AWKWORD - Throw Away The Key (No More Prisons)

Artist: AWKWORD

Producer: L.Ment

Album: World View

Label: Sub-City Productions

America doesn’t do anything in moderation. When we’re thirsty we grab a 64-ounce Double Big Gulp, when we watch TV we flip on a 72-inch HD, and when it comes to locking people up, we’re not just number one, we crush the competition. There are currently more than 2 million people incarcerated in the U.S. - China’s a distant second with a meager 1 million - and yet most Americans don’t think of their homeland as the world’s biggest prison state. Here to help change that is AWKWORD and his new world premiere Throw Away The Key (No More Prisons). With Toronto producer L. Ment laying down a pacing and bluesy beat AWK gets right to work with bars aimed at tearing the bars off America’s myriad of prisons: “Born into prisons, most ghetto buildings got bars / when you live without sh*t, go head and worship them cars.” Sometimes it really is bigger than hip-hop. For more music that’s not afraid to take a stand, keep an ear out for AWKWORD’s upcoming World View album, dropping via The DJBooth later this year.

This song first appeared on the Independent Chart on August 6, 2012

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DJ Z DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 11662	Rating: DJ Z's Top Rated Songs Some people just want to party it up, booze all night and enjoy the company of other sexed-up folks in their age range. This song is not for them. This is the for the grown, the mature, the wise, the thinking crowd. For people who believe music is about more than trying to make money, but rather a medium to share a viewpoint. Follow @DJBooth
	Posted on Jul 30, 2012

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djblaze DJ Booth Crew Total Ratings: 7999	Rating: djblaze's Top Rated Songs Great lyrics... Delivery is always off for me with Awkword, but his bars are spittin the truth on this one, so I gotta give him props... Follow @djblaze_djbooth
	Posted on Jul 30, 2012

afakempire DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 11	Rating: afakempire's Top Rated Songs Takes balls to release shit like this. Most won't appreciate the message.
	Posted on Jul 31, 2012

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The Mick DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 6	Rating: The Mick's Top Rated Songs INCREDIBLE. love the flow, the beat and the message
	Posted on Aug 02, 2012

saving-earth DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 1	Rating: saving-earth's Top Rated Songs Chicago is a wasteland, even colder in the summer / no education, programs, now they murderin eachother -- you kidding me!? Shit is dope! And AWK sounds great on this beat. I can feel the passion, pain, soul
	Posted on Aug 02, 2012

JunkBonds DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 24	Rating: JunkBonds's Top Rated Songs LOVE IT! Hip Hop x Activism.
	Posted on Aug 07, 2012

Lewis 'LH' Hegeman DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 19	Rating: Lewis 'LH' Hegeman's Top Rated Songs Classic Awkword... Cant wait for World view
	Posted on Aug 07, 2012

Mr. Intelligent DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 7	Rating: Mr. Intelligent's Top Rated Songs So, so good. Need more of this at The Booth (my already favorite site)!
	Posted on Aug 07, 2012