Listen to this track "Mason Dixon" by hip hop rhymer Phanatik, a member of the Cross Movement.
http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.popupplayer&sindex=-1.4&shuffle=false&amix=false&pmix=false&plid=16337&profid=164108405&friendid=164108405&sseed=0&ptype=3&stime=1.541&ap=1&rpeat=falseSome of the lyrics are like this -
"That's what he said as we sat on his porch,
And talked about the difference between the south and the north,
And I ain't dissin', cause these facts that I'm kickin' are true,
North and south of the Mason Dixon
Just cause the whips done stopped,
Don't mean you free to go boy pick them crops,
I mean, Pick that cotton, make them tracks,
Say somethin that's gonna make that cash,
Take this advance, but pay that back,
You under contract, you gotta come back,
Especially if your culture is for sale,
What up homie, ain't your culture for sale?
Don't get offended man, we gotta start here,
African American history, and just to be clear,
What I'm gonna attempt to prove to you,
Is that this north and south struggle ain't new.
Turn in your history books with me,
Let's take a look at Booker T.,
In the south, he was the man of choice,
But up north, it was W.E.B DuBois,
And his boys at the NAACP,
What could have been the trouble?
Just you wait and see.
Twenty years after slavery and the question is,
Now that the slaves are free,
What's gonna be the best circumstance?
The perfect plan for the negroes further advancement,
Is it teachin him to work with his hands,
Or does education grant him a certain chance?...."