“I was concerned about what the stadium’s presence in the community might do…”
It seems Yasiin Bey, formally known as Mos Def, has a few concerns about the Barclays center: the 675,000 sq. ft., $4.9 Billion dollar, stadium in Brooklyn that involved rapper Jay-Z as the front runner. It seemed like such a good idea for the Brooklyn community. In the words of “The Jeffersons”… movin on up! Not quite. Mr. Bey doesn’t seem to think so and has a few affirmed thoughts about where he thinks the direction the stadium may take the community.
Check out a few excerpts via TheJasmineBRAND
Now, rewind. All of the “clarification” ,if you will, stemmed from Yasiin releasing a poem in reference to the Barclays center entitled “On.center.stadium.status”. Read below:
Modzilla The spine winder
Crooked
Face
Coliseum
Convenient future
Army base
They arrive in they best
Then it get worst
Dull scissors
Soft ribbon
Artery burst
Clear:
It’s simpler to kill
A stranger
Than it is
To slay
A
Neighbor
DECREE!
HAIL THE NO NATION BEAST!!
Whose shadow alone
Buries homes
And swallows streets
Pass gas then
(ssssuuuucckkkk)
Down wind
Topple the trees
Flat earth
Unavailable light
Bright screens
Zeroes on
Zeroes and zeroes
Round screams
What did Brutus tell Caesar as he aired him out?
“Lord it’s Hell in that crowd”
Stadium
Dig a grave
& build on top
Digagrave
& thrill on
Top
Dig agrave
& kill on
Top
On center.
STADIUM.STATUS
Stadium.
Status.
Hmm.. this can be interpreted in many ways. It's nice that Bey took the time out to clear it up instead of having the "idgaf they think what they want" syndrome.
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