Will Brown
Will Brown
believe men battle
Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of any power in which one does not believe.
second-chance class littles
There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
slave be-a-slave
See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
military pie violence
I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
country mirrors belief
This is a very unforgiving country when you show this country its warts, when you hold the mirror up. If you happen not to share their beliefs, they'll kill you.
rebellion individual conditions
Individuals do not create rebellions; conditions do.
obligation
When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.
country fall talking
But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country. We are neither morally nor legally confined to those laws. Those laws that keep them up, keep us down.
mean pie america
I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to be violent. We will use that violence to rid ourselves of oppression if necessary. We will be free, by any means necessary.
country believe people
In terms of the revolution, I believe that the revolution will be a revolution of dispossessed people in this country: that's the Mexican American, the Puerto Rican American, the American Indian, and black people.
people community black
Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.
way embarrassing should
Everything you listen to when you are 17 should be embarrassing, otherwise you are way too cool.
numbers three goes-on
Before I go on stage, I knock three times. Three is my lucky number; I once went into an audition and was number 333 and got the best part ever.
thinking knows
At 17, we all think we know what we're doing.