“F.U.T.W”
“America tried to emasculate the greats, Murdered Malcolm, gave Cassius the shakes, Wait, tell them rumble young man rumble, Try to dim your lights tell you be humble.”
Jay-Z speaks about two powerful black men who were prominent during the ’60s, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali. But today, Malcolm X is dead and Muhammad Ali suffers from Parkinson’s Disease. It’s an ongoing theme of powerful black men who fall victim to an early death or are stricken by disease.
