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Episode #273 – March 14, 2026 – “You need to get up, get out, and get something”
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Welcome to Episode 273 of Rational Black Thought. This week’s title is “You need to get up, get out, and get something.” From Outkast, and that title captures the central truth of this moment. We are living in a time of confusion, cowardice, spectacle, and organized deceit, and none of it will be corrected by passivity. Not in politics. Not in culture. Not in religion. Not in Black life.
Here are more of the lyrics that are relevant for today:
You need to get up, get out, and get something
Don't let the days of your life pass by
You need to get up, get out, and get something…
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