This is my first mashup.  I made it with Total Recorder and Audacity for a spoken word mashup challenge on mashstix.com.  I probably can't win the challenge because I broke the rules for using lyrics just because this song sounds a lot better with lyrics.  It isn't about winning, though.  It's about making something that sounds good.

Here is the challenge thread on mashstix:
http://www.mashstix.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=18478

This was inspired by Schwarz's Hands Up Don't Shoot.  Seriously, I never would have found the "hands up don't shoot" sample without him (I spent a day looking for a good one before I found his track).  Schwarz has a totally different sound than I do, and it sounds awesome.  I'm a noob, Schwarz knows what he's doing, so if you like my stuff you will love his.  Go check out his mix here:
https://soundcloud.com/schwarz420/hands-up-dont-shoot

Links to my sources:

Mavis Staples's civil rights era protest song Eyes On The Prize:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZWdDI_fkns

Obama press conference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40lYnGcCQG4

Interview with Mike Brown's friend who was with him when he was murdered:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7tTsEYE3Ms

*NOTE*  I heavily edited these statements to fit the song so if you really don't know what happened to watch the full minute or so long interview.  Hands Up For The Prize is a song, not a documentary (although if it blurs the line a little I wouldn't mind).

Fox 2 (local St Louis news) story on Ferguson:
http://fox2now.com/2014/08/18/michael-brown-death-missouri-national-guard-headed-to-ferguson/

NYT:  A Protest Ignited:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC9vBlgBfjY

Officer Gofuckyourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zbR824FKpU

For further information on Officer Gofuckyourself, read this article:
http://mashable.com/2014/08/20/police-officer-go-fuck-yourself-ferguson/

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (I used 2 clips from this video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUdHIatS36A

Martin Luther King, Jr interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K1j9FaH2io

Hands up don't shoot sample:
https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/E7A42BD9CD1112312212112191488_21a396c9e07.0.1.16333781320892219167.mp4?versionId=OFIXLKMcZNMP8r3cbEOON1bcA0aV8L0p

*NOTE* Here is how I handled this sample.  I recorded it with Total Recorder, got 3 loopable samples out of it, picked 2 and threw one into the left channel and one into the right channel.  I could have left one in the mid but it just didn't sound right to me with the rest of the material.

If you are concerned about the situation in Ferguson, please consider the local candidates you vote for carefully.  Never elect a cop to be a judge or elect people who take donations from the for-profit prison industry.

If you can, also consider making a donation to the ACLU, who fights in court to defend victims of civil rights abuse:
https://www.aclu.org/donate/join-renew-give

Here is the ACLU charity navigator page, in case you want to know how they will spend their donations before you give them money.  The bottom line is that 85% of their money goes to civil rights defense rather than marketing and administration, which is impressive for a non-profit.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3247#.U_ZSBvldV8E

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