DJ Floyd i kona mau makahiki iwakālua me ka hui Screwed Up Click, alakaʻi ʻia e DJ Screw.
Hoʻokaʻawale mākou i kahi ʻāpana o nā huaʻōlelo code a me ka ʻōlelo insider, akā hoʻolohe pinepine wau e hoʻāʻo e hopu i kekahi o kāna manaʻo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma hoʻokahi mele, "welcome to the ghetto" a kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka "ʻaoʻao hema" o Houston (ʻo ka hikina hema kahi ʻāpana hoʻokele waiwai o ke kūlanakauhale), a me nā mele ʻo South Sider me ka spider. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia no ke kiʻekiʻe ʻana i ka "lāʻau." ʻŌlelo ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ke alahouana. ʻO nā pilikia o ka ʻilihune, ka huhū āna e hoʻopuka ai, akā ʻo nā moeʻuhane o ka pakele a me ka hānau hou ʻana, ke holo nei ma ke ʻano he kumuhana ma kāna mau mele.
Ma mua o kona hoʻopuka ʻana i kēlā mau huaʻōlelo koʻikoʻi i kāna mau manawa hope, "ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hanu," ua hōʻike mua kāna mau mele i ka manaʻo like.
Noho ʻo Big Floyd Dj Screw ma luna o ka honua (Floyd solo verse)
DJ Screw, ka mea āna i hana ai, ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kekahi o nā kumuhana like:
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- "Ke kū nei au i kēlā Southside, ʻae ka 3
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- Hoʻopili ʻia me lākou mau keikikāne ma waho o kēlā Long Drive
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- Ua ʻike ʻoe ua noho mākou i ka playa
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- ʻIke ʻoe pono mākou e hoʻoikaika
I luna, ʻo ia ke kanaka kiʻekiʻe”
ʻAʻole lawa nā kānāwai o ka makahiki 1960 e pili ana i nā kuleana koho a me ka pāpā ʻana i ka hoʻokae ʻana. Pono ko mākou ʻāina i nā kānāwai a me nā kulekele hou e hāpai i nā ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika mai ka pahele o ka racism systemic. ʻO ka hopena kumulative o ke kula maikaʻi ʻole (no ka mea, ua uku ʻia nā kula e nā ʻāpana kūloko a ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka hapa nui), ka hoʻokae ʻana i ka hana, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka mākeke moraki, a me ka lehulehu o nā kulekele ʻokoʻa a i ʻole nā kulekele ʻē aʻe e mālama nei i ka George Floyds o ka honua. e hookahuli ana i ko lakou ola, a me ko lakou make ana. Pono mākou e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa kālā ʻana o nā kula āpau. Pono mākou i ke kānāwai Kaulike Lahui i nā makahiki 2020.
ʻAʻole i pakele ʻo Big Floyd i ka ʻilihune nona kāna kuleana hānau. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i lanakila ma luna o nā "inaina." Ua hāʻule ʻo ia i ka pilikia o ka coronavirus (ʻo ka ʻaelike ʻana a me ka nalowale ʻana o kāna hana) a me ka inaina kokoke i kahi cop me 20 mau makahiki ma ka ikaika, ma kahi kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe, kahi āna i manaʻo ai e hana i kahi ola hou.
Akā, i ka nui o ke kaumaha o ke aupuni no kāna pepehi kanaka a me nā hōʻikeʻike ʻāina i hoʻonāukiuki ʻia, ua loaʻa iā ia kekahi o kēlā transcendence āna i ʻimi ai i kāna mau mele ʻōpio, ke ʻano o ke ala hou ʻana, ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana i ka moeʻuhane. Ua hoʻoikaika ʻo ia no ka luna, a inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hiki i laila, pono mākou e hōʻoia i nā Big Floyds ʻē aʻe.
A i kēia manawa ua uē au iaʻu iho, no kēia make lapuwale o kahi haku mele aʻu i ʻike ʻole ai.
ʻO Juan Cole ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a me ka luna hoʻoponopono o Informed Comment. ʻO ia ʻo Richard P. Mitchell Polofesa o ka mōʻaukala ma ke Kulanui o Michigan a he kumu aʻoaʻo hoʻohui, Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University. ʻO ia ka mea kākau o, ma waena o nā puke ʻē aʻe, Muhammad: Kaula o ka Maluhia ma waena o ka Clash of Empires a ʻO ka Rubaiyat o Omar Khayyam. E hahai iā ia ma Twitter ma @jricole ai ole ia o ka ʻAoʻao Facebook i ʻike ʻia
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