Whitey on the Moon

[DizzyDi]

A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.
(while Whitey's on the moon)
The man jus' upped my rent las' night.
('cause Whitey's on the moon)
No hot water, no toilets, no lights.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
I wonder why he's uppi' me?
('cause Whitey's on the moon?)
I wuz already payin' 'im fifty a week.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Taxes takin' my whole damn check,
Junkies makin' me a nervous wreck,
The price of food is goin' up,
An' as if all that shit wuzn't enough:
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face an' arm began to swell.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Was all that money I made las' year
(for Whitey on the moon?)
How come there ain't no money here?
(Hmm! Whitey's on the moon)
Y'know I jus' 'bout had my fill
(of Whitey on the moon)
I think I'll sen' these doctor bills,
Airmail special
(to Whitey on the moon)

[VanHalen]

Oh man I think my dad has that on an album. I haven't heard that in a long time http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_eek.gif

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

Nell Carter?

5 million dollars?! Who you think you kidnapped, Chelsea Carter?
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In 1972, black American singer/songwriter Gil-Scott Heron, penned
and performed Whitey on the Moon, a bitter, heartfelt
complaint from the ghetto against the extravagance of the manned
Moon program.

The white Establishment's "mission" for the US to put a man on
the moon before the Russians, when millions of Americans still
did not even have running water or electricity and lived in rat-
infested slums, was rightly seen as obscene.

Dubbed "the father of rap" and an entertainer of the stature of
Michael Jackson, Heron is known as the writer of the famous piece
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. (http://www.cpa.org.au/garchve04/1168cult.html)
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Stop time traveling Dizzy. Or Brandon Lee in Timecop 2 will come kick you in the face for the historical breach thingy. (Somebody tried to go back in time and kill Hitler)

[Weeaboolits]

Stay away from the big white ball, thing's dangerous.

[FOAtHeart]

As a member of the "White Devil's Society," my sensibilities are offended by your post. I expect your written apology and $30 cash in my mailbox by tomorrow.

[DizzyDi]

;~;

[Solstis]

On 2007-12-26 22:42, FOAtHeart wrote:
As a member of the "White Devil's Society," my sensibilities are offended by your post. I expect your written apology and $30 cash in my mailbox by tomorrow.



Your mint julep, sah? I believe that the freshly imported space mint, harvested from the milky-white shores of Titan, will be to your liking.

(I need to get my hand on some bourbon, seriously)

Hand, hands, alskdv.


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[Shadowpawn]

On 2007-12-26 22:42, FOAtHeart wrote:
As a member of the "White Devil's Society," (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu3GvNj7qKM) my sensibilities are offended by your post. I expect your written apology and $30 cash in my mailbox by tomorrow.



O LAWD!



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[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

I misread this first as Whitney on the Moon and even got some google results for it.

[DizzyDi]

You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,
Skip out for beer during commercials,
Because the revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox
In 4 parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon
blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John
Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to eat
hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be brought to you by the
Schaefer Award Theatre and will not star Natalie
Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.
The revolution will not make you look five pounds
thinner, because the revolution will not be televised, Brother.

There will be no pictures of you and Willie May
pushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,
or trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance.
NBC will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 districts.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down
brothers in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being
run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process.
There will be no slow motion or still life of Roy
Wilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and
Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving
For just the proper occasion.

Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville
Junction will no longer be so damned relevant, and
women will not care if Dick finally gets down with
Jane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people
will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock
news and no pictures of hairy armed women
liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,
Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom
Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be right back after a message
bbout a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your
bedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.
The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.
The revolution will put you in the driver's seat.

The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run brothers;
The revolution will be live.

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

From Rags to Bitches.

"My show is not for stupid people." -Aaron McGruder

[Uncle_bob]

lol, double standards

[Sord]

On 2007-12-27 09:48, HAYABUSA-FMW- wrote:
I misread this first as Whitney on the Moon and even got some google results for it.



On 2007-12-27 10:15, DizzyDi wrote:
There will be no pictures of (Whitney on the moon) Young being
run out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process.

[Solstis]

On 2007-12-27 23:12, Uncle_bob wrote:
lol, reparations



That seems a lot more accurate.

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

On 2007-12-27 23:12, Uncle_bob wrote:
lol, money for war but can't feed the poor


yes national budget, military superpower surplus spending different from local budgets, state spending. Ghettos with no growth, no infrastructure, no plans.

Also getting to the moon before Russia and the rest, just to prove it. NASA not big in demand via any political gain, so there.

But this isn't 1972 anymore. Time to macarena, I mean Superman O.

[Uncle_bob]

On 2007-12-27 23:51, Solstis wrote:

On 2007-12-27 23:12, Uncle_bob wrote:
lol, reparations



That seems a lot more accurate.



I was more referring to the fact that certain forum rules don't seem to apply to certain people. But you know, take it however you want.

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

On 2007-12-28 16:39, Uncle_bob wrote:
I was more referring to the fact that certain forum rules don't seem to apply to certain people. But you know, take it however you want.

"Whitey" here is referring to the government. Its okay to not like the government (not just the angry protester in harsh living conditions voicing an opinion) but I dunno if they need to be stood up for. Still need the govt.



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[Uncle_bob]

Why not just use "Government" in the song instead of "Whitey" then?

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

I can't answer this 35 years later and I'm not the author.
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"Might as well call it whitejack."
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But schools and English books have worse hate speech in them than this Bob. Movies, TV, etc.

[Uncle_bob]

http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_nono.gif

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

On 2007-12-28 19:43, Uncle_bob wrote:
http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_nono.gif


This isn't even half as bad as the white man appreciation youtube linked to in some other thread.

Didn't help that the voice over guy was a creepy familiar tone too.

[Uncle_bob]

It's still silly that people shit bricks over the word "jap" being used on these forums, but a racist song filled with the word "whitey" isn't "that bad"?

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

It has a historical significance and is justifiable due to the conditions that made this guy angry, no? Using Jap is to be ignorant of the WW2 era slang and probably to make fun of "the stupid Japanese who can't speak English right olololo Engrish.com!!"

You can forgive 'mister ignorant with his ghetto education' that probably didn't teach him to be respectful to any 'white communities.' In the context, would he have been peaceful and not hateful of his country and government and blamed them but distinctly as whitey?

If it was govt on the moon nobody probably would have ever heard of it.
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Imus back to work, got his job back. Ms. Jones another radio personality who is undoubtedly racist is still on the airwaves.
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I'm white(traced to England) and Japanese and am not that offended by whitey in the 35 year old songs about ghetto living conditions blame on the spam forum. Not that offended by nubby kids using Jap either but report it or remove it as necessary as it happens much more frequently in this place and stupid kids don't know things.



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[EJ]

It also seems saying any racist slang towards white people really don't offensive in my experience but if you slip up and say something to either a spanish or black man they give you a history lesson or threaten to sue. >.>

[Solstis]

On 2007-12-28 20:47, EJ wrote:
It also seems saying any racist slang towards white people really don't offensive in my experience but if you slip up and say something to either a spanish or black man they give you a history lesson or threaten to sue. >.>



Do you remember that time when Africans stole White people from the shores of the Mediterranean, shipped them to another continent, and then forced them to work?

No?

Huh. Go figure.

What was that? Black people couldn't vote until when? Wait? Huh? 1965?

(In the South)

Yeah, there's double standards, in many cases, undeservingly. At the same time, the phrase "Whitey" doesn't have centuries of oppression behind it.

Also, I'm pretty sure that the Federal government consisted, primarily, of white people at the time. Thus, Whitey = Gov't.

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[DizzyDi]

Guys its just a good song, jesus. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif
Actually its not even a song but a poem spoken with a band behind it.

Also, take notes Shin. This is how you 'synthesize thought', not by posting random ANNIE MAY & COMMIK book pics of obscure characters that maybe 1-2 people know, or Norse gods.

HENNYWEIZ, MOAR GIL-SCOTT!

See that black boy over there, runnin' scared
his ol' man's in a bottle.
He done quit his 9 to 5 to drink full time
so now he's livin' in the bottle.
See that Black boy over there, runnin' scared
his ol' man got a problem
Pawned off damn near everything, his ol'
woman's weddin' ring for a bottle.
And don't you think it's a crime
when time after time, people in the bottle.

See that sista, sho wuz fine before she
started drinkin' wine
from the bottle.
Said her ol' man committed a crime
and he's doin' time,
so now she's in the bottle.
She's out there on the avenue, all by herself
sho' needs help from the bottle.
Preacherman tried to help her out,
she cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle.
And don't you think it's a crime
when time after time, people in the bottle.

See that gent in the wrinkled suit
he done damn near blown his cool
to the bottle
He wuz a doctor helpin' young girls along
if they wuzn't too far gone to have problems.
But defenders of the dollar eagle
Said "What you doin', Doc, it ain't legal,"
and now he's in the bottle.
Now we watch him everyday tryin' to
chase the pigeons away
from the bottle.
And don't you think it's a crime
when time after time, people in the bottle.

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

On 2007-12-28 22:01, DizzyDi wrote:
Guys its just a good song, jesus. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif

DizzyDi(e)bate!

You'd think this wouldn't happen here in the FKL so next time I want good songs about Jesus.

[EJ]

Edit: Nevermind don't want to cause a big thing about a poem that was in the 60's.

The moon have mice up there because it a ball of cheese

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[astuarlen]

Guys, chill. It's obviously about the man in the moon (he's made of white cheddar).

[HAYABUSA-FMW-]

Also found when searching: Byah
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http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g287/thechad230/BYAH.jpg
[/spoiler-box]
22% success rate. byah-cepalm or olololo, depends on the person.

At least its better than "I have a Dreamcast"