Fear Not of Man: Episode 289

In Mos Def’s song Fear Not Of Man he tells us that people always ask him where hip hop is going. His response is that hip hop is about the people, so if we’re wondering where it’s going, we can simply ask ourselves: “Where am I going? How am I doing?”

In this monologue, everything that Yasiin Bey says about hip hop also applies to the world in general. If we are worried about where the world is going, we don’t need to do anything but look within, examine our goals, our emotions, our mental state, our momentum.

Bey also tells us that he isn’t worried about governments trying to present an inflated vision of their power. In the end they are mortals just like us. So perhaps there is nothing on Earth to fear.

Read the transcript and find important links on the site: A Beautiful Thought - Fear Not of Man: Episode 289