Scottie Beam Song Lyrics Meaning - Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist & Rick Ross
Read Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist, Rick Ross - Scottie Beam Lyrics Song Meaning Explained. Album : Alfredo Release Date : May 29, 2020 Record Label : ESGN, ALC, Empire Records Songwriter : Tipton, Maman, William Roberts III, Norman Virgil Whiteside Producer : The Alchemist This is a reference to the legendary 1971 Gil Scott-Heron song “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.” Scott-Heron was sampled in the outro of the album’s previous track, “God Is Perfect.” The “televised executions” Gibbs mentions are probably the numerous instances of police brutality that continue to surface since the advent smart phones, bringing attention the the long-enduring problem of disproportionate police violence against Black people. Gibbs also appears to refer to the idea that the treatment of Black people throughout American History amounts to genocide. This includes atrocities committed under slavery, which have been called Maafa or the Black Holocaust, and the lynching, compulsory sterili