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“I’m not saying I’m going to change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.”
-Tupac Shakur
Why have the ability to hear, if you will not listen to them calling? Why have the ability to feel, if you reject the heart’s longing? How long can we turn our heads from the things around us as if they don’t exist or will simply disappear, and continue to use our perceived differences as justification to ignore the next one’s plea.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
-James Baldwin
Racism, police brutality, gun violence, mass incarceration, substance abuse, equality, healthcare challenges and more are well beyond the surface and hold strong to their roots, bearing the raw fruit of society’s truth, vehemently devouring everyday people of all groups.
Trials, tribulations and triumphs are not meant to see color, yet minorities overwhelmingly witness the imbalance of scales. In his 1993 revolutionary anthem, “Holler If Ya’ Hear Me”, Tupac Shakur raps about many of the same things we are witnessing and experiencing today.
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
-George Bernard Shaw
Whether technology has made these issues more known or the occurrences of these issues have increased, we must not only pay attention to the resulting effects; we must deeply explore the causes.
“If I am not for myself, who will be? If I’m for myself alone, who am I? If not now, when? If not you, who?”
– Hillel the Elder
Through meaningful mediums that will engage, enlightenand empowerindividuals, to influence unityand understanding, Holla If Ya Hear Meis a powerful outlet offering an ear and a voice for the voiceless, the disregarded, the forgotten and those seeking more.
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
– Barack Obama
“With my first breath, I was assured two dates, separated by a dash. While the latter remains unknown but a reflection of my past, what I do and who I am each day, defines my dash. “
– I Am Hiyhm