ings symphathy to thissituation.Now me and baby got this situationSee brotha got this complex occupationAnd it ain’t that he don’t have educationCause I was right there at his graduationNow I ain’t sayin’ that this life don’t workBut it’s me and baby that he hurtsCause I tell him rightHe thinks I’m wrongBut I love him strongWhatcha gonna do when they come for youWork ain’t honest but it pays the bills. Badu recognizes the power of her singing voice and uses it to advance the evolution of her race.Along with Erykah Badu, African American female revoluntionary singer of the presentis Lauryn Hill. Hill is the musical voice for today’s generation. A native of South Orange, NewJersey, and the daughter of and Englis teacher and computer technican, Hill made her mark inAfrican American music in 1998 with the debut of her album “The Miseducation of Laurn Hill. Hill describes her album as “really being about the things that you’ve learned outside of school,outside of what society has deemed approprate and mandatory” (Ewey 62). “The Miseducationof Lauryn Hill” deals with the affairs of love in “Ex-factor” and “Nothing Even Matteres”,self-respect in “Doo-woop that Thang”, and the joys of motherhood in “To Zion”. Lauryn Hilland her music is confrontational, strong, forthright and intelligent.Each era of change in the African American community has brought about a African Americanfemale revoluntionary. Bessie Smith and Billy Holiday sung about the African Americanexperience during the Harlem Reinassance wih their blues and jazz. Aretha Franklin’ s soulmusic reflected the confidence and pride of African Americans during the civil rights movement. Eryka Badu and Lauryn Hill ‘s Rythim and blues and Hip Hop reflects the African Americanexperience of the present. Bessie Smith, Billy Holiday, Aretha...
