Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Terrance Hubbard

Fight Back Bank of America March, March 15, 2012
Photo: Stacy Lanyon


It was on the internet when I was back in Cleveland, when they first came over the Brooklyn Bridge. I was like “Yeah man, these are my people. I gotta go there. I’ve gotta support this. This about to be a revolution. I gotta be there.” Once there, for me,  it was the energy, the diversity, the different people I was seeing when I first came. Then, on the other side of it was the politics. I don’t like the government at all, like period, and banks and all that. I just don’t like the government. That’s why I took myself out of society and came to New York. That’s pretty much that.

First of all, we needed it to set out a certain awareness to let people know what’s going on because a lot of people don’t know. They’re still stuck in this world where they go to work and wake up and go to work again, go to sleep, wake up. They’re not getting paid enough to survive. That’s how I was in college. I was going to work and paying rent. I wasn’t even able to pay for food after I paid my rent and for gas for my car. That’s one reason. I just think the whole government needs to come down. It’s so oppressive. It’s crazy. It’s almost like we’re slaves, all of us, but they put out certain things to make it seem like everything is okay, like tv and stuff. I don’t know. It’s crazy. There’s a lot going on.

I hope it brings about a world where people can do what they absolutely love to do as their job and still be able to live happily, peace and happiness pretty much. I like to paint. I wish I could survive off of painting for the rest of my life. I’d be happy. That would be nice. That would be real nice. People love to do what they do. I guess that’s where I’m at. Take money out, man. Money is evil. Money ain’t no good. It turns people to the dark side without them even knowing it. It’s weird. That’s where I stand. 

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