Arrested Development

I'm sitting here watching what I would probably call my favorite channel---VH1 Soul. And of course my favorite program, Soul 2, is on. Low and behold, the 90s group Arrested Development pops up on the screen. The song playing is "Revolution", from the 'Malcolm X' soundtrack. I just sit back in amazement as I watch the video because in retrospect the 90s wasn't that long ago. In fact, it was less than 10 years ago, yet what I see on the screen is so far from the videos I am unfortunately exposed to today. 'Folk were portrayed as united, strong, and cultured. I mean they were really into representing our roots and heritage, with there African garments, dances, and words. The lyrics that Speech raps are intelligent, encouraging, and insightful...literally making me want to go out and start a revolution.

What happened to them, where is our Arrested Development of the 21st century?

My enthusiam to start a revolution quickly fizzled when I saw Beyonce's new "Upgrade U" video. I just think she could've took it to a whole new level, but she chose to do what she usually do---which I'm sure isn't hurting her financially, so why fix what's not broken, right?

Forgive them father, for they know not what they do.