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CeeLo Wonders Why That Gate Is Up (1995)

On Goodie Mob’s seminal hit “Cell Therapy” CeeLo articulates what people living in Every Hood, U.S.A. were thinking was happening, but was not sure. The song itself was inspired by a time when Busta Rhymes visited Goodie Mob in the studio and shared the book Behold A Pale Horse with them. From there CeeLo and Goodie Mob questioned everything about the government and many listeners to the idea of a New World Order for the first time. CeeLo verse outlined conspiracies in place to move Black people into poorer communities and keep them under control. The verse also posed one of the most profound queries in Hip-Hop history, “Every now and then, I wonder if the gate was put up to keep the crime out or keep our *ss in.”

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