You heard Nagin say it tonight. The ghetto bird is coming…
“Why, oh why must you swoop through the hood
like everybody from the hood is up to no good.
You think all the girls around here are trickin
up there lookin like Superchicken
At night I see your light through my bedroom window
But I ain’t got shit but the pad and pencil
I can’t wait till I hear you say
“I’m going down, mayday, mayday.” I’m gonna clown
Cause everytime that the pigs have got me
y’all rub it in with the flying Nazi
military force, but we don’t want ya
Standin’ on my roof with the rocket launcher
“So fly like an eagle.”
But don’t follow us wherever we go
The shit that I’m saying, make it’s heard
Motherfuck you and your punk-ass ghetto bird”
-Ice Cube – “Ghetto Bird”
The most important component in any undertaking in my opinion has to be clear communication.
I have not seen very much difference is the way it is handled now and the confusion before, during and after the storm- between agencies on the “want to help” side of the equation and the people on the “need help” side.
It serves no one if the resources available are not apparent to both sides.
Words don’t mean anything to people who need to get a simple answer to a question that they want answered.