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Carol Blackmon of Atlanta’s Majic 107.5 interviews General Larry “Pants On The Ground” Platt.

Thanks to American Idol most of America is familiar with General Larry “Pants On The Ground” Platt. But most don’t realize the man was, and still is, a Civil Rights activist that survived attacks from the Klu Klux Klan and worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Listen to the Atlanta native’s interview with Carol Blackmon.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Cute_DC/ Cute_DC

    LOL…. i love how she tries to help him wit the rap but he is lyke b***h this is my song butt out lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/itsmeChrissy901/ itsmeChrissy901

    I can’t understand a word he’s saying!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/atallromantic/ atallromantic

    I’m mad Bun B using this song as one of his own, people acting like he did something great, but when David Banner had his song about oh boy that got beat to death in Chicago, you didn’t hear that heavily talked about. And that was meaningful. WTF

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ALEXANDERMEGAS/ ALEXANDERMEGAS

    u know keepin it real, the pants been baggy SENSE!! niggaz been break dancin.. we use 2 call them baggies, not the poppers.. and skaters wore baggie pants 2.,. we wore them loose becuz we would flare, and we wore martiasl art clothes, we were loose wit it.. WEE the REASON why niggaz get this attention.. this $$ not them.. latins wear it like that.. whites.. HIP HOP.. some times it iz way out of proportion but.. dont come in2 this like. jesus.. sometimes the older generation act jealous of the younger generation.. it’s white black latin.. and if parents(this older generation ) would raise their damn kids, it wouldnt get out of hand.. actin like these younger niggaz iz the cause of the problems.. where were yaaall at?!?! soundin like winos.. dressin like teenager.. makin up lil lines, now u a leader in the community.. naaah the nigga wit hiz baggy jeans on 2 hiz knees wuz WITH HIS WOMAN AND KID(S) EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ON THE STTTRRREEETZZZ.. where in the FUK.. wuz ur fukin generation.. these niggaz sold drugz 2 FEED THEIR FAM.. the OLDER FELL VICTIM 2 HEROIN.. we still loved em.. AND THEY SPIT IN OUR FACE.. fuk em.. jeezy kids are goin 2 be well educated.. 50 kidz are goin 2 be welllll educu-FUKIN-cated, powerful and RESPECTED BY THE WHITE MANAND LOOVVED BY HIZ FUKIN KIDS.. ALL THE OTHER CELEBRITIES FELL VICTIM 2 DRUGZ… NOW NIGGAZ RUNNIN IT.. AND THERE KIDS ARENT EVEN GOIN 2 TOUCH IT… AND THEY ARE BASTARDS…….THINK A FUKIN BOUT IT.. WE ARE THE SUPERIOR GENERATION AND THRE ONEZ AFTER WILL BE FAAAAR GREATER…BOW THE FUKZ DOWN!!! MEGAS

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BP_SportsFreaks/ BP_SportsFreaks

    Kudos to this man and all conscious hip-hop music. As for Bun B and all these other so-called ‘rappers’ in the industry…’Niggaz are scared of revolution’

    Keep On….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GentleCool/ GentleCool

    Look everyone let’s not get upset..One he is a Civil Rights Activist that has experienced some things a lot of our eye’s have not seen and won’t open our eyes to what is going on now.. I have a father who died in what this man has lived threw..he is just saying what we have changed ourselves from how the govern’ use to put focus on us as a race to how we attract attention now…The saggie’ where is fine if we present our selves with some dignaty..and let others know you still have the right to free style, dress and speech with respect that our black men and women so brought together for our future.. let’s not down each other of an idea…EMBRACE IT…again to much food for thought…PEACE

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/taurus216/ taurus216

    dnt nobody care about him or his lame song

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexxy_chyna_black/ sexxy_chyna_black

    Yea no one cares about what he say……wow….that’s how you feel….I look at my kids daily and feel hurt and sorrow for them becus they won’t be given the choices I had…..my 9yr told me she had to write a play based on MLK and after she did the research (yes she is 9 and I keep her miind open) she came to me about a week later and said..mom,u know I think Dr. King and his family may be pretty upset. I looked at her puzzeled…ask her way….my baby said…this man fought so hard to give us back just a little bit that was taken and all we do is prove the ones who enslaved us right, and mom I wonder if he could see the future wud he still have given his life with this outcome and if he didn’t where wud we be…thank u mom fore taking the gift he gave u….so some people prob can’t understand where the general is coming from but I’m glad my 9yr old does….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jenkinsderrick/ jenkinsderrick

    As long as he’s an activist he has my vote. Damn he was with MLK. He’s smart and intelligent. Keep up the good work and remind these homosapiens they’re not free.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/itsmeChrissy901/ itsmeChrissy901

    MLK didn’t GIVE us ANYTHING!!You should learn and teach your daughter real black history. SNCC existed before King saw it as an opportunity to get face time…just like opportunistic preachers today. He probably actually did more damage than good for black people. His approach has made us PERMANENT second class citizens, having only what is GIVEN to us. His approach took the legitimacy out of the anger that black people have. His approach is what has made blacks the “pet project” of liberal entities that seek to control us.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/missstrings43/ missstrings43

    All I have to say after listening to that entire interview is:
    LAWD HAM MERCEEEE!”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/3_Stack/ 3_Stack

    TRUTH and the matter is niggaz is doing dumbs stuff everyday..the laws are designed for us to go to jail..we think its cool..some dudes dont even know nothing about whats going on out there….If u wanna gang bang Unite Gangs… s**t kkk and aran brothers are just letting us be dumb niggaz… black man with education and a black athlete..R… THE MOST POWERFULL ON THE PLANET AND THEY KNOW THATS WHY THEY KEEP US DOWN…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/everymansdream9/ everymansdream9

    @3_Stack I agree with you, hun. The fight is FAR from but at some point, we have to stop making excuses and take some responsibility.
    My question is: What are you doing to make a difference?
    I’m open to networking

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/steve797/ steve797

    dr. king didnt do shyt sorry if yall get upset but tellin ppl who spray u with hoses let dogs bite u beat u arrest u and killed u that u still love them is BS…. the reason amerikkka loves dr king so much is cause he preached exactly what they wanted to hear (even though we gonna hang u rape ur women and children) WE SHOULD STILL LOVE THE WHITE MAN.. TRUST ME MARCUS GARVEY NAT TURNER MALCOLM X ETC. DID MORE THAN DR KING… BECAUSE MALCOLM X MADE MARTIN RELEVANT BECAUSE AMERIKKKA WAS CALLIN DR KING A COMMUNIST A RACIST A SEPARATIST AMONGST OTHER THINGS… NOW WHEN MALCOLM X CAME ALONG HE SCARED THE SHYT OUT OF THEM U HAD A BLK MAN WITH DIGNITY N RESPECT IN THE BLK COMMUNITY BUT ALSO ONE WHO CAN GATHER THE MASSES TO DO SOME FU-CKED UP SHYT 2 WHITE PPL IF HE WANTED

    SO WHAT DID AMERICA SAY LETS SHOW DR. KING SOME LOVE AND MAKE MALCOLM LOOK IRRELEVANT.

    ITS SAD TO SEE WE HAVE SO MANY DR KINGS NOWADAYS CAUSE LOVE WILL NEVER BRING PEACE IT NEVER HAS AND IT NEVER WILL

    AND FOR THOSE WHO WANNA DISPUTE THAT LOOK AT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN BLK PPL STILL GET MURDERED EVERYDAY BY THE POLICE AND ITS CALLED JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE

    AND FOR THOSE WHO SAY BLKS KILLS BLKS ALSO TRUE BUT SO ALSO WHITES KILL WHITES LATINS KILL LATINS ASIANS KILL ASIANS BUT YET WE ARE THE ONLY ONE SPOKEN ABOUT OPEN UR EYES PPL

    AND WHY DO AMERIKKKA TEND 2 CELEBRATE THE SAME BLK PPL EVERY SO CALLED BLK HISTORY MONTH…. TEACH THE KIDS ABOUT NAT TURNER MARCUS GARVEY MALCOLM TELL THE KIDS THE TRUE STORIES ABOUT THE BLK PANTHER AND THE BLK COWBOYS THAT ROAMED THE WEST.

    DONT JUST TEACH US ABOUT PASSIVE AGRESSIVE NYGGAZ PLEASE DONT

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ALEXANDERMEGAS/ ALEXANDERMEGAS

    i think the solution 2 the problem iz not bringin celebrities in2 the neighborhood.. but the neigborhoods needs 2 fix problems their selves. i think neighborhoods need 2 operate like lil villages, create bank accounts, politic with other villages.. find a substitute for drugs, like block parties/talent shows.. do what the panthers wuz tryin 2 do but dont make the same mistakes. run raffles for garments, hats, shoes or somin.. buy it for $50.. get $300.. give the $50 2 the winner… put $100.. in the neighborhood(community)account.. buy a lawn mower and now u got a neighbor hood business.. and the rest go in2 the next raffle.. create ur own politicians.. block 4 block.. build a nation…LIKE UNITED STATES.. it may not have worked then but maybe it will work now.. build enough power .. a strong enough economy.. u can bring celebrities in and u can pay them… create ur own media… focus on intelligence/education/ the kids… it iz possible…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/XxWarriorGoddessxX/ XxWarriorGoddessxX

    steve797 is a dumbass, nigga, was you born when MLK was alive? No you wasn’t! Typical nigga without knowledge! As for General Larry, more power to ya!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/iiRockMySocks/ iiRockMySocks

    I feel that to say Martin luther king Jr didnt do nothing is crazy. But ugh General Larry seems like a educated dude. Its like history has so many faults. Such as when he clarified the bus ride. No offense but yall know when dave chapelle plays the crack head, dont they sound a like? but I understand that when he got shot it messed up his speech so I def wouldnt laugh about it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stickka/ stickka

    For what they show for black history really does not apply to most blacks of this america. history was changed to protect white people this land has always been black people’s land the people they called indians were really black people well Muurs. the history they show is so negative Due to the killing and hiding the truth.I would say for black history month we take a day off from this and look into that i will leave u with one word Was**taw find out who or what this is and u will have taken the blue pill don’t look and u have taken the white pill. people are finding things that were hidden from us. This is the reason we have to vote so we can vote. u got the word good luck.oh one last thing columbus said in 1492″What is the queen of sheeba’s people doing here? please note the date. much luv i hope this helps…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stickka/ stickka

    Wasitaw

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/everymansdream9/ everymansdream9

    @ALEXANDER… that actually happened a very long time ago. It was known as Black Wall Street. It was located in Tulsa, OK but jealousy struck and the majority burned the area to the ground.
    Back then, Blacks had less resources but the mentatility of self-preservation was strong and sadly today it is vice versa.
    How do we get back to that?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/steve797/ steve797

    LMAO@ WARRIOR GODDESS

    I’M NOT A DUMBAS-S BUT BEFORE U CALL SOMEONE A DUMBA-SS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE MAKE SURE U HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE TO SHARE ANYONE CAN CALL SOMEONE A DUMBASS… BUT WHERE IS UR KNOWLEDGE TO BACK IT UP

    SP BEFORE U COME WITH SOME DUMBA-SS RESPONSE TEACH ME SOME TRUTH

    ANYONE CAN CALL SOMEONE NAMES DOESNT MAKE U SMARTER

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ALEXANDERMEGAS/ ALEXANDERMEGAS

    @everymansdream9.. i think it iz 2 late or we dont have the components 2 build a black nation like alot of blacks would like. we dont have the loyalty passion intelligence, discipline or knowledge 2 do that in my opinion. the ones with the components 2 aquire the intelligence/imagination are on this illuminati thing and i dont think educated/proffesional blacks feel what they are saying (me included).. i dont believe white people are devils. i mmean we knew what we were doin when we poisioned our community, we know what we are doin now… we sold ourselves in2 slavery, we knew the repercussions, we chose them and now here we are lookin 4 the white man, celebrities, muslims, christians everybody but the community 2 fix it..

    them callin this dude a LEADER iz beyond words.. HEEELLLL NAH who gonna take the time and energy 2 try 2 convince people incapable of seein somin iz wrong with this dude gettin all of this media attention.. we are easily swayed by magical tricks, like these miracles in church…

    FIXIN UR COMMUNITY IZ A MUST.. IF U CANT DO THAT THEN THE THRONE SHOULD BE HANDED 2 WHOMEVER RULES IT JUSTLY.. THE PRINCIPALS/VIRTUES/POWERS.. SHOULD BE RELIEVED.. LEST U CONTROLL IT URSELF..

    AS CIVILIANZ.. WE ARE CIVIL.. WE WONT ALLOW THE EVILZ 2 CONTROL/MANIPULATING OUR.. CIVILIZATIONZ

    OR CAN WE NOT? WHY?? THE TRUTH MUST BE ACCEPTED AS TRUTH, ELSEWISE WE WILL BE MORE FAMILAR WITH LIES…COMFORTABLE WITH LIES… TELL LIES(ACTIONS).. LIARS(THE TRAIT WILL BEIN OUR PATTERNS, HABITS, CHARACTER, SPIRIT)..

    SO IN ORDER 2 TALK 2 THE PEOPLE U HAVE 2 LIE, BE UN-TRUE .. OPPOSE THE TRUTH, OPPOSE THE LIGHT..

    THE TRUTH IZZ THE LIGHT.. THE LIGHT.. THE SUN-LIGHT BRINGS LIGHT/LIFE…

    THAT IZ RIGHT.. IN THE DARK MAN ACTS WRONG.. NOT DURIN THE DAY.. BUT AT NIGHT, UNSEEN..

    ARE WE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLIN THE NIGHT..??? WE DONT WANT 2 END NIGHT ACTIVITIES, PLEASURES, BUT WE NEED/WANT 2 FEEL SECURE… SAFE AT NIGHT..

    WE MAKE MONEY AT NIGHT.. ANIMALS HUNT AT NIGHT..
    CONTROL THE NIGHT AND U WILL RULE THE DAYLIGHT..

    AND THAT IZ JUST THE BASICS.. IF U CANT ADD.. THEN DONT TRY 2 MULTIPLY/DIVIDE.. IF U CANT DO ALGEBRA/GEOMETRY…. IF U ARE NOT EDUCATED.. OR ARENT RULED BY EDUCATED ONES… THEN THE COMMUNITY WILL NOT HAVE EDUCATED CITIZENS… THEY WILL MOVE WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE CIVIL..

    GET IT.. IT STARTS WITH UR NEIGHBORHOOD.., BLOCK, HOUSEHOLD,FAMILY, U

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dottie_03/ dottie_03

    THIS IS WHAT I GOTTA SAY: we are out of slavery we are out of any thing dealing with WHITES ONLY THIS OR THAT. ALL I GOT TO SAY IS BE THANKFUL WE ARE NOT GOING THROUGH THE SAME SH*T THEY WERE GOING THROUGH BACK IN THE DAY YOU GOT FREEDOM NOW SO BE HAPPY DONT COMPLAIN..OH WELL IF THEY WERE SAYIN MLK WAS THIS OR MALCOM WAS THIS THEY WERE AN INCENTIVE FOR OUR FREEDOM SO BE HAPPY STOP CRITISIZING ..SOME OF OYU ACTIN UNGRATEFUL SOME OF US WOULDNT EVEN BE HERE IF IT WASNT FOR THEM..AND STOP BLAMING WHITE PPL FO SH*T YES THEY GOT THE UPPERMAN WE ALL GOT THE OPPURTUNITY TO BE SOMETHING IMPORTANT IN LIFE … YOU NEED TO GET YOUT SH*T RIGHT AINT SH*T HANDED TO YOU…. LIFE IS TO SHORT FOR YOU GUYS TO BE POINTING THE FINGER IM JUST SAYIN..I KNOW IM TRYNA GET RIGHT I AM NOT TRYNA BE IN THE HOOD OR BECOME ANOTHER STEREOTYPE FUGG THAT..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Good_Blakk_Man/ Good_Blakk_Man

    I wish my people wouldn’t type in all caps. I also wish my people didn’t type like this: “Dis iz da bess, nigga. I comes wit dat fire.”

    It doesn’t make you look cool, it makes you look like an educated moron, and it just gives racist Whites one more thing to laugh at.

    We can type properly, and we can type in English. We can do better.

    Black people, let’s communicate like we have some damn sense.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ALEXANDERMEGAS/ ALEXANDERMEGAS

    @mrgood_blakk_man FIRST OFF LOOK HOW U SPELLED BLACK IN UR FUKKIIN NAME.. U SPELLED BLACK, BLACKK??? I GUESS U SPELL NIGGA, N-I-G-G-E-R HUGH?… AND PRONOUNCE IT THE SAME WAY.. I HATE GOOD N****RZ.. HOW ABOUT WE TRADE U 4 EMINEM..

    U DONT HAVE 2 USE A FUKKIN COMMA WHEN U TYPE( AND) BLAKK.. THAT’S BAD..

    SEE WE FROM DIFFERENT TRIBES BLACK, U ARE TRYIN 2 IMPRESS THE WHITE MAN(OR MAYBE SOME SISTAZ ;(..) BY PROVING HOW EDUCATED U ARE..

    HOW PROPER U ARE.. U ARE, “ONE OF THE GOOOOD ONEESSSS..” THAT’S WHAT UR WHITE BUDDIEZ TELL YA(THUMBS-UP=D!!!).. DONT THEY ;)BET IT TOOK U A HOUR 2 TYPE THAT..

    HEY BLAKK.. U….. ARE…. THE REASON….. THAT …. IIIII WANT MUAHFUKIN NIGGAZ 2 GO AHEAD AND ASSIMULATE IN2 THE WHITE muah-fukin society maan.. let me tell niggaz boutcha..

    i call yal.. good niggaz duke.. a white dude told u .. hey u are different from them and IT WENT 2 UR FUKIN HEEAADD..

    if u wuz arrested in the community…4 doin wrong.. u would rattle tat tattle.. TAILIN ON ER BODY..

    U ARE THE REASON WHY HARRIET TUBMAN CARRIED A GUN TRANSPORTIN SLAVES UP NORTH.. OHH BUT U WOULDNT TAIL ON A QUAKER..

    U QUAK ME UP MR GOOD NIGGA.. CANT STTAANDSS NO GOOD NIGGAZ BO…

    TRU NIGGAZ DO NOT MISTAKEN HIM 4 A INTELLECT OR A PLAYA ..

    DAFFY DUCK IN THE HOUSE.. AND IT IZ DUCK HUNTIN SEASON..

    PUT IT ON MUTE.. U DONT HA ENUFF WRITIN SKILLS 2 TYPE A ANSWER IN PROPER ENGLISH.. UR HEAD WILL BLOW UP..

    =D

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/big-blue-beast/ big-blue-beast

    That is why they let him on AI! His children are too old to audition! His grandchildren are almost too old to audition. They knew he was an activist and wanted to give him 15 minutes of fame!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AlreadyJazzy/ AlreadyJazzy

    I love u Genaral Larry!Please educate our black people,because every one else is afraid to do so!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/steve797/ steve797

    EVERYBODY IS SAYIN THAT THOSE THAT CHOOSE TO SPEAK UP ARE BLAMING WHITE PPL MAYBE TRUE IN SOME CASES BUT LETS BE REAL THERE WERE BLK PPL WITH MONEY N WEALTH BACK IN THE DAYS OF SLAVERY MAYBE NOT WHAT WE WOULD CALL WEALTH TODAY SO WHY DIDNT OUR ANCESTORS LOOK AT THEM AS AN EXAMPLE AND JUST SHUT THE FU-CK UP?THOSE LIKE MALCOLM X , MARCUS GARVEY,MARTIN LUTHER KING,ROSA PARKS, ETC.AND THOSE SAME ONES WERE TALKIN TO THE LIKES OF MALCOLM MARTIN MARCUS ROSA PARKS ETC. TO JUST SHUT THE FU-CK UP IMAGINE IF THEY HAD DID THAT. SO WHY SHOULD WE SHUT THE FU-CK UP NOW? CAUSE WE HAVE OPRAH OBAMA THE NFL N THE NBA? OH YEAH WE ALSO HAVE THE GHETTO THE PRISON SYSTEM(NOT EVERY BLK MAN IS GUILTY JUST EASIER TO CONVICT OH ALSO THE PRISON SYSTEM IS A 28BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY) WE ALSO HAVE THE POOREST NATIONS IN THE WORLD MAINLY BLK THAT WERE CONQUERED AND RAN BY WHITES WHICH WERE THEN LIBERATED BUT YET THOSE SAME COUNTRIES THAT ONCE RULED ARE STILL MAKIN MORE MONEY OF OF THAT COUNTRIES RESOUCES (EXPORTS IMPORTS) THAN THAT COUNTRY ITSELF

    WHERE IS THE TRUE FREEDOM THAT WE SO RICHLY SPEAK OF?

    OH YEAH AND NO I’M NOT BLAMIN WHITE PPL JUST STATING FACTS THAT SOME NEED 2 KNOW
    NOT EVERY BLK PERSON THAT VOICES THEIR DISGUST FOR AMERIKKKA PRACTICES HATES WHITE PPL WE JUST WANT 2 SEE BETTER(AND THE LAST TIME I CHECKED CHARITY STARTS AT HOME)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/everymansdream9/ everymansdream9

    @ALEXANDER I get it which is why I mentor children. I feel change needs to occur on a mass level BUT at the rate we’re going it seems impossible. What miracles in church are you speaking of?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/HoneyToneGirl214/ HoneyToneGirl214

    General Larry “Pants on the Ground” Platt,
    I am so proud of you. Keep doing what you are doing baby.. God bless you and may he keep you…….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/G-WIN/ G-WIN

    WOW THIS MUST BE WHITE AMERICA BLACK HISTORY MONTH
    1ST OF ALL WE KNOW GOOD AND WELL SOME OF US BLACK FOLKS LIKE THE
    SUMMER TIME NOT WINTER((FEB IS THE WINTER SEASON))
    SOME WHITES IN THE USA LIKES WINTER BETTER THEN SUMMER LOL

    NOW JUST READ AND LOOKED AT THE 35 PICS, AND WOW DO NOCTICE
    THAT THEY DIDNT EVEN SAY OR TALK ABOUT THE FIRST BLACK PREZ
    ((NOT PREZ OBAMA HE WASNT THE 1ST BLACK PREZ)) MORE LIKE THE THIRD
    BLACK PREZ, BCUZ EX PREZ CLINTON WAS THE SECOND BLACK PREZ.

    BUT DID NOTICE THEY DIDNT EVEN SPEAK ABOUT THE 1ST BLACK PRESIDENT
    EVER (( HE WAS THE 1ST PRESIDENT EVER NOT GEORGE WASHINGTON
    ((WHICH WAS THE 8TH USA PRESIDENT)) AS YOU CAN SEE THE WHITE MAN
    DONE REWROTE THE HISTORY BOOKS GET IT “HIS STORY” JUST LIKE
    PUTTING BLACK HISTORY IN FEBUARY WHICH SOME BLACK FOLKS DONT EVEN LIKE THE WINTER SEASON WE SURE LIKE THE SUMMER SEASON.

    NOW TO GET BACK ON WHAT I WAS SAYING BOUT THE 1ST BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE USA B4 OTHER PREISDENTS STARTED THE GUY NAME IS JOHN HANSON
    ((WHICH WAS THE 1ST PRESIDENT B4 G.W. OH YEAH AND HE WAS A BLACK MAN
    WHICH WAS THE 1ST BLACK PRESIDENT THERE’S ALSO A SMALL PIC OF
    JOHN HANSON ON THE BACK OF THE $2 DOLLAR BILL HE’S IN THE MIDDLE AND HOW YOU CAN TELL THATS HIM “TANISH” COLOR OF HIS SKIN EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A DARK SKIN GUY(HE WAS THE 1ST PRESIDENT OR PRESIDENTS WAY B4 G.W. WAS ((HE’S THE PRESIDENT (1ST PREZ) DURING 1782 AND 1783 OR 1784

    AND YES HE WAS A BLACK MAN
    BUT THE WHITE MAN DONE HIND ALL THAT OUT OF THE HISTORY BOOKS
    IN SCHOOL TODAY LYING BOUT G.W. WAS THE 1ST PRESIDENT EVEN THOUGH HE WASNT AT ALL.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jhill112/ Jhill112

    This is going to hurt but, it’s the truth. For every young man that wears he pants on the ground.You are being fooled to believe that wearing your pants hanging on your waist is cool or a style.This is how men in JAIL get quick access to thier down low activities.Yes men who act hard on the outside are doing things on the inside that would make a few of these boy’s want to run back to mommy.It’s a fact that men in prison wear thier pants for butt pirate work.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kee-tee/ Kee-tee

    taurus216
    2-5-2010 7:07 pm
    dnt nobody care about him or his lame song

    I guess u do since you had to comment on it.
    You’re lame…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ALEXANDERMEGAS/ ALEXANDERMEGAS

    @ everymansdream i hit ur page, u are definitely every man’s dream. beautiful talented intelligent/spiritual and u love ur people.. GREAT!

    BUT ERBODY AINT LIKE YA..

    the MIRACLES are the diseases these people are supposely healin($450.99).. all kinds of hoaxes and i AINT goin 2 no church that let s**t like that float or the ones that just ignore wrong doings, cuz u can bet they are ignoring plenty more SINS.. revelation 3 verse 9 speaks on them..

    they say the illuminati iz tryin 2 take over the world, well i dont own s**t.. who ever owns the world NOW.. that iz THEIR problem..

    jesus didnt say S**T 2 rome. JESUS had ISSUES with the church, people payin 4 services, the materialism in the church… sound familiar??

    rome ask, ‘which one do u want 2 die, the crook or jesus.. and the people(hebrews) chose 2 kill jesus..

    rome said why?, what did he do?? the church people, or hebrews or jesus own people said, “KILL EM..”

    those were the same people, he wuz tryin 2 help.. (smdh)

    naahh man.. if jesus wuz hear 2 day he wouldnt like what he wuz seeing/hearing/the spoken words/thoughts/philosophyies/the spirit nor the SOUL and in hiz return, he/she/it will not be a victim/marytr or crucified..

    it wuz written.. it already happened.. we are just the living words, ECHOING what happened..

    the annointed will be judging.. he could be a BUM(HERMIT)..

    SO WHAT IM SAYIN SWEETS IZ……WE SHOULD HELP MOSTLY LOCALLY.. IN THE HOUSEHOLD AND IF IT IZ UR CALLIN U SHOULD HELP UR PEOPLE INTERNATIONALLY.. IN THIS NEW MILLENIUM I FEEL WE NEED ALOT MORE UNIVERSAL ORGANIZATIONZ THAT CAN COMBINED MAN-KINDS.. IMAGINE IF MALCOLM X WUZ UNIVERSAL.. OR IF FARRAKAHN SPOKE 4 HUMANITY.. OR EVEN HITLER!! =D THERE IZ NOTHING WRONG WITH PASSION.. IT IZ HOW IT IZ USED..

    we as black people if we are in a neighborhood that iz all black rep it..

    if u are in a neighborhood and it iz mixed with latins, rep it..

    if it iz mixed blacks, latins, orientals, rep it..

    if it iz blacks, latins, orientals, WHITES, reppit,,

    if everyone rep there neighborhood we will solve all problems..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/greywolf5/ greywolf5

    Once upon a time you could smoke a cigarette damn near anywhere. Then someone with clout decided that smoking was no longer cool and had plenty of cash to make change primarily thru advertising. 30 yrs later smoking is no longer cool and more and more states are banning and taxing the hell out of it…I for one hope that this type of sentiment will be an end to the school of n****rritude and in a generation or so we’ll see a group of black youth who understand that this type of leads to the same places that drugs and alcohol leads to…Jails,Institutions and Death..More power to General Larry!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ALEXANDERMEGAS/ ALEXANDERMEGAS

    @g-win there are 2 hansons..

    one wuz A LIBERIAN SENATOR 1860..

    close 2 100 years difference between tHE 2.

    the WHITE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS.. HANSON 1781 in united states.. (google it)..the camera wuznt invented when the white hanson took office..

    JOHN HANSON WUZ NOT THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT SPREAD IT.. 2 DIFFERENT HANSONS..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jahz_Lynx1/ Jahz_Lynx1

    Is he sure it was Klan and not music critics shooting?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/gren1shaw2/ gren1shaw2

    Purposely looking like a hobo is the latest style? Who thought this up?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WeSt-CoAsT-909/ WeSt-CoAsT-909

    lol everytime they ask him about this he sings the whole song and does he not have any actual lyrics the only thing that stays the same is pants on the ground i give him props 4 being an activist but the song idk bout that he startin to look like a fool it seems like they lowkey fukn with him

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/oyemama/ oyemama

    I love my skin… i love be origin of human kind and a strong black woman. Thank you for just being black.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/everymansdream9/ everymansdream9

    @ALEXANDERMEGAS Thank you kindly, sir. I really appreciate the luv and the fact that you notice my efforts. Most people don’t or mistake them for the assumption I think I’m better.
    I agree most churches are not reflective of the WORD but not all. You have truly opened my eyes to how blessed I am to get the truth from my church.
    Please keep in mind that although it should be held to a higher standard the church is full of people. No church is a perfect church.
    Internationally is the goal for me, we need a mass movement to restore our greatness. We were once a force to be reckoned with and I don’t see why that should have changed.
    Excuse me while I go in on this White girl who had the audacity to state Black women need to step our game up, stop hating on them for stealing Black men from us. If you care to join me, it’s on the Kim K. and Reggie Bush are engaged article.
    I’m curious to your response on my comments to her

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/clarke2chambers/ clarke2chambers

    Some of you folks need to chk out the speeches of Marcus Garvey on YOUTUBE, then see if your opinion will be the same after.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/clarke2chambers/ clarke2chambers

    Oh, by the way how many lines are there in the songs Funky Town & Another One Bite the Dust….. and they both made 1# on the Bill Board Charts. At least he have Man-up, made his contribution by not droping his pant on the ground, while some of you stand aside and look. Hats off to you Mr Larry Platt, it’s obvious you have emancipated yourself from mental Slavery & oppression … one day they that don’t, will overstand what you are putting out there. Stay Blessed

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/earlwinfrey/ earlwinfrey

    If it where up to me, I would make this the new Black National Anthem. Every little black kid in the ghetto should have to sing this song before school. You know what I say. Put the guns down and pull your pants up.
    And wear your Status Bracelet available @ http://StatusBracelet.com

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TheGamePlan/ TheGamePlan

    Back up off brotha Larry Platt:

    I applaud Larry Platt for trying to educate young black men who think wearing pants hanging off ass is somehow cool. The youngsters who embrace this ghetto mentality have respect for neither self nor anyone else. I wonder if guys who wear they’re pants that way realize it all started with prison inmates who were issued pants that were too big. Since you are not allowed to have belts in prison if your pants are too big they will no doubt sag around your waist. Also some inmates request large sized pants because they want to get TOOTY FROOTY IN THE BOOTY WOOTY. So when I see dudes wearing pants like that I ask myself these questions: Is that mutha fuc** gay, an ex convict or both.

    Larry Platt, like many other black folks are simply saying that young black men really need to establish a sense of self worth and dignity. When the brotha’s dress that way it sends a message loud and clear that what you are looking at is a black man who embraces the ghetto mentality of worthlessness and self loathing. Any man who allows his pants to droop around his nasty ass sends a shout out to the world that he has no dignity, self respect or intelligence.

    If any young brotha wearing his pants sagging off his ass is offended by what I just said then good, maybe it will give you cause to pull your dam pants up.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/damikam/ damikam

    why do we as a black people embrace everything negative! i do believe not only do i see black people pants sag, but white, hispanic, chinese, and other races! so please stop embracing this as a black only issue, youth only issue and lets just enforce the indecent exposure laws! The law should add an addendum if you expose your but then it is indecent! Why dont we because we have double standards or double race standards! we would have to address all races or race profile some, we would have to address all genders or gender profile some! oh yes men lets make it illegal for women as well to expose there body easy fix to prostitution, rape and etc, lets make it illegal for men to be in public with no shirt on stopping basketball, working out, cutting grass on Tv and the like! This world would be a better place and would curb crime! BUT WE WON’T SO instead we focus on blaming one race for everything! just think about it! i do not condone pants sagging but i don’t want to see any of it and hate hypocrosy even more! I believe God does not like a hypocrit! So lets start cleaning up our own home, kids, husbands, wives, etc by leading by example! these very folks go look at there kids and there pants will be sagging and they buy them!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ALEXANDERMEGAS/ ALEXANDERMEGAS

    @everymansdream.. ima check u out..

    i feel if i had the chance 2 say somin 2 the whhhoooolleee planet… and i wuz a activist..

    it wouldnt be nothin 2 make a young brotha MAD or DOWN… say somin 2 LIFT his head UP, HE CAME UP WIT, “lookin like a FOOOLL wit ur pants on the ground..”

    yeah we as blacks need 2 split up in2 separate tribes, we judge understand see different.. or maybe we grew out of eachother.. that’s a GREAT TOPIC .. URBAN DAILY..

    DO ONE ONNNN.. HAAAS THE BLACK RACCE GROWN OUT OF ITS SEEELLLFFFLFFFF?????????!

    AND WHAT WILLLL IIITT BE COMEE??????!??

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/YoUnG_pSyLeNt/ YoUnG_pSyLeNt

    I still haven’t heard the song cuz my computer’s havin issues and I don’t watch Idol, but I look at it like this…although he clearly made his point, American Idol was the LAST forum he needed to make that point on. True, his message wouldn’t have been heard as loud, BUT…think about the heads the majority of those ears were attached to: WHITE America. I may not have heard the song, but trust and believe I knew all about it soon as it aired…logged onto my Facebook, half the White folk I went to school with (and only a small handful of Black folk) were “fans of Pants on the Ground”…I’m like, “Wtf is ‘Pants on the Ground??’” Then once I found out, I was actually a lil embarrassed.

    I don’t know about y’all, but one of the values that was instilled in me comin up was “you don’t air out family business in public”. Mr. Platt is one of our ELDERS, meanin he should KNOW better. And if the song itself is as bad as some of y’all are sayin, then in reality it probably actually did more harm than good…took a MUCH needed message and turned it into a novelty for mainstream, middle-class White America. What I REALLY want to know is, how many White folk have gotten their a$$es handed to em since this song came out, cuz they decided they wanted to be cute and try to tell a brotha to “get his pants off the ground”?? That’s the REAL question.

    Before anyone starts attackin me, let me reiterate that I feel the message he’s tryin to get across IS bona fide…now that I’m older I realize how foolish I looked wearin pants too big when I was a kid, just so I could achieve maximum saggage…and what makes it 1000x worse is, these clowns out here now are tryin to mix the saggin with skin tight jeans!! I don’t see a thing wrong with the message at all…but he coulda went about it SO much better, when it’s all said and done his message only became more entertainment for White folk…another reason for them to point and laugh like they do when they see these Sambo a$$ “rappers” in the game today, dancin and mumblin gibberish all on MTV and the radio. “Ha, ha, haaaaaa…ohhhh my. Those crazy Negroes, you just NEVER know what they’re gonna do NEXT!! And they’re just so in your face, with the big jewelry and the big sparkly rims that spin…bling bling!!” (Y’know the ONLY ones still sayin bling bling in 2010 are old a$$ White people tryin to act down. LOL) Hell, I feel even doin a video of the song himself and throwin it up on YouTube or WorldStarHipHop or somethin would have been a lot more respectable than Idol. At least he woulda been seen by a LOT more of the people he was tryin to speak to.

    ***READ BETWEEN THE LINES, AND QUESTION EVERYTHING…***

    My name is Psylent, and I approve this message…

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Alexnmind/ Alexnmind

    I like the song and the message. Im a older Black male and as a whole just as white people need to get over themselves. Black people do to. Being silent or not airing so called home issues is part of the BIG Problem with bettering ourselves. When we air our dirty laundry it draws attention to what needs to be washed!! Aint nothing worse then going out with dirty ass clothes smelling and looking s**tty. Pants on the ground pants on the ground looking like a dayum fool with your pants on the ground.

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