Quotes · Skopia

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Topic·Inner city issues✕clear

Song · Hip hop

Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge I'm tryin' not to lose my head It's like a jungle sometimes It makes me wonder how I keep from going under.

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

The Message · 1982

★ 5.2

Comedy special · Comedy (stand up)

You know what's wild? Martin Luther King stood for nonviolence. Now what's Martin Luther King? A street. And I don't give a fuck where you at in America—if you on Martin Luther King Boulevard, there's some violence goin' down!

Bring the Pain · 1996

★ 4.5

Film · Coming of age (film) · Drama (film) · Coming of age · Drama

Ain't nobody from outside bringing down the property value. It's these folk, shootin' each other and sellin' that crack rock and shit.

Boyz n the Hood · 1991

★ 3.6

TV program · Crime (TV) · Drama (TV) · Crime · Drama

You put a textbook in front of these kids, put a problem on the blackboard, teach them every problem in some statewide test, it won't matter. None of it. 'Cause they're not learning for our world; they're learning for theirs.

Howard "Bunny" Colvin

The Wire · 2006

★ 3.6

Film · Comedy drama (film) · Drama (film) · Comedy drama · Drama

I'm down. But, I'm down for somethin' positive in the community. Are you down for that?

Do the Right Thing · 1989

★ 2.1

Film · Comedy drama (film) · Drama (film) · Comedy drama · Drama

Who told you to step on my sneakers, who told you to walk on my side of the block, who told you to be in my neighborhood?

Do the Right Thing · 1989

★ 2.1

Film · Coming of age (film) · Drama (film) · Coming of age · Drama

Either they don't know...don't show...or don't care about what's going on in the hood.

Boyz n the Hood · 1991

★ 2.1

Film · Coming of age (film) · Drama (film) · Coming of age · Drama

Well, how you think the crack rock gets into the country? We don't own any planes. We don't own no ships. We are not the people who are flyin' and floatin' that shit in here.

Boyz n the Hood · 1991

★ 1.9

Film · Coming of age (film) · Drama (film) · Coming of age · Drama

I'll tell you why. For the same reason that there is a liquor store on almost every corner in the black community. Why? They want us to kill ourselves.

Boyz n the Hood · 1991

★ 1.9