David Banner Says Some Parents “Let The Oppressor Teach Our Children”

In an recent interview with The Russ Parr Morning Show, Banner spoke about the obligation that adults and parents have to teach the younger generation.

In the interview, Banner said, "Our kids are a reflection of what we did or did not teach them. I think in a lot of cases, our parents chased the American Dream so hard that they ran off and left our kids. They left the kids in front of the television. They ran off and let the oppressor teach our children."

The 40-year-old Mississippi native spoke about the death of Eric Garner as an example of our society not doing enough to protect the younger generation.

“Even what happened to Eric Garner, bruh,” Banner says. “You don’t see it on the camera is how many Black people were standing around allowing that happen. If we want our children to change, we have to go them a good example. How can we expect these rappers to change they music if I’m not?”

On "Evil Knievel," a single Banner dropped back in March, Banner raps: “They gave us Obama, right? Like that was going to stop the fight," saying that the fight for justice is not yet over.

The song was prompted by young Internet commenters, according to Banner.

“What happened when was a kid on the Internet said, ‘David Banner, we saw on all the stuff you did for the world cup and stuff, but we need you,'" Banner said in the interview. “The elders in Rap went off and did movies and tours and paintings, but we left the kids with no elders. So I'm like, ‘Bruh, I gotta come back,’ especially because I can afford to say what I want to say.”

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