“Ignorant” is a critique of willful state of mind despite all the negative, violent stuff going on around you and in your own life from gun shots in the neighborhood, vulture developers, lack of self-accountability to making excuses for self-destructive and generally destructive behavior. It calls for an awareness and a conscious reaction to these things so the real conversations to address the roots of social and psychological issues rather than a passive acceptance of things as they are. Too often in America we accept not a status quo but a stasis that keeps us from challenging power whether from a corrupt presidential administration, a power tripping supervisor, our own position of power over others or others over us used to coerce and manipulate or a “system” that benefits the very few at the expense of the many based on lines of ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality or legal or economic status. “Ignorant” by hip-hop artist Lil Primo reminds us that to keep ignoring those pressures on an everyday basis means we will probably ignore it on the macro scale that more than a few people worldwide have been feeling so poignantly. The beat is haunting yet urgent and the emotional tenor of Lil Primo’s vocals compassionately concerned. Follow Lil Primo at the links below.
soundcloud.com/wessidelilprimo
open.spotify.com/artist/66bTiXhV6mBQT6ws1yuQdZ
instagram.com/wesside_lil_primo
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