Imperialism is the underlying motor of racism. The underlying reason that racism keeps on being promoted in all of its various forms.
Assata ShakurAll of my experience of studying religion, studying spirituality, studying natural healing, traditional medicine, has kind of enriched my vision of the world. Not only seeing reality as this moment, but as a culmination of all of the history behind us, and all of the fruit that hopefully we will be able to grow from the seeds that we are trying to plant, of goodness and peace and beauty and equality.
Assata ShakurSome people spell "good" with two o's and some people spell it with one... and there shouldn't be a contradiction between that.
Assata ShakurThere is a down side to everything if you don't understand what the consequences of what you are saying in your music you could possibly end up getting yourself killed or hurting other people because of your carelessness.
Assata Shakur