The topic of discussion for the latter part of this week has been the death of George Floyd. The unarmed black man is the latest victim of fatal police violence and has sparked a series of protests across the country and, protests are increasingly turning violent in Minneapolis. While on IG Live with Fat Joe, Lil Wayne weighed in on the situation and provided what he thought was sound commentary.
"I think when we see these situations, I think we also have to understand that we have to get very specific. ... And what I mean by that is we have to stop viewing it with such a broad view, meaning we have to stop placing the blame on the whole force and the whole everybody or a certain race or everybody with a badge," said Weezy. "We have to actually get into who that person is. And if we want to place the blame on anybody, it should be ourselves for not doing more than what we think we're doing."
Lil Wayne also explained why he chooses not to discuss these issues publicly. "What else am I gonna do after that?" he asked. "Some people put a tweet out and they think they did something. Some people wear a shirt and they think they did something. What you gonna do after that? Did you actually help the person? Did you actually help the family? Did you actually go out there and do something? So, if I ain't about to do all that, then I ain't about to do nothing. I'll pray for ya."
Ultimately, Lil Wayne thinks the key to overcoming these societal issues is learning. "What we need to do is we need to learn about it more. If we wanna scream about something, know what we're screaming about. If we wanna protest about something, know what we're protesting about. Because if we wanna get into it, there's a bunch of facts that we think we know that we don't know. ... We scream about things that, sometimes, they really ain't true."
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