Initially, they were sent to the refugee camp in Ter Apel. There was no future for us in Turkey, so we had to leave everything behind againįereshta, her mother, and her little brother entered the Netherlands in September of that year. When they unexpectedly found a way to come to Europe amidst the refugee waves from Syria, the family decided to leave once more: ‘There was no future for us in Turkey, so we had to leave everything behind again. For four months, they lived in Turkey without any support from the authorities – to make ends meet, Ferestha had to work eight to twelve hours a day in a restaurant.
Have you ever listened to “The Bigger Picture”? What's your favorite song by Lil Baby? Does this review make you want to listen to it, or not? Sound off in the comments below, follow on Instagram at or for more unfiltered comments on rap, the community and music in general.When 24-year-old Fereshta Rashidi thinks of her arrival in the Netherlands, she remembers the police stopping her family on the train to Amsterdam, and her first night in a cramped sports hall in Ter Apel, amongst hundreds of other people on the move.įerestha had just turned sixteen when she and her family left Afghanistan in 2015. The message is strong and important in the world that we live in today. The lyrics are so strong and poignant, partly because it is so well laid on the beat. In truth, this song is a slap and is worthy of a ten out of ten for me. It’s all a part of a system of hate that we need to untangle ourselves from. It’s also colorism and texturism to attack people because they are either lighter or darker than you are. Racism and discriminatory is more than just black people and white people. While it is black history month and a time where black people from everywhere in the world reflect on our history, it is also a time where people of all color and races can talk about the important things that we need to do to rise and advance as a human race. It can't change overnight, but we gotta start somewhere.” This is the bigger picture that Lil Baby is saying here, pleading in the chorus: “It's bigger than black and white, it's a problem with the whole way of life. Black people aren’t able to acquire generational wealth, but are gifted generational curses. It’s a problem that sees itself in the fact that black and brown men and women fill prisons, not being able to raise their children. Lil Baby is brutally honest here, and painfully right.Īs much as we are rioting and fighting, screaming “Black Lives Matter!” to the top of our lungs due to the murder of George Floyd, it’s the symptom of a much bigger problem. The government has been complicit in the removal of black institutions and business - do research on the Tulsa massacre or Black Wall Street to learn more - all while peddling drugs in our communities since the 70’s. He says in the song that “We just some products of our environment How the fuck they gon' blame us?”, making one realize even more that there is nothing that has been invested in black communities. Lil Baby doesn’t mince words as he talks about the systemic racism and of the plight that black people live in underserved communities. The reality of the situation is set upon the listener as soon as they get into it. It’s a protest song with a message something that holds weight and substance. The song is a smash hit, but it’s more than just that. They were just there.īut listening to his song, “The Bigger Picture” is something that hits different. I wouldn’t say that “Sum 2 Prove” was all that great, or that projects such as My Turn or Streets Gossip really hit me. All that I know hasn’t impressed me much.
I know who he is, just not much of what he does. His stuff doesn’t appear on my recommended tracks on Spotify. Now, I will begin by saying that I don’t listen to Lil Baby regularly. It’s time to review Lil Baby’s “The Bigger Picture”. While there are many songs that we could have chosen to analyze, from Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” to Jay-Z’s “The Story of OJ”, there’s one song that has honestly hit everything that has gone on in 2020 on the nail. While we could talk about an entire album to talk about the black experience during Black History Month, this month, we decided to be laser focused on a singular song. It’s also the first time we write something like this in a while, so again, bare with me. It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these, so be nice with me.
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